The country has a total size of 8, square miles 22, square km , with more than , people. Belize has one of the most stable and democratic governments in Central America. Its dominant economic activity is services, particularly tourism. Although Belize has the third-highest per capita income in Central America, it suffers from a high-income disparity between the rich and the poor.
Some of the significant concerns Belize faces are high unemployment, massive foreign debt burden, and high unemployment. Costa Rica is surrounded by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. At its narrowest point, the distance between the Caribbean and Pacific is only about 75 miles.
Costa Rica has the most stable and democratic government in Central America. The country has abolished its military and provided social and educational guarantees for its citizens. Costa Rica has a population of over 5 million people across 19, square miles 51, square km.
Roughly half of the country's population lives in urban areas. Costa Rica is an upper-middle-income country that has had a strong and stable economic growth since It has an established ecotourism industry due to its biodiversity.
It also exports several agriculture-based products such as bananas, coffee, sugar, and beer. Costa Rica is neither rich nor poor, but its wealth is better distributed amongst its inhabitants. Costa Rica's political stability and steady growth have resulted in one of the lowest poverty rates in the region.
However, it has one of the highest per capita national debt among all Central American countries. El Salvador is surrounded by Honduras to the north and east, Guatemala to the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. It is the smallest country in Central America and entirely located on the western side, making it the only Central American country without a coastline to the Caribbean Sea.
El Salvador's capital city is San Salvador. Despite being the smallest country on the isthmus, it is the most densely populated, with more than 6. El Salvador has the fourth-largest economy in Central America. It was traditionally an agricultural economy but quickly expanded in the s and '70s, and the service sector now dominates the economy. El Salvador along with other Central American and Caribbean countries signed a free-trade agreement with the United States in , further boosting El Salvador's export income, but it has been suffering from consistently low economic growth levels.
Guatemala is surrounded by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Gulf of Honduras to the northeast, El Salvador to the southeast, Honduras to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Guatemala sits along the Ring of Fire , a string of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters on the Pacific Ocean.
The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City. The country is 42, square miles , square km in size and has a population of It has the largest population in Central America. Guatemala has the largest economy in Central America, with an average growth rate of 3. Honduras officially the Republic of Honduras sits between the Caribbean Sea to the north, Nicaragua to the east and south, Guatemala and El Salvador to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
It has a long Caribbean shoreline that includes the nearly uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast. More than three-fourths of Honduras' land area is mountainous. Honduras has a total land size of 43, square miles , square km and more than 9 million people.
Its capital city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras' economy has historically depended on the export of bananas and coffee but has branched out to include other products such as clothing. Central America is its own region, but many people believe that it is the southernmost region of North America. Central America is located south of Mexico and northwest of Colombia.
This region is also bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Based on estimates taken in , the combined population of all Central American nations is 47,, This population is spread over an area of , square miles. With the total land area and total population, you can calculate the population density, which is a relatively low people per square mile.
When you consider land area, Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. When looking at population, the largest nation in this region is Guatemala, which has a population of over The most densely populated nation in the region is El Salvador. On the flip side, the smallest country by area is El Salvador. The nation with the lowest population is Belize, which has nearly , inhabitants. Belize is the only Central American nations with a population less than 1 million. Belize also is the least densely populated nation in the region.
The largest metro area is Guatemala City, which had a population of 5. This represents over one-quarter of the total national population.
All nations with the exception of Belize have Spanish as their official language. Other languages spoken include Xinca, Garifuna, and Mayan languages. Central America is very ethnically diverse, and there are many ethnic groups living throughout the region.
0コメント