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Population in Latin America & Caribbean: how the countries rank

How many people live where, how fast populations grow and how old they are. 12 indicators for the 42 economies of Latin America & Caribbean, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Population667mgroup, 2025 · world 8.2bnPopulation growth0.66%group, 2025 · world 0.91%Urban share81.5%group, 2025 · world 57.8%Density32.8group, 2023 · world 62.1Fertility1.79group, 2024 · world 2.19Birth rate14.0group, 2024 · world 16.3Death rate6.6group, 2024 · world 7.6Aged 0–1422.1%group, 2025 · world 24.4%
Population
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
02.5bn5.0bn7.5bn10.0bn1995200020052010201520202025Latin America & Caribbean667mWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
Population growth
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
-1.0%0%1.0%2.0%3.0%1995200020052010201520202025Latin America & Caribbean0.66%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 42 economies, population

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its population profile.

42 shown
CountryPopulationPopulation growthUrban shareDensityFertilityBirth rateDeath rateAged 0–14
Brazil213m#1 · 20250.38%#27 · 202588.2%#12 · 202525.4#35 · 20241.61#22 · 202412.1#19 · 20247.1#25 · 202419.4%#21 · 2025
Mexico132m#2 · 20250.83%#15 · 202580.0%#15 · 202567.3#26 · 20241.89#16 · 202415.5#14 · 20246.2#30 · 202424.1%#14 · 2025
Colombia53.4m#3 · 20251.01%#12 · 202578.8%#17 · 202547.7#30 · 20241.63#21 · 202413.3#18 · 20245.5#35 · 202420.0%#20 · 2025
Argentina45.9m#4 · 20250.34%#28 · 202592.4%#8 · 202516.7#39 · 20241.50#28 · 202411.1#29 · 20247.7#19 · 202421.0%#18 · 2025
Peru34.6m#5 · 20251.04%#11 · 202585.6%#13 · 202526.7#33 · 20241.97#15 · 202415.8#12 · 20245.6#33 · 202423.6%#16 · 2025
Venezuela28.5m#6 · 20250.39%#26 · 202589.3%#10 · 202532.2#32 · 20242.08#12 · 202415.2#15 · 20247.7#20 · 202424.9%#11 · 2025
Chile19.9m#7 · 20250.48%#21 · 202589.2%#11 · 202526.6#34 · 20241.14#40 · 20248.7#37 · 20246.6#28 · 202416.5%#33 · 2025
Guatemala18.7m#8 · 20251.52%#3 · 202556.3%#33 · 2025171.8#20 · 20242.29#7 · 202420.6#4 · 20244.9#40 · 202431.0%#1 · 2025
Ecuador18.3m#9 · 20250.85%#14 · 202563.4%#26 · 202573.0#25 · 20241.81#17 · 202414.8#17 · 20245.2#36 · 202423.9%#15 · 2025
Bolivia12.6m#10 · 20251.35%#5 · 202571.6%#22 · 202511.4#40 · 20242.52#3 · 202421.0#3 · 20247.2#24 · 202429.4%#4 · 2025
Haiti11.9m#11 · 20251.13%#10 · 202555.6%#34 · 2025427.2#5 · 20242.62#2 · 202421.9#1 · 20247.8#17 · 202430.8%#2 · 2025
Dominican Republic11.5m#12 · 20250.81%#16 · 202572.5%#21 · 2025237.1#17 · 20242.22#9 · 202417.6#9 · 20246.2#29 · 202426.2%#9 · 2025
Honduras11.0m#13 · 20251.65%#2 · 202559.3%#31 · 202596.8#23 · 20242.48#4 · 202421.6#2 · 20244.5#42 · 202430.3%#3 · 2025
Cuba10.9m#14 · 2025-0.39%#37 · 202577.2%#18 · 2025105.8#21 · 20241.45#32 · 20248.6#38 · 202410.4#3 · 202415.0%#38 · 2025
Paraguay7.0m#15 · 20251.20%#9 · 202570.4%#23 · 202517.5#38 · 20242.42#5 · 202419.7#6 · 20245.7#32 · 202428.4%#6 · 2025
Nicaragua7.0m#16 · 20251.31%#7 · 202559.4%#29 · 202556.7#28 · 20232.21#10 · 202419.1#7 · 20244.6#41 · 202428.3%#7 · 2025
