2023 Facts & Figures: NORTH AMERICA

NUMBER of indigenous people in Canada. That represents almost 5 percent of Canada’s population. Indigenous people are the fastest-growing group in Canada, with a population that increased 42 percent from 2006 to 2016, the date of Canada’s most recent national census. The rapid growth is fueled by the rise in Canadians who identify themselves as indigenous, higher fertility rates, and a longer life expectancy for indigenous people than in the past.

^{Source: Government of Canada}

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with more than half its population living below the World Bank’s poverty line. In 2020, Haitians living abroad sent a record $3.8 billion back to their homeland, which was 23 percent of Haiti’s entire GDP for the year.

^{Source: Council on Foreign Relations}

AVERAGE AMOUNT of trash each American throws away daily. Food accounts for about 22 percent of what we toss.

^{Source: Environmental Protection Agency}

From 1965 to 2015, more than 16 million Mexicans migrated to the United States—more than from any other country. It’s one of the largest mass migrations in modern history.

^{Source: Pew Research Center}

PERCENTAGE of Cuba’s adult population that can read and write. Despite widespread poverty, Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world.

^{Source: World Population Review}