Editing Latin America (section)

===Subregions and countries===
[[File:Latin America regions.svg|thumb|The four common subregions in Latin America]]Latin America can be subdivided into several subregions based on geography, politics, [[Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean|democracy]], demographics and culture. The basic geographical subregions are North America, Central America, the [[Caribbean]] and South America; the latter contains further politico-geographical subdivisions such as the [[Southern Cone]], [[the Guianas]] and the Andean states. It may be subdivided on linguistic grounds into [[Hispanic America|Spanish America]], [[Portuguese America]], and [[French America]].<ref name="GeoSEP">{{cite book|title=Geografía, Quinto Grado [Geography, Fifth Grade]|publisher=Secretaría de Educación Pública [Secretariat of Public Education]|location=Mexico City|pages=75–83|author=María Alejandra Acosta Garcia|edition=Second|first2=Sheridan|last2=González|author3=Ma. de Lourdes Romero|first4=Luis|last4=Reza|first5=Araceli|last5=Salinas|via=Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos (CONALITEG)|chapter=Three|date=June 2011}}</ref>

The term "Latin America" is defined to mean parts of Americas south of the mainland of the [[United States of America]] where a Romance language (a language derived from Latin) predominates. Latin America are the countries and territories in the Americas which speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French. As is customary, [[Puerto Rico]] is included and [[Dominica]], [[Grenada]], and [[Saint Lucia]] (where French is spoken but not official language) are excluded from Latin America.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+Latin America
! class="unsortable" | [[National flag|Flag]]
! class="unsortable" | [[Coat of arms|Arms]]
! Country/Territory
! [[Capital city|Capital(s)]]
! [[Language|Name(s) in official language(s)]]
! [[List of countries by population|Population]]<br />{{nobold|(2023)}}<ref name="TWFpopulation">{{cite web|title=The World Factbook – Country Comparisons: Population|year=2023|author=Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/population/country-comparison/|access-date=June 28, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106121651/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/population/country-comparison/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[List of countries by area|Area]]<br />{{nobold|(km{{sup|2}})}}<ref name="UN area">{{cite web|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012.htm|access-date=July 18, 2021|website=unstats.un.org|archive-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015114145/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[List of countries by population density|Density]]<br />{{nobold|(people/km{{sup|2}})}}
! [[Time zone]]s
! Subregion
|-
| {{center|{{flagicon|ARG}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Argentina.svg|20px]]}} || [[Argentina]] || [[Buenos Aires]] || Argentina || {{density|disp=table|46,621,847|2,780,400}} 
| [[UTC−03:00|UTC/GMT –3 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|Bolivia|state}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Bolivia.svg|20px]]}} || [[Bolivia]] || [[Sucre]] and [[La Paz]] || Bolivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya; Volívia || {{density|disp=table|12,186,079|1,098,581}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|BRA}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Brazil.svg|20px]]}} || [[Brazil]] || [[Brasília]] || Brasil || {{density|disp=table|218,689,757|8,514,877}} 
| [[UTC−02:00|UTC/GMT –2 hours]] ([[Fernando de Noronha]])<br />[[UTC−03:00|UTC/GMT –3 hours]] ([[Brasília]])<br />[[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] ([[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]])<br />[[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] ([[Acre (state)|Acre]]) || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|CHL}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Chile.svg|20px]]}} || [[Chile]] || [[Santiago]] || Chile || {{density|disp=table|18,549,457|756,102}} 
| [[UTC−03:00|UTC/GMT –3 hours]] (Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica)<br />[[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] (Continental Chile)<br />[[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] (Easter Island) || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|COL}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Colombia.svg|20px]]}} || [[Colombia]] || [[Bogotá]] || Colombia || {{density|disp=table|49,336,454|1,141,748}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|CRI}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Costa Rica.svg|20px]]}} || [[Costa Rica]] || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] || Costa Rica || {{density|disp=table|5,256,612|51,100}} 
