What is Central America?
Q: What is Central America?
A: Central America is the central geographic region of the continent known as the Americas. It goes from Mexico in the north-west, to Panama in the south-east. It also comprises the Caribbean Sea and its countries.
Q: How large is Central America?
A: Central America has an area of 524,000 square kilometers (202,000 sq mi). It is almost 0.1% of the Earth's surface.
Q: What are the countries in Central America?
A: The countries in Central America are Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize and El Salvador.
Q: Which country has the largest population by country in Central America?
A: Guatemala has the largest population by country in Central America with more than 14 million people. They also have the most populated city in Central America which is Guatemala City.
Q: What language do most people speak in Central America?
A: Most people speak Spanish as their official language with Belize being a non-Spanish speaking country whose official language is English although there are now at least 195,597 (62.8%) of people who speak Spanish there too. Some people also speak indigenous or creole languages like Maya languages.
Q: How dense is population density in Central American countries?
A: Population density across all countries of Cental American averages 77 people per square kilometer