El Salvador6.4m#17 · 20250.43%#25 · 202575.5%#19 · 2025305.9#10 · 20241.77#18 · 202415.6#13 · 20247.5#22 · 202424.4%#13 · 2025
Costa Rica5.2m#18 · 20250.45%#23 · 202579.7%#16 · 2025101.5#22 · 20241.32#39 · 202410.0#34 · 20245.6#34 · 202418.3%#24 · 2025
Panama4.6m#19 · 20251.22%#8 · 202566.2%#24 · 202560.9#27 · 20242.11#11 · 202415.9#11 · 20244.9#38 · 202424.5%#12 · 2025
Uruguay3.4m#20 · 2025-0.06%#35 · 202595.7%#4 · 202519.4#36 · 20241.40#35 · 20249.8#35 · 20249.9#8 · 202417.9%#26 · 2025
Puerto Rico3.2m#21 · 2025-0.55%#39 · 202594.3%#7 · 2025361.1#6 · 20240.92#42 · 20245.7#42 · 202410.3#4 · 202411.2%#42 · 2025
Jamaica2.8m#22 · 2025-0.07%#36 · 202559.4%#30 · 2025262.2#14 · 20241.35#38 · 202411.4#25 · 20248.2#16 · 202418.3%#25 · 2025
Trinidad and Tobago1.4m#23 · 2025-0.04%#34 · 202554.0%#35 · 2025266.8#13 · 20241.54#25 · 202410.5#32 · 20248.7#13 · 202417.5%#29 · 2025
Guyana835,986#24 · 20250.59%#20 · 202526.5%#41 · 20253.9#42 · 20242.40#6 · 202419.9#5 · 20247.5#21 · 202428.9%#5 · 2025
Suriname639,850#25 · 20250.85%#13 · 202565.8%#25 · 20254.0#41 · 20242.23#8 · 202417.2#10 · 20246.8#27 · 202425.3%#10 · 2025
Belize422,924#26 · 20251.39%#4 · 202541.6%#37 · 202518.3#37 · 20242.02#13 · 202418.1#8 · 20245.0#37 · 202426.3%#8 · 2025
Bahamas403,033#27 · 20250.44%#24 · 202581.3%#14 · 202540.1#31 · 20241.37#37 · 202410.8#31 · 20248.8#12 · 202417.5%#28 · 2025
Barbados282,623#28 · 20250.06%#33 · 202559.7%#28 · 2025655.4#2 · 20241.71#20 · 202411.1#27 · 202410.2#5 · 202417.1%#32 · 2025
Saint Lucia180,149#29 · 20250.23%#29 · 202529.1%#40 · 2025294.7#12 · 20241.39#36 · 202411.2#26 · 20248.7#14 · 202417.2%#31 · 2025
Curaçao156,263#30 · 20250.19%#30 · 202591.5%#9 · 2025351.3#7 · 20241.40#34 · 20247.2#41 · 202410.1#6 · 202414.6%#40 · 2025
Grenada117,303#31 · 20250.08%#32 · 202536.7%#38 · 2025340.7#8 · 20241.47#30 · 202411.5#24 · 20248.9#11 · 202419.0%#22 · 2025
Aruba108,785#32 · 20250.73%#17 · 202561.7%#27 · 2025600.0#3 · 20241.61#23 · 20247.6#40 · 20247.8#18 · 202416.5%#34 · 2025
US Virgin Islands103,792#33 · 2025-0.56%#40 · 202595.4%#5 · 2025299.9#11 · 20241.97#14 · 202411.1#28 · 20249.2#10 · 202416.5%#35 · 2025
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99,924#34 · 2025-0.69%#41 · 202548.0%#36 · 2025258.7#16 · 20241.76#19 · 202412.0#20 · 202411.5#2 · 202420.9%#19 · 2025
Antigua and Barbuda94,209#35 · 20250.46%#22 · 202524.3%#42 · 2025213.0#18 · 20241.58#24 · 202411.7#21 · 20247.0#26 · 202417.5%#30 · 2025
Cayman Islands75,844#36 · 20251.85%#1 · 2025100.0%#1 · 2025310.2#9 · 20241.52#27 · 202411.6#23 · 20244.9#39 · 202416.1%#36 · 2025
Dominica65,871#37 · 2025-0.51%#38 · 202574.0%#20 · 202588.2#24 · 20241.48#29 · 202411.0#30 · 202412.6#1 · 202417.6%#27 · 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis46,922#38 · 20250.17%#31 · 202531.9%#39 · 2025179.5#19 · 20241.53#26 · 202411.7#22 · 202410.0#7 · 202418.3%#23 · 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands46,855#39 · 20250.69%#18 · 202594.4%#6 · 202549.1#29 · 20241.45#31 · 202410.5#33 · 20247.4#23 · 202416.0%#37 · 2025
Sint Maarten43,923#40 · 20251.31%#6 · 2025100.0%#3 · 20251,275.0#1 · 20241.44#33 · 20249.1#36 · 20248.3#15 · 202414.8%#39 · 2025
British Virgin Islands39,732#41 · 20250.66%#19 · 202557.4%#32 · 2025261.4#15 · 20241.05#41 · 20248.2#39 · 20246.0#31 · 202414.1%#41 · 2025
