Central America Population Pyramid 2014
Year
2014Central America in 2014
In 2014, Central America had a total population of 165,766,697 people. That is 15.5% more than in 2004, when the population stood at 143,501,030.
With a median age of 25.9 years, Central America had a youth dependency ratio of 46.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.5 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
3,062,590 immigrants live in Central America.
| United States of America | 899,521 |
| Nicaragua | 491,492 |
| Venezuela | 328,482 |
| Honduras | 221,225 |
| Colombia | 162,616 |
17,443,887 people born in Central America live in other countries.
| United States of America | 15,540,097 |
| Costa Rica | 474,303 |
| Spain | 436,952 |
| Mexico | 330,962 |
| Canada | 196,513 |





