Mexico (Spanish: Mexico [? Mexiko], officially known as the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is a federal sovereign state in North America. It borders the United States in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the south and west, Belize, Guatemala and the Caribbean in the southeast and the Gulf of Mexico in the east. With an area of nearly 2 million square kilometers (more than 760,000 square miles), it is the fifth largest country in America and the fourteenth largest country in the world. With a total population of over1.200 million, it is the most populous country in the world, the largest country in Spanish-speaking world and the second largest country in Latin America. Mexico is a federal country, including 32 states; Mexico City, its capital and largest city, is also a state.