Appendix 1 - Population statistics in Latin America

World population 1970 - 1997 and projection to 2050
(UN medium fertility variant - in thousands)

2000

2020

Differences

%

Belize

242

346

104

30.16

Costa Rica

3,817

5,375

1,558

28.98

El Salvador

6,310

8,604

2,294

26.66

Guatemala

12,116

18,736

6,620

35.33

Honduras

6,485

9,817

3,332

33.94

Mexico

98,262

121,024

22,761

18.81

Nicaragua

4,782

7,735

2,953

38.17

Panama

2,847

3,559

712

20.01

Central America and Mexico

134,861

175,196

40,335

23.02

Bolivia

8,329

12,137

3,808

31.38

Brazil

169,282

208,440

39,158

18.79

Colombia

39,566

54,338

14,772

27.19

Ecuador

12,646

16,840

4,194

24.91

French Guiana

196

411

215

52.28

Guyana

868

1,026

158

15.41

Paraguay

5,496

8,527

3,031

35.55

Peru

25,662

33,648

7,986

23.73

Suriname

444

514

70

13.57

Venezuela

24,170

32,768

8,598

26.24

Total: Tropical South America

286,660

368,651

81,991

22.24

Argentina

37,032

45,292

8,260

18.24

Chile

15,211

18,712

3,501

18.71

Uruguay

3,299

3,767

469

12.44

Total: Temperate South America

55,542

67,771

12,230

18.05

Total: South America

342,202

436,422

94,221

21.59

Total: Latin America

477,063

611,619

134,556

22.00