Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:

There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

#	Country	Population 2026	Subregion
1	Brazil	213,562,666	South America
2	Mexico	132,997,658	Central America
3	Colombia	53,936,226	South America
4	Argentina	46,003,734	South America
5	Peru	34,922,148	South America
6	Venezuela	28,633,711	South America
7	Chile	19,945,850	South America
8	Guatemala	18,967,978	Central America
9	Ecuador	18,444,506	South America
10	Bolivia	12,749,291	South America
11	Haiti	12,037,506	Caribbean
12	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	Caribbean
13	Honduras	11,184,760	Central America
14	Cuba	10,892,659	Caribbean
15	Nicaragua	7,097,329	Central America
16	Paraguay	7,095,279	South America
17	El Salvador	6,391,253	Central America
18	Costa Rica	5,174,789	Central America
19	Panama	4,625,718	Central America
20	Uruguay	3,382,537	South America
21	Jamaica	2,833,403	Caribbean
22	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	Caribbean
23	Guyana	840,890	South America
24	Suriname	645,256	South America
25	Belize	428,644	Central America
26	Bahamas	404,628	Caribbean
27	Barbados	282,724	Caribbean
28	Saint Lucia	180,488	Caribbean
29	Grenada	117,362	Caribbean
30	St. Vincent & Grenadines	99,245	Caribbean
31	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	Caribbean
32	Dominica	65,511	Caribbean
33	Saint Kitts & Nevis	46,992	Caribbean

Dependencies or other territories

#	Country	Population 2026	Dependency of
1	Puerto Rico	3,222,688	U.S.
2	Guadeloupe	372,453	France
3	Martinique	337,711	France
4	French Guiana	318,872	France
5	Curaçao	185,440	Netherlands
6	Aruba	108,164	Netherlands
7	U.S. Virgin Islands	83,400	U.S.
8	Cayman Islands	77,196	U.K.
9	Turks and Caicos	47,148	U.K.
10	Sint Maarten	44,447	Netherlands
11	British Virgin Islands	39,936	U.K.
12	Caribbean Netherlands	31,913	Netherlands
13	Saint Martin	23,898	France
14	Anguilla	14,817	U.K.
15	Saint Barthelemy	11,550	France
16	Montserrat	4,328	U.K.
17	Falkland Islands	3,465	U.K.