List of Latin American countries by population
This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
Table
[edit]| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
July 1, 2015 projection[1] |
% of pop. |
Average relative annual growth (%)[2] |
Average absolute annual growth [3] |
Estimated doubling time (Years)[4] |
Official figure (where available) |
Date of last figure |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
204,519,000 | 33.13 | 0.86 | 1,750,000 | 81 | 212,457,615 | November 24, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 2 |  Mexico |
127,500,000 | 19.60 | 1.08 | 1,293,000 | 65 | 127,792,286 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 3 |  Colombia |
48,218,000 | 7.81 | 1.16 | 555,000 | 60 | 53,214,000 | November 24, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 4 |  Argentina |
43,132,000 | 6.99 | 1.09 | 463,000 | 64 | 45,376,763 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 5 |  Peru |
33,050,325 | 5.05 | 1.10 | 338,000 | 64 | 32,625,948 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 6 |  Venezuela |
30,620,000 | 4.96 | 1.37 | 414,000 | 51 | 28,435,943 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 7 |  Chile |
18,006,000 | 2.92 | 1.05 | 187,000 | 66 | 19,458,310 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 8 |  Ecuador |
16,279,000 | 2.64 | 1.57 | 252,000 | 44 | 18,675,400 | November 24, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 9 |  Guatemala |
16,176,000 | 2.62 | 2.93 | 461,000 | 24 | 16,858,333 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 10 |  Cuba |
11,252,000 | 1.82 | 0.25 | 28,000 | 278 | 11,193,470 | December 31, 2019 | Official estimate |
| 11 |  Haiti |
10,994,000 | 1.78 | 2.31 | 248,000 | 30 | 11,743,017 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 12 |  Bolivia |
10,520,000 | 1.70 | 1.73 | 179,000 | 40 | 11,633,371 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 13 |  Dominican Republic |
9,980,000 | 1.62 | 0.98 | 97,000 | 71 | 10,448,499 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 14 |  Honduras |
8,950,000 | 1.45 | 2.29 | 200,000 | 31 | 9,304,380 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 15 |  Paraguay |
7,003,000 | 1.13 | 1.58 | 109,000 | 44 | 7,252,672 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 16 |  Nicaragua |
6,514,000 | 1.06 | 2.37 | 151,000 | 30 | 6,527,691 | June 30, 2019 | Official estimate |
| 17 |  El Salvador |
6,460,000 | 1.05 | 0.92 | 59,000 | 76 | 6,765,753 | 2020 | Official estimate |
| 18 |  Costa Rica |
4,851,000 | 0.79 | 1.63 | 78,000 | 43 | 5,111,238 | June 30, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 19 |  Panama |
3,764,000 | 0.61 | 1.37 | 51,000 | 51 | 4,278,500 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
| 20 |  Puerto Rico (US)[5] |
3,508,000 | 0.57 | -1.13 | -40,000 | - | 3,193,694 | July 1, 2019 | Official estimate |
| 21 |  Uruguay |
3,310,000 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 6,000 | 382 | 3,530,912 | June 30, 2020 | Official estimate |
| — | Total | 617,311,000 | 100.00 | 1.13 | 6,885,000 | 62 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown in the list of countries by past and projected future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
- ^ Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.
