Latin America and the Caribbean Population Pyramid 2000

Latin America and the Caribbean
2000
Population: 521,323,343

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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Latin America and the Caribbean in 2000

In 2000, Latin America and the Caribbean had a total population of 521,323,344 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 18.0%, up from 441,884,656 in 1990. With a median age of 24.2 years, Latin America and the Caribbean had a youth dependency ratio of 51.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 8.8 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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