South America Population Pyramid 2017

South America
2017
Population: 417,045,303

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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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South America in 2017

In 2017, South America had a total population of 417,045,304 people. A decade earlier, in 2007, the population was 379,035,587; it has grown by 10.0% since. Half of the population was younger than 31.0 years; 23.6% were children under 15 and 8.6% were 65 or older. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

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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