List of Latin American countries by population

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This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

RankCountry
(or dependent territory)
July 1, 2015
projection [1]
% of
pop.
Average
relative
annual
growth
(%) [2]
Average
absolute
annual
growth
[3]
Estimated
doubling
time
(Years) [4]
Official
figure
(where
available)
Date of
last figure
Source
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 204,519,00033.130.861,750,00081212,457,615June20, 2023 Official population clock
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 127,500,00019.601.081,293,00065127,792,286July 1, 2020 Official estimate
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 48,218,0007.811.16555,0006052,452,000June20, 2023 Official population clock
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 43,132,0006.991.09463,0006445,376,763July 1, 2020 Official estimate
5Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 33,050,3255.051.10338,0006432,625,948July 1, 2020 Official estimate
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 30,620,0004.961.37414,0005128,435,9432020 Official estimate
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 18,006,0002.921.05187,0006619,458,3102020 Official estimate
8Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 16,279,0002.641.57252,0004418,310,800June20, 2023 Official population clock
9Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 16,176,0002.622.93461,0002416,858,333July 1, 2020 Official estimate
10Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 11,252,0001.820.2528,00027811,193,470December 31, 2019 Official estimate
11Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 10,994,0001.782.31248,0003011,743,0172020 Official estimate
12Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 10,520,0001.701.73179,0004011,633,3712020 Official estimate
13Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 9,980,0001.620.9897,0007110,448,4992020 Official estimate
14Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 8,950,0001.452.29200,000319,304,380July 1, 2020 Official estimate
15Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 7,003,0001.131.58109,000447,252,6722020 Official estimate
16Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 6,514,0001.062.37151,000306,527,691June 30, 2019 Official estimate
17Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 6,460,0001.050.9259,000766,765,7532020 Official estimate
18Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4,851,0000.791.6378,000435,111,238June 30, 2020 Official estimate
19Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 3,764,0000.611.3751,000514,278,500July 1, 2020 Official estimate
20Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (US) [5] 3,508,0000.57-1.13-40,000-3,193,694July 1, 2019 Official estimate
21Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3,310,0000.540.186,0003823,530,912June 30, 2020 Official estimate
Total617,311,000100.001.136,885,00062

Notes

  1. Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown in the list of countries by past and projected future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
  2. It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
  3. It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual growth/100.
  4. It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
  5. Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.

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