Population of Latin America and the Caribbean

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	23 Sep 2025

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The current population of Latin America and the Caribbean is 668,910,919 as of September 26, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 667,888,552, or 667.9 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 663,466,072, or 663.5 million, for the year 2024. Latin America and the Caribbean will add 63 million more before reaching a peak in 2053, with 730.78 million people.

Latin America and the Caribbean account for 8.11 percent of the world population. Its global share was maximum in 2002 (8.45%) and is projected to decrease to 6.03 percent at the end of the century.

Latin America and the Caribbean have a population growth rate of 0.65% for 2025. The population growth peaked in 1961 with an annual growth rate of 2.76%. The population growth rate was above 2% in the period 1950–1985.

The annual increase of Latin America and the Caribbean population in 2025 is 4.33 million. The net increase of the population per year peaked in 1990 with almost 8.29 million.

Population
Growth rate
Annual Change

Latin America and the Caribbean population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	165,627,351	167,782,158	4,309,613	2.569	6.73
1951	169,936,964	172,178,661	4,483,395	2.604	6.79
1952	174,420,359	176,742,753	4,644,788	2.628	6.84
1953	179,065,147	181,465,138	4,799,981	2.645	6.89
1954	183,865,128	186,352,247	4,974,237	2.669	6.94
1955	188,839,365	191,408,102	5,137,474	2.684	6.99
1956	193,976,839	196,635,241	5,316,804	2.704	7.03
1957	199,293,643	202,034,633	5,481,979	2.714	7.08
1958	204,775,622	207,597,407	5,643,569	2.719	7.13
1959	210,419,191	213,338,419	5,838,457	2.737	7.19
1960	216,257,648	219,267,873	6,020,450	2.746	7.27
1961	222,278,098	225,391,658	6,227,121	2.763	7.35
1962	228,505,219	231,696,476	6,382,514	2.755	7.42
1963	234,887,733	238,151,658	6,527,849	2.741	7.46
1964	241,415,582	244,733,711	6,636,258	2.712	7.50
1965	248,051,840	251,412,629	6,721,578	2.674	7.54
1966	254,773,418	258,167,638	6,788,439	2.630	7.58
1967	261,561,857	264,985,009	6,846,304	2.584	7.63
1968	268,408,161	271,854,375	6,892,428	2.535	7.67
1969	275,300,589	278,778,840	6,956,501	2.495	7.70
1970	282,257,090	285,740,932	6,967,685	2.439	7.73
1971	289,224,775	292,776,297	7,103,044	2.426	7.77
1972	296,327,819	299,924,709	7,193,779	2.399	7.80
1973	303,521,598	307,173,856	7,304,516	2.378	7.83
