Region · UN WPP 2024

Northern America population

Northern America population now

390,128,041

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 382,902,742

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 389.629 million
Median age: 39.9
Aged 65+: 19.0%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 50,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

Northern America in numbers

The UN counts 382,902,742 people in Northern America in mid-2023, and 4.7% of the world's people. That is 2.3 times its 1950 population of 168 million. It covers 5 countries and areas; the largest are the United States (89.7%), Canada (10.3%), Bermuda (0.02%), Greenland (0.01%) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (less than 0.01%).

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 475 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2040; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. The population still grows to 2100, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 29.8 in 1950 and 39.3 in 2023; the projection has 46.5 in 2100. 17.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 28.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Population, mid-2023: 382,902,742
Share of the world, 2023: 4.7%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.64% · +2,420,966 people
Births, 2023: 4,015,559
Deaths, 2023: 3,288,692
Net migration, 2023: +1,756,192
Children per woman, 2023: 1.60
Median age, 2023: 39.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 79.6 years
Population, mid-1950: 168,009,338
Projected, mid-2050: 426,579,885
Projected, mid-2100: 474,966,034

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Northern America, 1950–2100

Northern America: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	166,725,307	4,059,308	1,603,819	3.10	68.1
1951	estimate	169,293,369	4,181,791	1,628,444	3.21	68.2
1952	estimate	171,967,861	4,292,000	1,636,660	3.31	68.4
1953	estimate	174,720,358	4,361,148	1,649,172	3.38	68.7
1954	estimate	177,548,586	4,493,019	1,602,725	3.50	69.5
1955	estimate	180,501,094	4,523,811	1,641,663	3.53	69.6
1956	estimate	183,497,264	4,641,052	1,673,611	3.63	69.7
1957	estimate	186,616,576	4,738,995	1,736,506	3.71	69.4
1958	estimate	189,812,331	4,802,704	1,740,652	3.76	69.7
1959	estimate	192,977,561	4,815,505	1,745,987	3.76	70.0
1960	estimate	196,499,679	4,835,995	1,802,545	3.74	69.9
1961	estimate	200,005,618	4,840,684	1,799,039	3.70	70.3
1962	estimate	203,662,542	4,724,185	1,867,037	3.55	70.2
1963	estimate	207,180,965	4,636,255	1,938,269	3.41	70.0
1964	estimate	210,570,633	4,564,324	1,932,820	3.27	70.3
1965	estimate	213,889,156	4,299,402	1,974,333	2.99	70.4
1966	estimate	216,971,935	4,120,509	2,021,601	2.77	70.3
1967	estimate	219,853,847	4,004,235	2,020,742	2.60	70.7
1968	estimate	222,556,146	3,983,163	2,111,787	2.50	70.4
1969	estimate	225,131,541	4,107,007	2,110,941	2.49	70.6
1970	estimate	227,745,746	4,252,364	2,114,954	2.49	70.9
1971	estimate	230,933,427	4,069,268	2,125,789	2.30	71.3
1972	estimate	233,920,479	3,756,438	2,161,916	2.04	71.3
1973	estimate	236,438,170	3,636,824	2,170,287	1.91	71.5
1974	estimate	238,813,031	3,661,143	2,133,100	1.87	72.1
1975	estimate	241,203,405	3,659,392	2,087,513	1.81	72.6
1976	estimate	243,569,832	3,687,640	2,102,592	1.78	72.9
1977	estimate	245,896,982	3,845,637	2,088,369	1.82	73.3
1978	estimate	248,300,899	3,870,984	2,112,973	1.79	73.5
1979	estimate	250,667,411	4,015,212	2,096,064	1.83	73.9
