North America - Category 1 - The Wide Worlds Snaps

United States of America (USA) - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Barack H. Obama (2009)

Vice President: Joseph Biden (2009)

Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km);

total area: 3,718,691 sq mi (9,631,420 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 318,892,103 (growth rate: 0.77%); birth rate: 13.42/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.17/1000; life expectancy: 79.56; density per sq mi: 88.6

Capital (2013 est.): Washington, DC, 646,449

Largest cities (2013 est.): New York, 8,405,837; Los Angeles, 3,884,307; Chicago, 2,718,782; Houston, 2,195,914; Philadelphia, 1,553,165

Monetary unit: dollar

The president is elected for a four-year term and may be reelected only once. The bicameral Congress consists of the 100-member Senate, elected to a six-year term with one-third of the seats becoming vacant every two years, and the 435-member House of Representatives, elected every two years. The minimum voting age is 18.

Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000)

Mexico - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Enrique Peña Nieto (2012)

Land area: 742,485 sq mi (1,923,039 sq km);

total area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 112,468,855 (growth rate: 1.1%); birth rate: 19.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 17.8/1000; life expectancy: 76.2; density per sq km: 57

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper)

Other large cities: Ecatepec, 1,731,900 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Guadalajara, 1,665,800; Puebla, 1,345,500; Nezahualcóyotl, 1,250,700 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Monterrey, 1,135,000

Monetary unit: Mexican peso

Canada - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)

Governor-General: David Lloyd Johnston (since 2010)

Prime Minister: Stephen Harper (since 2006)

Land area: 3,511,003 sq mi (9,093,507 sq km);

total area: 3,855,102 sq mi (9,984,670 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 34,834,841 (growth rate: 0.76%); birth rate: 10.29/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.71/1000; life expectancy: 81.67

Capital (2011 est.): Ottawa, Ontario, 1.208 million

Largest cities (metropolitan areas) (2011 est.): Toronto 5.573 million; Montreal 3.856 million; Vancouver 2.267 million; Calgary 1.216 million; OTTAWA (capital) 1.208 million; Edmonton 1.142 million,

Monetary unit: Canadian dollar

Cuba - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Raúl Castro (2008)
Total area: 42,803 sq mi (110,860 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 11,075,244 (growth rate: -0.12%); birth rate: 9.96/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.83/1000; 
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Havana, 2,140,000
Other large cities: Santiago de Cuba, 554,400; Camagüey, 354,400; Holguin, 319,300; Guantánamo, 274,300;Santa Clara, 251,800
Arawak (or Taino) Indians inhabiting Cuba when Columbus landed on the island in 1492 died from diseases brought by sailors and settlers.

life expectancy: 77.87;

density per sq km: 103

Monetary unit: Cuban Peso

Dominican Republic - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Danilo Medina (August 2012)

Land area: 18,680 sq mi (48,381 sq km);total area: 18,815 sq mi (48,730 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 10,088,598 (growth rate: 1.31%); birth rate: 19.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 21.3/1000; life expectancy: 77.44; density per sq km: 196Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Santo Domingo, 2,138,000Other large city: Santiago de los Caballeros, 501,800Monetary unit: Dominican Peso

Guatemala - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Otto Pérez Molina (2012)

Land area: 41,865 sq mi (108,430 sq km);total area: 42,042 sq mi (108,890 sq km)Population (2013 est.): 14,373,472 (growth rate: 1.91%); birth rate: 25.99/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.32/1000; life expectancy: 71.46Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Guatemala City, 1.075 millionMonetary unit: QuetzalNational name: República de GuatemalaCurrent government officialsLanguages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)

Panama - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Republic of Panama
President: Juan Carlos Varela (2014)Land area: 29,340 sq mi (75,991 sq km);total area: 30,193 sq mi (78,200 sq km)Population (2014 est.): 3,608,431 (growth rate: 1.35%); birth rate: 18.61/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.7/1000;
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Panama City, 1.426 million
Other large cities: San Miguelito, 321,501; Tocumen, 88,543
Monetary units: balboa; U.S. dollar

life expectancy: 78.3; density per sq mi: 140.6

Costa Rica - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Republic of Costa Rica
President: Luis Guillermo Solís (2014)Land area: 19,560 sq mi (50,660 sq km);total area: 19,730 sq mi (51,100 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 4,636,348 (growth rate: 1.29%); birth rate: 16.4/1000;
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): San José, 1,416,
Monetary unit: Colón

infant mortality rate: 9.2/1000;

life expectancy: 77.89; density per sq km: 82

El Salvador - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Salvador Sánchez Cerén (2014)
Land area: 8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km);total area: 8,124 sq mi (21,040 sq km)Population (2010 est.): 6,052,064 (growth rate: 0.3%);
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)
Other large cities: Santa Ana, 167,200; San Miguel, 145,100; Zacatecoluca, 36,700
Monetary units: Colón; U.S. dollar

birth rate: 18.06/1000;

infant mortality rate: 20.9/1000;

life expectancy: 73.2;

density per sq km: 341

Honduras - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Juan Orlando Hernández (2014)
Land area: 43,201 sq mi (111,891 sq km);
total area: 43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 8,598,561 (growth rate: 1.74%);
birth rate: 23.66/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.72/1000; 
ife expectancy: 70.91
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tegucigalpa, 1.088 million
Monetary unit: LempiraDuring the first millennium, Honduras was inhabited by the Maya. Columbus explored the country in 1502.

Nicaragua - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Daniel Ortega (2007)
Land area: 46,430 sq mi (120,254 sq km);
total area: 49,998 sq mi (129,494 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 5,995,928 (growth rate: 1.7%);
birth rate: 22.77/1000;
infant mortality rate: 24.1/1000;
life expectancy: 71.8;
density per sq km: 48
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Gold cordoba

Trinidad and Tobago - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Anthony Carmona (2013)
Prime Minister: Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2010)
Total area: 1,981 sq mi (5,131 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 1,223,916 (growth rate: –0.086%);
birth rate: 13.8/1000;
infant mortality rate: 24.82/1000;
life expectancy: 72.29;
density per sq mi: 659.2
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Port-of-Spain, 66,000
Monetary unit: Trinidad and Tobago dollar
When Trinidad was explored by Columbus in 1498, it was inhabited by the Arawaks; Carib Indians inhabited Tobago.

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