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North America is a continent wholly in the northern hemisphere and almost wholly in the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Artic Ocean, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea. It is estimated 529 million people live there across 23 independent countries, the biggest being Canada, the United States of America and Mexico. It is the third largest continent.

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