POPULATION GROWTH RATE (% CHANGE)
Country 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 2020[a]
Anguilla .5 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 17.0
Antigua -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 23.5
Aruba .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7 .7 .7 13.3
Bahamas 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 32.5
Barbados .2 .1 .1 -.0 -.0 .0 .1 .1 .2 11.3
British Virgin Islands 1.1 .9 .9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 43.9
Cuba 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 16.4
Dominica 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 36.3
Dominican Republic 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 45.1
Grenada .3 .4 .2 .3 .5 .1 -.0 .1 .2 50.6
Guadeloupe 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 23.0
Haiti 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 48.8
Jamaica 1.0 .9 .9 .8 .7 .7 .8 .9 .9 36.2
Martinique 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 23.2
Montserrat .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .3 4.6
Netherland Antilles .8 .5 .3 .2 .1 .2 .2 .3 .4 17.6
St. Kitts -1.6 -.4 -.2 -.1 -.0 .1 .3 .4 .5 40.5
St. Lucia 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.2 .9 .6 .5 .5 33.5
St. Vincent and Grens. 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 .7 .7 .7 .8 32.5
Trinidad and Tobago 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 31.1
Turks and Caicos 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.5 34.4
CARIBBEAN 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 33.0
Belize 2.9 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 74.8
Costa Rica* 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 62.6
El Salvador* 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 58.8
Guatemala* 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 80.8
Honduras* 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 74.9
Nicaragua* 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 62.3
Panama* 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 51.5
CENTRAL AMERICA 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 69.0
Argentina 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 28.8
Bolivia 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 66.3
Brazil 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 26.0
Chile 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 39.9
Colombia 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 41.0
Ecuador 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 51.9
French Guiana 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 87.9
Guyana -.1 -.2 -.3 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.5 -.6 -.6 13.3
Paraguay 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 86.8
Peru 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 48.0
Suriname 1.3 1.1 .9 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 43.7
Uruguay .6 .6 .6 .6 .7 .7 .7 .7 .8 20.4
Venezuela 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 55.6
SOUTH AMERICA 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 35.0
Mexico 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 50.5
LAC REGION 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 40.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, except where noted by (*).
Note: Population figures here may differ from the ones used by the UN in their health surveys. The UN includes migration in
its calculation every five years while the Census Bureau includes it on an annual basis.
* USAID/LAC staff estimates
[a] Growth rate represents change from 1993.