[14] Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952)[15] Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981.
[19] Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize.
[26] Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[27] Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971.
[28] Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America.
[32] Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.
[34] The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America.
[41] In 2003, the people of Saint Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe; in 2007, the northern part of the island became a French overseas collectivity.
In 2010, the southern half of the island became the independent country of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)[43] Aruba became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.
[45] Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.
[47] Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010.