1980	estimate	253,176,022	4,109,854	2,175,635	1.84	73.8
1981	estimate	255,828,751	4,126,020	2,165,040	1.82	74.2
1982	estimate	258,486,158	4,176,179	2,167,815	1.83	74.6
1983	estimate	261,184,209	4,140,982	2,214,577	1.80	74.7
1984	estimate	263,839,597	4,157,396	2,238,665	1.80	74.8
1985	estimate	266,437,118	4,218,432	2,295,127	1.83	74.8
1986	estimate	269,028,770	4,207,075	2,317,861	1.82	74.9
1987	estimate	271,532,794	4,258,729	2,338,169	1.85	75.0
1988	estimate	274,105,380	4,359,835	2,391,082	1.91	75.0
1989	estimate	276,772,693	4,488,525	2,372,882	1.98	75.3
1990	estimate	279,547,105	4,577,247	2,372,254	2.03	75.6
1991	estimate	283,017,638	4,523,174	2,397,251	2.02	75.7
1992	estimate	286,479,691	4,454,302	2,402,640	2.01	76.0
1993	estimate	289,973,595	4,364,745	2,503,338	1.98	75.8
1994	estimate	293,196,127	4,296,547	2,515,135	1.96	76.0
1995	estimate	296,291,004	4,227,492	2,550,315	1.94	76.1
1996	estimate	299,282,451	4,193,867	2,554,108	1.93	76.4
1997	estimate	302,217,830	4,159,869	2,557,085	1.92	76.7
1998	estimate	305,081,752	4,195,019	2,580,589	1.94	76.8
1999	estimate	308,063,162	4,212,814	2,636,291	1.95	76.9
2000	estimate	310,953,853	4,288,161	2,645,716	1.98	77.0
2001	estimate	314,046,117	4,265,692	2,656,479	1.96	77.2
2002	estimate	317,189,419	4,256,465	2,689,614	1.96	77.2
2003	estimate	320,300,376	4,319,824	2,697,254	1.98	77.4
2004	estimate	323,439,503	4,353,504	2,650,942	1.98	77.8
2005	estimate	326,649,613	4,399,943	2,707,074	1.99	77.8
2006	estimate	329,915,608	4,535,742	2,685,842	2.04	78.1
2007	estimate	333,314,723	4,601,611	2,691,262	2.05	78.3
2008	estimate	336,809,751	4,562,952	2,746,044	2.02	78.4
2009	estimate	340,281,078	4,471,020	2,712,500	1.96	78.7
2010	estimate	343,670,804	4,358,462	2,747,528	1.89	78.9
2011	estimate	347,101,301	4,323,035	2,802,077	1.86	79.0
2012	estimate	350,472,920	4,327,062	2,819,277	1.84	79.1
2013	estimate	353,855,660	4,315,054	2,868,792	1.82	79.1
2014	estimate	357,204,848	4,371,886	2,895,670	1.83	79.2
2015	estimate	360,545,759	4,368,227	2,977,484	1.81	79.0
2016	estimate	363,882,564	4,337,858	3,004,815	1.78	79.0
2017	estimate	367,433,854	4,251,818	3,079,375	1.73	79.0
2018	estimate	370,843,595	4,191,756	3,109,489	1.70	79.1
2019	estimate	374,111,038	4,146,437	3,132,541	1.66	79.3
2020	estimate	377,287,098	4,005,657	3,697,452	1.60	77.5
2021	estimate	378,181,600	4,052,371	3,805,244	1.61	76.9
2022	estimate	379,302,333	4,106,409	3,526,220	1.64	78.3
2023	estimate	381,661,218	4,015,559	3,288,692	1.60	79.6
2024	estimate	384,144,265	4,016,831	3,369,583	1.59	79.8
2025	projection	386,445,945	4,026,172	3,417,849	1.59	80.0
2026	projection	388,610,861	4,035,819	3,468,873	1.59	80.1
2027	projection	390,646,784	4,039,829	3,519,197	1.59	80.3
2028	projection	392,624,980	4,053,844	3,574,441	1.60	80.4
2029	projection	394,604,128	4,069,386	3,628,826	1.60	80.5
2030	projection	396,498,206	4,087,529	3,685,688	1.60	80.7
2031	projection	398,361,149	4,104,311	3,747,099	1.60	80.8
2032	projection	400,189,100	4,126,159	3,807,707	1.60	81.0
2033	projection	401,981,087	4,152,616	3,870,223	1.60	81.1
2034	projection	403,728,734	4,172,103	3,933,211	1.60	81.3
2035	projection	405,472,547	4,201,785	3,997,543	1.60	81.4
2036	projection	407,151,035	4,231,962	4,061,291	1.61	81.6
2037	projection	408,803,641	4,252,864	4,124,706	1.61	81.7
2038	projection	410,428,360	4,274,828	4,186,874	1.61	81.9
2039	projection	412,026,463	4,294,910	4,249,879	1.61	82.0
2040	projection	413,544,610	4,303,511	4,307,436	1.61	82.2
