In 2011 the population of North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 is 459 million, using a definition which includes United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Population growth is medium (1%), and median age comparatively high in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 with 41 years and low in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 with 27.1 years.

Population

Rank	Country	Population	% of North America
1	United States	312,097,000	68.0%
2	Mexico	112,336,538	24.5%
3	Canada	34,566,000	7.5%
	Total	458,999,538	100%

Black

• Canada: 2.5% Black Canadians
• United States: 12.9% African American
  African American
  African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
  
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• Mexico: 1% Afro-Mexican
  Afro-Mexican
  People of African descent in Mexico is a term mainly used outside of Mexico to identify Mexicans of predominantly African ancestry. Now largely assimilated into the general population, Afro Mexicans historically have been located in certain communities, most notably in two coastal areas of Guerrero...
  
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American Indian

• Canada: 3.3% Aboriginal peoples in Canada
  Aboriginal peoples in Canada
  Aboriginal peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada and are commonly considered pejorative....
  
  
• United States: 1%
• Mexico: 9.8% Indigenous peoples of Mexico
  Indigenous peoples of Mexico
  Mexico, in the second article of its Constitution, is defined as a "pluricultural" nation in recognition of the diverse ethnic groups that constitute it, and in which the indigenous peoples are the original foundation...
  
  

Mestizo/Métis/Mixed-race

• Canada: 1% (Métis)
• United States: Questionable, (see below)
• Mexico: 60-75% (Mestizo)

Total

• White: 81.7%
• Black: 12.9%
• Asian 11.8%
• Amerindian and Alaska native 1%
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)

Note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Spanish or Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (White, Black, Amerindian, etc.).