1974	310,826,114	314,507,389	7,362,549	2.341	7.87
1975	318,188,663	321,910,243	7,443,160	2.312	7.91
1976	325,631,823	329,387,956	7,512,267	2.281	7.95
1977	333,144,090	336,994,370	7,700,560	2.285	7.99
1978	340,844,650	344,747,767	7,806,234	2.264	8.03
1979	348,650,884	352,587,367	7,872,966	2.233	8.07
1980	356,523,850	360,493,167	7,938,634	2.202	8.11
1981	364,462,484	368,410,521	7,896,074	2.143	8.13
1982	372,358,558	376,371,994	8,026,872	2.133	8.16
1983	380,385,430	384,476,547	8,182,235	2.128	8.19
1984	388,567,665	392,668,978	8,202,626	2.089	8.21
1985	396,770,291	400,865,352	8,190,122	2.043	8.23
1986	404,960,413	409,041,734	8,162,642	1.996	8.25
1987	413,123,055	417,217,347	8,188,585	1.963	8.26
1988	421,311,640	425,425,704	8,228,127	1.934	8.27
1989	429,539,767	433,640,834	8,202,134	1.892	8.28
1990	437,741,901	441,884,656	8,285,510	1.875	8.29
1991	446,027,411	450,078,868	8,102,914	1.800	8.31
1992	454,130,325	458,219,791	8,178,932	1.785	8.32
1993	462,309,257	466,312,645	8,006,776	1.717	8.34
1994	470,316,033	474,323,149	8,014,232	1.690	8.36
1995	478,330,265	482,311,061	7,961,591	1.651	8.38
1996	486,291,856	490,233,949	7,884,186	1.608	8.39
1997	494,176,042	498,098,890	7,845,696	1.575	8.41
1998	502,021,738	505,972,765	7,902,054	1.562	8.42
1999	509,923,792	513,769,077	7,690,569	1.497	8.44
2000	517,614,361	521,323,344	7,417,965	1.423	8.45
2001	525,032,326	528,625,860	7,187,068	1.360	8.45
2002	532,219,394	535,741,248	7,043,707	1.315	8.45
2003	539,263,101	542,687,949	6,849,695	1.262	8.45
2004	546,112,796	549,493,921	6,762,249	1.231	8.45
2005	552,875,045	556,212,184	6,674,278	1.200	8.44
2006	559,549,323	562,854,900	6,611,155	1.175	8.44
2007	566,160,478	569,468,002	6,615,049	1.162	8.43
2008	572,775,527	576,049,103	6,547,152	1.137	8.42
2009	579,322,679	582,545,348	6,445,338	1.106	8.40
2010	585,768,017	588,907,843	6,279,653	1.066	8.39
2011	592,047,670	595,242,688	6,390,035	1.074	8.37
2012	598,437,705	601,576,921	6,278,432	1.044	8.35
2013	604,716,137	607,837,500	6,242,726	1.027	8.34
2014	610,958,863	614,015,236	6,112,747	0.996	8.32
2015	617,071,610	620,042,609	5,941,998	0.958	8.30
2016	623,013,608	625,922,644	5,818,072	0.930	8.28
2017	628,831,680	631,575,434	5,487,509	0.869	8.26
2018	634,319,189	637,012,160	5,385,943	0.846	8.24
2019	639,705,132	642,195,536	4,980,808	0.776	8.22
2020	644,685,940	646,729,384	4,086,888	0.632	8.20
2021	648,772,828	650,465,290	3,384,924	0.520	8.18
2022	652,157,752	654,366,790	4,418,076	0.675	8.16
2023	656,575,828	658,891,517	4,631,377	0.703	8.14

