{{Infobox continent|
|GDP_PPP=$738.8 billion (2023) |GDP_nominal=$362.62 billion ([[exchange rate]]) (2023) |GDP_per_capita=$6,880 (exchange rate) (2023)<br />$14,019 ([[purchasing power parity|PPP]]) (2023) |area=523,780&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (202,230&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi)[1] |cities=<div class="plainlist"><ul><li>[[Guatemala City]]</li><li>[[San Salvador]]</li><li>[[Managua]]</li><li>[[Tegucigalpa]]</li><li>[[Panama City]]</li><li>[[San Pedro Sula]]</li><li>[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]</li><li>[[San Miguelito District|San Miguelito]]</li><li>[[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]]</li><li>[[San Miguel, El Salvador|San Miguel]]</li></ul></div> |countries=<div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;">
<div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div>[[#Definitions|7–8]]</div></div>
<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Belize]]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Costa Rica]][b]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[El Salvador]]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Guatemala]]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Honduras]]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Mexico]][c]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Nicaragua]]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Panama]]
 </li></ul>
</div> |demonym=Central American[a] |density=<span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002100614761922944♠"></span>100.6/km<sup>2</sup> (260.6/sq&nbsp;mi) (2023) |dependencies=<div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;">
<div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div>[[Dependent territory|External]] (1)</div></div>
<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Clipperton Island]][d] ([[France]])
 </li></ul>
</div>
 <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;">
<div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div>[[List of administrative divisions by country|Internal]] (2)</div></div>
<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Valle del Cauca]], [[Malpelo Island]][d] ([[Colombia]])
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina]][e] ([[Colombia]])
 </li></ul>
</div>
 <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;">
<div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div>[[List of territorial disputes|Disputed]] (2)</div></div>
<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> [[Bajo Nuevo Bank]][f]
 </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">[[Serranilla Bank]][g]
 </li></ul>
</div> |image=Central America (configurable orthographic projection).svg |languages=<div class="plainlist " >
* [[Central American Spanish|Spanish]] 
* [[Caribbean English|English]]
* [[Mayan languages|Mayan]]
* [[Miskito language|Miskito]]
* [[Garifuna language|Garifuna]]
* [[Belizean Creole|Kriol]]
* [[Bay Islands English| Bay Island Creole]]
* [[Limonese Creole|Mekatelyu]]
* [[Miskito Coast Creole|Honduran and Nicaraguan Miskito Creole]]
* [[Mesoamerican languages|Others]]
 
</div> |m49=<code>013</code> – Central America<br /><code>419</code> – [[Latin America and the Caribbean]]<br /><code>019</code> – [[Americas]]<br /><code>001</code> – World |population=[[File:Increase Neutral.svg|11px|alt=Neutral increase|link=|Neutral increase]] 52,700,000 (2023)[[Category:Templates needing substitution checking]]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citation needed|<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.&#32;(February 2025)">citation needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup> |time=[[UTC−06:00]] to [[UTC−05:00]] |title=Central America}}
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Central America
Area523,780 km2 (202,230 sq mi)[1]
PopulationNeutral increase 52,700,000 (2023)[citation needed]
Population density100.6/km2 (260.6/sq mi) (2023)
GDP (PPP)$738.8 billion (2023)
GDP (nominal)$362.62 billion (exchange rate) (2023)
GDP per capita$6,880 (exchange rate) (2023)
$14,019 (PPP) (2023)
DemonymCentral American[a]
Countries
Dependencies
Languages
Time zonesUTC−06:00 to UTC−05:00
Largest cities
UN M49 code013 – Central America
419Latin America and the Caribbean
019Americas
001 – World
Central America
Area523,780 km2 (202,230 sq mi)[1]
PopulationNeutral increase 52,700,000 (2023)[citation needed]
Population density100.6/km2 (260.6/sq mi) (2023)
GDP (PPP)$738.8 billion (2023)
GDP (nominal)$362.62 billion (exchange rate) (2023)
GDP per capita$6,880 (exchange rate) (2023)
$14,019 (PPP) (2023)
DemonymCentral American[a]
Countries
Dependencies
Languages
Time zonesUTC−06:00 to UTC−05:00
Largest cities
UN M49 code013 – Central America
419Latin America and the Caribbean
019Americas
001 – World


  1. ^ "Geography Statistics of Central America". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  1. ^ Spanish: centroamericano
  2. ^ Including Cocos Island, one of the Central American Pacific Islands.
  3. ^ The United Nations geoscheme includes Mexico in Central America, but the country is not universally considered to be a part of Central America among other geographical societies.
  4. ^ a b One of the Central American Pacific Islands.
  5. ^ Comprising two remote island groups off the coast of Central America.
  6. ^ Administered by Colombia, claimed by Jamaica and the United States.
  7. ^ Administered by Colombia, claimed by Honduras, Jamaica, and the United States.