
Africa contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states, eight cities and islands that are part of non-African states, and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.

As of 2021, North America's population was estimated as over 592 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population.

Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region has more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays.
The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Island arcs delineate the northern and eastern edges of the Caribbean Sea:
the Greater Antilles in the north and the Lesser Antilles in the east and south.
It includes Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands.
Six island states share the region, with Haiti and the Dominican Republic sharing the island of Hispaniola.