Latin America and the Caribbean Population Pyramid 2021

Latin America and the Caribbean
2021
Population: 650,465,289

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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021

In 2021, Latin America and the Caribbean had a total population of 650,465,290 people. That is 9.3% more than in 2011, when the population stood at 595,242,688. With a median age of 31.2 years, Latin America and the Caribbean had a youth dependency ratio of 35.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 13.4 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.

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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