2041	projection	415,014,226	4,308,012	4,365,588	1.61	82.3
2042	projection	416,436,544	4,302,350	4,417,764	1.61	82.4
2043	projection	417,851,496	4,296,773	4,466,382	1.61	82.6
2044	projection	419,185,282	4,283,689	4,511,157	1.61	82.7
2045	projection	420,456,493	4,276,066	4,549,126	1.62	82.9
2046	projection	421,686,800	4,251,952	4,583,375	1.62	83.0
2047	projection	422,838,774	4,228,307	4,615,540	1.61	83.2
2048	projection	423,970,771	4,207,375	4,646,595	1.62	83.3
2049	projection	425,040,580	4,184,285	4,667,551	1.61	83.4
2050	projection	426,070,939	4,168,186	4,689,486	1.62	83.6
2051	projection	427,088,831	4,152,774	4,703,793	1.62	83.7
2052	projection	428,091,440	4,138,458	4,710,775	1.62	83.8
2053	projection	429,060,855	4,129,437	4,716,161	1.62	84.0
2054	projection	430,017,007	4,121,196	4,717,063	1.62	84.1
2055	projection	430,916,731	4,116,871	4,711,671	1.62	84.2
2056	projection	431,799,776	4,116,788	4,706,548	1.62	84.4
2057	projection	432,705,264	4,116,254	4,701,519	1.62	84.5
2058	projection	433,667,139	4,118,041	4,692,740	1.62	84.6
2059	projection	434,681,377	4,126,738	4,685,658	1.62	84.7
2060	projection	435,676,069	4,138,187	4,671,180	1.62	84.9
2061	projection	436,656,658	4,148,391	4,662,934	1.62	85.0
2062	projection	437,697,429	4,159,538	4,656,624	1.62	85.1
2063	projection	438,763,445	4,174,360	4,652,899	1.62	85.3
2064	projection	439,841,746	4,189,615	4,652,081	1.62	85.4
2065	projection	440,905,327	4,205,334	4,654,814	1.62	85.5
2066	projection	442,000,973	4,221,575	4,661,406	1.62	85.6
2067	projection	443,131,443	4,238,582	4,672,145	1.62	85.8
2068	projection	444,298,671	4,253,688	4,691,065	1.62	85.8
2069	projection	445,440,552	4,267,068	4,705,977	1.62	86.0
2070	projection	446,609,455	4,282,673	4,726,338	1.62	86.1
2071	projection	447,731,331	4,286,648	4,751,559	1.62	86.2
2072	projection	448,887,802	4,295,025	4,778,924	1.62	86.3
2073	projection	449,976,285	4,294,199	4,804,664	1.62	86.4
2074	projection	451,061,528	4,299,291	4,828,740	1.62	86.6
2075	projection	452,111,642	4,301,204	4,855,941	1.62	86.7
2076	projection	453,213,101	4,301,857	4,883,854	1.62	86.8
2077	projection	454,260,860	4,303,304	4,908,198	1.63	86.9
2078	projection	455,253,011	4,302,836	4,925,297	1.63	87.0
2079	projection	456,241,860	4,296,883	4,947,883	1.63	87.1
2080	projection	457,167,947	4,289,716	4,962,838	1.63	87.2
2081	projection	458,064,447	4,282,259	4,976,706	1.63	87.3
2082	projection	459,053,641	4,278,369	4,985,934	1.63	87.5
2083	projection	459,948,858	4,274,124	4,996,484	1.63	87.6
2084	projection	460,846,220	4,270,690	4,997,477	1.63	87.7
2085	projection	461,721,440	4,270,630	4,997,277	1.63	87.8
2086	projection	462,529,666	4,270,639	4,997,786	1.63	87.9
2087	projection	463,392,193	4,269,910	4,997,566	1.63	88.0
2088	projection	464,250,996	4,271,918	4,994,780	1.63	88.2
2089	projection	465,187,645	4,280,756	4,995,724	1.63	88.3
2090	projection	466,068,050	4,288,485	4,995,040	1.63	88.4
2091	projection	466,922,318	4,289,422	5,000,920	1.63	88.5
2092	projection	467,821,341	4,300,617	5,007,162	1.63	88.6
2093	projection	468,715,248	4,307,898	5,017,395	1.63	88.7
2094	projection	469,596,671	4,315,488	5,032,867	1.63	88.8
2095	projection	470,490,817	4,327,986	5,050,702	1.63	88.9
2096	projection	471,364,116	4,336,851	5,074,380	1.63	89.0
2097	projection	472,187,114	4,350,862	5,096,382	1.63	89.1
2098	projection	473,036,954	4,355,349	5,118,942	1.63	89.2
2099	projection	473,823,534	4,365,654	5,142,180	1.63	89.3
2100	projection	474,607,053	4,366,572	5,156,662	1.63	89.5

