List of Latin American countries by population

This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, whichby the mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

RankCountry
(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]
Alternative
figure
DateSource
1 Brazil204,519,00033.120.861,750,00081204,092,000April 10, 2015Official population clock
2 Mexico121,006,00019.601.081,293,00065121,005,815July 1, 2015Official estimate
3 Colombia48,218,0007.811.16555,0006048,084,000April 10, 2015Official population clock
4 Argentina43,132,0006.991.09463,0006443,131,966July 1, 2015Official estimate
5 Peru31,153,0005.051.10338,0006431,151,643June 30, 2015Official estimate
6 Venezuela30,620,0004.961.37414,0005130,620,4042015Official estimate
7 Chile18,006,0002.921.05187,0006618,006,4072015Official estimate
8 Guatemala16,280,0002.642.99472,0002415,806,675June 30, 2014Official estimate
9 Ecuador16,279,0002.641.57252,0004416,224,700April 10, 2015Official population clock
10 Cuba11,260,0001.820.2933,00023611,210,064December 31, 2013Official estimate
11 Haiti10,994,0001.782.31248,0003010,745,6652014Official estimate
12 Bolivia10,520,0001.701.73179,0004010,027,254November 21, 20122012 census result
13 Dominican Republic9,980,0001.620.9897,000719,980,2432015Official estimate
14 Honduras8,950,0001.452.29200,000318,555,0702013Official estimate
15 Paraguay7,003,0001.131.58109,000447,003,4062015Official estimate
16 Nicaragua6,514,0001.062.37151,000306,071,045June 30, 2012Official estimate
17 El Salvador6,459,0001.050.9158,000776,401,2402014Official estimate
18 Costa Rica4,851,0000.791.6378,000434,773,130June 30, 2014Official estimate
19 Panama3,764,0000.611.3751,000513,764,166July 1, 2015Official estimate
20 Puerto Rico (US)[5]3,508,0000.57-1.13-40,000-3,548,397July 1, 2014Official estimate
21 Uruguay3,310,0000.540.186,0003823,404,189June 30, 2014Official estimate
22 Guadeloupe (France)405,0000.070.251,000280403,314January 1, 2012Official estimate
23 Martinique (France)383,0000.06-0.52-2,000-388,364January 1, 2012Official estimate
24 French Guiana262,0000.042.757,00026239,648January 1, 2012Official estimate
25 Saint Martin (France)36,0000.010.000-35,742January 1, 2012Official estimate
26 Saint Barthélemy (France)10,0000.000.000-9,131January 1, 2012Official estimate
Total617,422,000100.001.136,900,00062

Notes

  1. 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 on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
  2. It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
  3. It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
  4. It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
  5. Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.

See also