South America Population Pyramid 2016

South America
2016
Population: 413,394,991

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-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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South America in 2016

As of 2016, South America counted 413,394,991 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2006, the population was 374,925,311; it has grown by 10.3% since. The median age was 30.6 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 35.3 children under 15 and 12.4 people aged 65 or over. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.

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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