AGG · members

Countries and areas in Northern America

Northern America: member countries and areas, population mid-2023, share of the group and projected mid-2100
#	Country or area	Mid-2023	Share	Mid-2100, projected
1	United States	343,477,335	89.7%	421,278,890
2	Canada	39,299,104	10.3%	53,612,234
3	Bermuda	64,698	0.02%	35,668
4	Greenland	55,922	0.01%	37,230
5	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,682	less than 0.01%	2,013

Show the numbers: Northern America, mid-2026, by single year of age

Northern America: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	2,075,880	1,976,260
1	2,088,170	1,986,770
2	2,096,860	1,995,280
3	2,124,930	2,023,480
4	2,136,090	2,035,100
5	2,111,170	2,011,870
6	2,137,690	2,038,270
7	2,192,530	2,091,040
8	2,235,820	2,128,410
9	2,291,460	2,177,340
10	2,339,940	2,220,480
11	2,367,320	2,243,200
12	2,372,190	2,244,980
13	2,378,560	2,249,610
14	2,398,970	2,266,790
15	2,428,910	2,292,180
16	2,487,360	2,348,090
17	2,566,320	2,424,640
18	2,639,450	2,496,050
19	2,680,290	2,534,340
20	2,677,230	2,529,650
21	2,670,500	2,523,200
22	2,675,960	2,527,130
23	2,665,910	2,513,980
24	2,662,520	2,506,860
25	2,683,840	2,519,650
26	2,673,590	2,500,050
27	2,641,100	2,464,100
28	2,624,700	2,445,160
29	2,626,490	2,444,420
30	2,649,750	2,465,400
31	2,683,880	2,498,340
32	2,727,610	2,542,000
33	2,777,660	2,592,850
34	2,826,350	2,647,730
35	2,870,730	2,694,290
36	2,862,320	2,687,640
37	2,807,120	2,638,800
38	2,760,370	2,597,270
39	2,726,760	2,568,550
40	2,717,720	2,562,930
41	2,699,460	2,551,200
42	2,671,300	2,530,740
43	2,663,220	2,530,820
44	2,645,890	2,521,650
45	2,617,040	2,499,210
46	2,572,410	2,463,940
47	2,498,230	2,398,680
48	2,440,890	2,347,650
49	2,379,180	2,292,540
50	2,318,030	2,236,790
51	2,293,790	2,217,190
52	2,267,780	2,198,350
53	2,265,110	2,203,410
54	2,337,560	2,281,000
55	2,422,750	2,368,690
56	2,401,250	2,354,400
57	2,317,680	2,281,680
58	2,274,220	2,249,580
59	2,278,480	2,267,430
60	2,315,690	2,315,930
61	2,373,700	2,389,510
62	2,404,100	2,433,210
63	2,392,510	2,434,700
64	2,382,120	2,441,480
65	2,352,880	2,427,000
66	2,299,040	2,386,300
67	2,240,070	2,351,750
68	2,168,280	2,308,560
69	2,078,160	2,249,360
70	1,988,460	2,188,450
71	1,917,430	2,115,120
72	1,827,380	2,026,160
73	1,713,820	1,931,000
74	1,607,120	1,830,470
75	1,511,300	1,736,100
76	1,430,020	1,658,600
77	1,359,720	1,596,640
78	1,305,540	1,550,730
79	1,213,880	1,456,080
80	1,024,700	1,247,900
81	883,593	1,091,410
82	826,161	1,044,390
83	749,568	979,034
84	640,084	865,892
85	528,764	751,660
86	449,710	668,069
87	396,478	595,303
88	345,656	524,177
89	290,092	457,213
90	239,338	398,847
91	194,426	342,605
92	153,673	284,562
93	119,794	234,014
94	92,268	190,386
95	69,732	149,871
96	50,453	114,218
97	34,418	84,308
98	22,873	60,608
99	14,567	41,710
100+	21,034	71,515

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Northern America, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Northern America

In Northern America the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 248,931,000 of them.

100 aged 15–64

27 children

27 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 23 years: 1981–1988 and 2000–2014.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Northern America, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Northern America gains 1,426,877 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 266,265 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 50,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 2,237,327 (2017) and the most it lost was 62,224 (1954).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

AGG · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Northern America

Of every 100 babies born in Northern America in 2023, 4 had a mother under 20, 75 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 21 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 12 under 20 and 11 aged 35 or older.

1950
12 · 77 · 11

2023
4 · 75 · 21

2050 · projected
2 · 73 · 25

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 4,015,559
Average age when women have a baby: 30.0 years; 26.8 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 12; 79 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Northern America by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	6,450	17,091	10,888	1,924	484	489
15–19	467,652	638,987	479,562	148,822	60,527	63,059
20–24	1,280,452	1,248,250	1,061,385	667,938	417,166	449,453
25–29	1,170,708	1,139,609	1,154,330	1,094,765	1,164,214	1,262,310
30–34	695,820	447,617	996,571	1,257,740	1,476,998	1,550,505
35–39	341,008	134,926	483,868	682,450	832,488	833,312
40–44	91,528	30,360	96,886	150,676	199,908	190,885
45–49	5,549	2,502	4,577	11,075	16,160	16,297
50–54	141	50	94	169	241	262
All babies	4,059,308	3,659,392	4,288,161	4,015,559	4,168,186	4,366,572

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The 5 countries listed were summed and checked against the UN's total for every year. The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.