Saint Martin (French part)24,941#42 · 2025-4.65%#42 · 2025100.0%#2 · 2025493.0#4 · 20242.67#1 · 202415.0#16 · 20249.7#9 · 202421.1%#17 · 2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Population42 countries
  1. 1Brazil213m2025
  2. 2Mexico132m2025
  3. 3Colombia53.4m2025
Lowest
  1. 42Saint Martin (French part)24,9412025
  2. 41British Virgin Islands39,7322025
  3. 40Sint Maarten43,9232025
Median country 3.0m · group 667m
Population growth42 countries
  1. 1Cayman Islands1.85%2025
  2. 2Honduras1.65%2025
  3. 3Guatemala1.52%2025
Lowest
  1. 42Saint Martin (French part)-4.65%2025
  2. 41Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.69%2025
  3. 40US Virgin Islands-0.56%2025
Median country 0.47% · group 0.66%
Urban share42 countries
  1. 1Cayman Islands100.0%2025
  2. 2Saint Martin (French part)100.0%2025
  3. 3Sint Maarten100.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 42Antigua and Barbuda24.3%2025
  2. 41Guyana26.5%2025
  3. 40Saint Lucia29.1%2025
Median country 72.0% · group 81.5%
Density42 countries
  1. 1Sint Maarten1,275.02024
  2. 2Barbados655.42024
  3. 3Aruba600.02024
Lowest
  1. 42Guyana3.92024
  2. 41Suriname4.02024
  3. 40Bolivia11.42024
Median country 103.6 · group 32.8
Fertility42 countries
  1. 1Saint Martin (French part)2.672024
  2. 2Haiti2.622024
  3. 3Bolivia2.522024
Lowest
  1. 42Puerto Rico0.922024
  2. 41British Virgin Islands1.052024
  3. 40Chile1.142024
Median country 1.62 · group 1.79
Birth rate42 countries
  1. 1Haiti21.92024
  2. 2Honduras21.62024
  3. 3Bolivia21.02024
Lowest
  1. 42Puerto Rico5.72024
  2. 41Curaçao7.22024
  3. 40Aruba7.62024
Median country 11.7 · group 14.0
Death rate42 countries
  1. 1Dominica12.62024
  2. 2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11.52024
  3. 3Cuba10.42024
Lowest
  1. 42Honduras4.52024
  2. 41Nicaragua4.62024
  3. 40Guatemala4.92024
Median country 7.5 · group 6.6
Aged 0–1442 countries
  1. 1Guatemala31.0%2025
  2. 2Haiti30.8%2025
  3. 3Honduras30.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 42Puerto Rico11.2%2025
  2. 41British Virgin Islands14.1%2025
  3. 40Curaçao14.6%2025
Median country 19.2% · group 22.1%
Aged 65+42 countries
  1. 1Puerto Rico25.3%2025
  2. 2US Virgin Islands23.1%2025
  3. 3Saint Martin (French part)19.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 42Honduras4.5%2025
  2. 41Haiti4.8%2025
  3. 40Guatemala5.0%2025
Median country 10.8% · group 10.2%
Dependency ratio42 countries
  1. 1Saint Martin (French part)68.7%2025
  2. 2US Virgin Islands65.5%2025
  3. 3Puerto Rico57.5%2025
Lowest
  1. 42British Virgin Islands31.9%2025
  2. 41Cayman Islands34.4%2025
  3. 40Jamaica36.7%2025
Median country 48.5% · group 47.8%
Net migration42 countries
  1. 1Colombia129,1392025
  2. 2Chile51,7122025
  3. 3Peru11,9312025
Lowest
  1. 42Brazil-217,2832025
  2. 41Mexico-108,0372025
  3. 40Venezuela-100,4672025
Median country -214 · group -401,848
Adolescent births42 countries
  1. 1Nicaragua93.22024
  2. 2Honduras81.32024
  3. 3Venezuela73.22024
Lowest
  1. 42Chile5.62024
  2. 41Cayman Islands10.52024
  3. 40Curaçao12.52024
Median country 38.6 · group 50.4
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