Latin America and the Caribbean population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	661,207,205	663,466,072	4,517,734	0.681	8.13
2025	665,724,939	667,888,552	4,327,226	0.648	8.11
2026	670,052,165	672,135,561	4,166,793	0.620	8.10
2027	674,218,958	676,242,123	4,046,331	0.598	8.08
2028	678,265,289	680,211,414	3,892,250	0.572	8.06
2029	682,157,539	684,041,745	3,768,412	0.551	8.04
2030	685,925,951	687,743,397	3,634,891	0.529	8.03
2031	689,560,842	691,312,953	3,504,223	0.507	8.01
2032	693,065,065	694,747,549	3,364,969	0.484	7.99
2033	696,430,034	698,044,237	3,228,406	0.462	7.97
2034	699,658,440	701,205,836	3,094,793	0.441	7.95
2035	702,753,233	704,227,204	2,947,943	0.419	7.93
2036	705,701,176	707,097,628	2,792,904	0.395	7.90
2037	708,494,080	709,812,916	2,637,671	0.372	7.88
2038	711,131,751	712,378,596	2,493,690	0.350	7.86
2039	713,625,441	714,786,713	2,322,544	0.325	7.84
2040	715,947,985	717,030,336	2,164,703	0.302	7.81
2041	718,112,688	719,105,583	1,985,789	0.276	7.79
2042	720,098,477	721,007,171	1,817,387	0.252	7.76
2043	721,915,864	722,733,889	1,636,049	0.226	7.74
2044	723,551,913	724,286,047	1,468,267	0.203	7.71
2045	725,020,180	725,664,821	1,289,282	0.178	7.69
2046	726,309,462	726,872,065	1,125,206	0.155	7.66
2047	727,434,668	727,916,664	963,993	0.132	7.63
2048	728,398,661	728,798,615	799,907	0.110	7.61
2049	729,198,568	729,507,269	617,402	0.085	7.58
2050	729,815,970	730,056,747	481,553	0.066	7.55
2051	730,297,523	730,453,900	312,753	0.043	7.53
2052	730,610,276	730,692,838	165,124	0.023	7.50
2053	730,775,400	730,775,264	-273	0.000	7.47
2054	730,775,127	730,698,842	-152,570	-0.021	7.45
2055	730,622,557	730,474,642	-295,829	-0.040	7.42
2056	730,326,728	730,104,228	-445,001	-0.061	7.39
2057	729,881,727	729,585,210	-593,034	-0.081	7.36
2058	729,288,693	728,928,751	-719,884	-0.099	7.34
2059	728,568,809	728,133,598	-870,421	-0.120	7.31
2060	727,698,388	727,195,657	-1,005,463	-0.138	7.28
2061	726,692,925	726,127,671	-1,130,509	-0.156	7.25
2062	725,562,416	724,931,399	-1,262,035	-0.174	7.22
2063	724,300,381	723,606,995	-1,386,772	-0.192	7.19
2064	722,913,609	722,160,921	-1,505,376	-0.208	7.16
2065	721,408,233	720,589,569	-1,637,328	-0.227	7.13
2066	719,770,905	718,893,814	-1,754,183	-0.244	7.10
2067	718,016,722	717,084,490	-1,864,465	-0.260	7.07
2068	716,152,257	715,163,505	-1,977,504	-0.277	7.04
2069	714,174,753	713,131,083	-2,087,340	-0.293	7.01
2070	712,087,413	710,988,375	-2,198,077	-0.309	6.98
2071	709,889,336	708,741,422	-2,295,829	-0.324	6.95
2072	707,593,507	706,395,413	-2,396,188	-0.339	6.91
2073	705,197,319	703,947,365	-2,499,907	-0.355	6.88
2074	702,697,412	701,403,932	-2,586,960	-0.369	6.85
2075	700,110,452	698,771,015	-2,678,873	-0.383	6.82
2076	697,431,579	696,049,054	-2,765,051	-0.397	6.78
2077	694,666,528	693,237,713	-2,857,629	-0.412	6.75
2078	691,808,899	690,336,047	-2,945,705	-0.427	6.72
2079	688,863,194	687,350,875	-3,024,639	-0.440	6.69
2080	685,838,555	684,287,677	-3,101,755	-0.453	6.65
2081	682,736,800	681,150,892	-3,171,817	-0.466	6.62
2082	679,564,983	677,950,245	-3,229,476	-0.476	6.59
2083	676,335,507	674,691,980	-3,287,053	-0.487	6.56
2084	673,048,454	671,375,548	-3,345,812	-0.498	6.52
2085	669,702,642	667,998,344	-3,408,596	-0.510	6.49
2086	666,294,046	664,562,144	-3,463,805	-0.521	6.46
2087	662,830,241	661,078,640	-3,503,202	-0.530	6.43
2088	659,327,039	657,557,867	-3,538,344	-0.538	6.40
2089	655,788,695	653,999,123	-3,579,144	-0.547	6.36
2090	652,209,551	650,403,342	-3,612,418	-0.555	6.33
2091	648,597,133	646,778,678	-3,636,910	-0.562	6.30
2092	644,960,223	643,132,507	-3,655,431	-0.568	6.27
2093	641,304,792	639,460,717	-3,688,150	-0.577	6.24
2094	637,616,642	635,766,056	-3,701,171	-0.582	6.21
2095	633,915,471	632,057,048	-3,716,846	-0.588	6.18
2096	630,198,625	628,336,213	-3,724,823	-0.593	6.14
2097	626,473,802	624,611,409	-3,724,785	-0.596	6.11
2098	622,749,017	620,885,816	-3,726,402	-0.600	6.08
2099	619,022,615	617,164,206	-3,716,819	-0.602	6.05
2100	615,305,796	613,447,218	-3,717,156	-0.606	6.03