📖 Country Facts

Capital City: St. John's

Population: 100K

Facts: Has 365 beaches — one for each day of the year!

Capital City: Buenos Aires

Population: 46M

Facts: Invented the tango dance!

Capital City: Nassau

Population: 400K

Facts: Has over 700 islands and cays!

Capital City: Bridgetown

Population: 288K

Facts: Birthplace of rum!

Capital City: Belmopan

Population: 410K

Facts: Has the second-largest barrier reef in the world.

Capital City: Sucre

Population: 12M

Facts: Has the world's largest salt flat — Salar de Uyuni!

Capital City: Brasília

Population: 216M

Facts: The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen!

Capital City: Ottawa

Population: 39M

Facts: Has more lakes than all other countries combined!

Capital City: Santiago

Population: 19M

Facts: The driest place on Earth — the Atacama Desert — is here.

Capital City: Bogotá

Population: 52M

Facts: The world's top emerald producer!

Capital City: San José

Population: 5.2M

Facts: Has no army — it was abolished in 1948!

Capital City: Havana

Population: 11M

Facts: Famous for its colorful vintage cars from the 1950s.

Capital City: Roseau

Population: 72K

Facts: Called the 'Nature Isle of the Caribbean'.

Capital City: Santo Domingo

Population: 11M

Facts: Has the oldest European settlement in the Americas.

Capital City: Quito

Population: 18M

Facts: Named after the equator which runs through it!

Capital City: San Salvador

Population: 6.3M

Facts: The smallest and most densely populated country in Central America.

Capital City: Stanley

Population: 3.7K

Facts: Has more penguins than people — about a million seabirds call it home!

Capital City: Nuuk

Population: 57K

Facts: The world's largest island — and about 80% of it is covered in ice!

Capital City: St. George's

Population: 125K

Facts: Known as the 'Spice Isle' for its nutmeg.

Capital City: Guatemala City

Population: 18M

Facts: Home to ancient Mayan ruins like Tikal!

Capital City: Georgetown

Population: 810K

Facts: The only English-speaking country in South America.

Capital City: Port-au-Prince

Population: 12M

Facts: The first Black republic, independent since 1804!

Capital City: Tegucigalpa

Population: 10M

Facts: Home to the ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Capital City: Kingston

Population: 3M

Facts: Birthplace of reggae music and Bob Marley!

Capital City: Mexico City

Population: 129M

Facts: Mexico City is sinking about 10 inches per year!

Capital City: Managua

Population: 7M

Facts: Has the largest lake in Central America.

Capital City: Panama City

Population: 4.4M

Facts: The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans!

Capital City: Asunción

Population: 7.4M

Facts: Its flag has different designs on each side!

Capital City: Lima

Population: 34M

Facts: Home to Machu Picchu — the lost city of the Incas!

Capital City: San Juan

Population: 3.2M

Facts: A Caribbean island and U.S. territory home to the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System.

Capital City: Basseterre

Population: 48K

Facts: The smallest country in the Americas!

Capital City: Castries

Population: 180K

Facts: Famous for its twin volcanic peaks, the Pitons.

Capital City: Kingstown

Population: 110K

Facts: Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed here!

Capital City: Paramaribo

Population: 620K

Facts: Over 90% of the country is tropical rainforest.

Capital City: Port of Spain

Population: 1.5M

Facts: Home to the world's largest natural asphalt lake!

Capital City: Washington, D.C.

Population: 334M

Facts: Has 50 states and put humans on the Moon!

Capital City: Montevideo

Population: 3.4M

Facts: Hosted the first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1930!

Capital City: Caracas

Population: 28M

Facts: Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world!