| [[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|CUB}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Cuba.svg|20px]]}} || [[Cuba]] || [[Havana]] || Cuba || {{density|disp=table|10,985,974|109,884}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|DOM}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg|20px]]}} || [[Dominican Republic]] || [[Santo Domingo]] || República Dominicana || {{density|disp=table|10,790,744|48,192}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|ECU}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Ecuador.svg|20px]]}} || [[Ecuador]] || [[Quito]] || Ecuador || {{density|disp=table|17,483,326|256,369}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] (mainland Ecuador)<br />[[UTC-06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] (Galápagos Islands) || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|SLV}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg|20px]]}} || [[El Salvador]] || [[San Salvador]] || El Salvador || {{density|disp=table|6,602,370|21,041}} 
| [[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|France}}}}|| {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of French Guiana, according to the original displayed at the Museum Franconie, at Cayenne.svg|20px]]}} || [[French Guiana]]* || [[Cayenne]] || Guyane || {{density|disp=table|{{UN population|French Guiana}}|83,534}} 
| [[UTC−03:00|UTC/GMT –3 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|France}}}}|| {{center|}} || [[Guadeloupe]]* || [[Basse-Terre]] || Guadeloupe || {{density|disp=table|{{UN population|Guadeloupe}}|1,705}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|GTM}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Guatemala.svg|20px]]}} || [[Guatemala]] || [[Guatemala City]] || Guatemala || {{density|disp=table|17,980,803|108,889}} 
| [[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|Haiti}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Haiti.svg|20px]]}} || [[Haiti]] || [[Port-au-Prince]] || Haïti; Ayiti || {{density|disp=table|11,470,261|27,750}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|HND}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Honduras.svg|20px]]}} || [[Honduras]] || [[Tegucigalpa]] || Honduras || {{density|disp=table|9,571,352|112,492}} 
| [[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|Martinique}}}}|| {{center|}} || [[Martinique]]* || [[Fort-de-France]] || Martinique || {{density|disp=table|{{UN population|Martinique}}|1,128}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|MEX}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Mexico.svg|20px]]}} || [[Mexico]] || [[Mexico City]] || México || {{density|disp=table|129,875,529|1,964,375}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] (''Zona Sureste'')<br />[[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT –6 hours]] (''Zona Centro'')<br />[[UTC−07:00|UTC/GMT –7 hours]] (''Zona Pacífico'')<br />[[UTC−08:00|UTC/GMT –8 hours]] (''Zona Noroeste'') || [[North America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|NIC}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Nicaragua.svg|20px]]}} || [[Nicaragua]] || [[Managua]] || Nicaragua || {{density|disp=table|6,359,689|130,373}} 
| [[UTC−06:00|UTC/GMT -6 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|PAN}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Panama.svg|20px]]}} || [[Panama]] || [[Panama City]] || Panamá || {{density|disp=table|4,404,108|75,417}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] || [[Central America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|PRY}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Paraguay.svg|20px]]}} || [[Paraguay]] || [[Asunción]] || Paraguay; Tetã Paraguái || {{density|disp=table|7,439,863|406,752}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|PER}}}} || {{center|[[File:Escudo nacional del Perú.svg|20px]]}} || [[Peru]] || [[Lima]] || Perú || {{density|disp=table|32,440,172|1,285,216}} 
| [[UTC−05:00|UTC/GMT –5 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|PRI}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.svg|20px]]}} || [[Puerto Rico]]* || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] || Puerto Rico || {{density|disp=table|3,057,311|8,870}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|France}}}}|| {{center|[[File:Blason St Barthélémy TOM entire.svg|20px]]}} || [[Saint Barthélemy]]* || [[Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy|Gustavia]] || Saint-Barthélemy || <ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005055240/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf |date=October 5, 2020 }}, [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>{{density|disp=table|{{UN population|Saint Barthélemy}}|25}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|France}}}}|| {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Saint Martin.svg|20px]]}} || [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]]* || [[Marigot, Saint Martin|Marigot]] || Saint-Martin || {{density|disp=table|35,334|54}} 
| [[UTC−04:00|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|URY}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg|20px]]}} || [[Uruguay]] || [[Montevideo]] || Uruguay || {{density|disp=table|3,416,264|176,215}} 
| [[UTC−03:00|UTC/GMT –3 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
| {{center|{{flagdeco|VEN}}}} || {{center|[[File:Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg|20px]]}} || [[Venezuela]] || [[Caracas]] || Venezuela || {{density|disp=table|30,518,260|912,050}} 
| [[UTC−04:30|UTC/GMT –4 hours]] || [[South America]]
|-
! || || Total || || || {{density|disp=table|652,504,579|20,111,699}} 
! ||
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>: Not a sovereign state