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Region · REG_LATAM

Latin America and the Caribbean

658.9M
Population · 2023
0.70%
Growth rate · 2023
1.81
Fertility rate · 2023
75.7 yrs
Life expectancy · 2023

Latest estimates · UN 2024

Latin America and the Caribbean, as the UN Population Division groups countries (location code 904).

Population projection

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What forecasters project

Each forecaster’s central projection for Latin America and the Caribbean, alongside earlier UN revisions. The newest vintage from each forecaster is shown; older revisions are in the legend.

Population: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024UN 2022WIC 2023200020202040206020802100550M600M650M700M750Mpeople

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 613M, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 647M, projected); WIC 2023 (2020–2100, latest 669M, projected).

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WIC 2013: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 1.0, 2013.

WIC 2018: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 2.0, 2018.

WIC 2023: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 3.0 (Beta), 2023.

WIC data shown with attribution for display only; not licensed for redistribution.

Latin America and the Caribbean population, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
UN 2010751M—
UN 2012782M736M
WIC 2013758M684M
UN 2015784M—
UN 2017780M—
WIC 2018763M655M
UN 2019762M680M
UN 2022749M647M
WIC 2023745M669M
UN 2024 (current)730M613M

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Latin America and the Caribbean are not listed.

Total fertility rate: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024UN 2022WIC 2023replacement2000202020402060208021001.601.802.002.202.402.60

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.65, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 1.68, projected); WIC 2023 (2015–2095, latest 1.65, projected).

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WIC 2013: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 1.0, 2013.

WIC 2018: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 2.0, 2018.

WIC 2023: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 3.0 (Beta), 2023.

WIC data shown with attribution for display only; not licensed for redistribution.

Latin America and the Caribbean total fertility rate, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
WIC 20131.72—
WIC 20181.65—
UN 20221.721.68
WIC 20231.65—
UN 2024 (current)1.681.65

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Latin America and the Caribbean are not listed. UN revisions from 1998 to 2019 publish fertility as five-year period averages (e.g. 2045–2050), with no single-year value; their paths are in the chart above. Wittgenstein Centre values are five-year period averages shown at the period's first year (2050 = 2050–2055).

Sources, licenses, and attribution for every forecaster are listed in the methodology.