MIDYEAR POPULATION (000s)
Country 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Proj. 2020
Anguilla 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Antigua 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 80
Aruba 62 62 62 63 63 63 64 64 65 65 74
Bahamas 229 234 239 243 247 251 255 260 264 269 356
Barbados 253 254 254 254 254 254 254 255 255 255 284
British Virgin Islands 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 18
Cuba 9,983 10,086 10,188 10,288 10,396 10,508 10,622 10,735 10,847 10,957 12,755
Dominica 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 87 118
Dominican Republic 6,394 6,533 6,673 6,815 6,958 7,104 7,249 7,395 7,540 7,684 11,153
Grenada 92 92 93 93 93 94 94 94 94 94 141
Guadeloupe 355 362 369 376 384 391 399 407 415 422 519
Haiti 5,371 5,486 5,605 5,723 5,830 5,936 6,052 6,166 6,276 6,385 9,499
Jamaica 2,346 2,370 2,392 2,412 2,431 2,448 2,466 2,485 2,507 2,530 3,446
Martinique 349 353 357 361 365 369 374 378 383 388 478
Montserrat 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13
Netherland Antilles 180 181 182 183 183 183 183 184 184 185 217
St. Kitts 41 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 57
St. Lucia 130 133 135 137 139 141 142 143 144 144 193
St. Vincent and Grens. 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 152
Trinidad and Tobago 1,169 1,189 1,210 1,228 1,243 1,257 1,271 1,285 1,299 1,314 1,722
Turks and Caicos 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 18
CARIBBEAN 27,240 27,664 28,090 28,509 28,923 29,340 29,768 30,196 30,621 31,043 41,301
Belize 161 165 171 176 181 186 190 194 199 204 356
Costa Rica* 2,569 2,642 2,716 2,791 2,866 2,941 3,015 3,088 3,160 3,233 5,257
El Salvador* 4,686 4,739 4,809 4,888 4,976 5,071 5,172 5,279 5,395 5,517 8,763
Guatemala* 7,740 7,963 8,195 8,434 8,681 8,935 9,197 9,467 9,745 10,031 18,131
Honduras* 3,985 4,103 4,225 4,350 4,476 4,608 4,745 4,885 5,029 5,170 9,042
Nicaragua* 3,163 3,272 3,384 3,501 3,620 3,745 3,870 4,002 4,138 4,279 6,945
Panama* 2,134 2,181 2,227 2,274 2,322 2,370 2,418 2,466 2,515 2,565 3,886
CENTRAL AMERICA 24,438 25,065 25,727 26,414 27,122 27,856 28,607 29,381 30,181 30,999 52,381
Argentina 29,971 30,389 30,799 31,204 31,604 31,997 32,386 32,770 33,153 33,533 43,190
Bolivia 6,045 6,200 6,361 6,525 6,692 6,860 7,029 7,199 7,370 7,544 12,547
Brazil 134,263 136,835 139,540 142,263 145,000 147,669 150,062 152,316 154,521 156,664 197,466
Chile 11,879 12,067 12,260 12,463 12,678 12,896 13,108 13,318 13,529 13,740 19,225
Colombia 29,020 29,671 30,330 30,993 31,658 32,321 32,983 33,643 34,297 34,943 49,266
Ecuador 8,476 8,699 8,920 9,143 9,365 9,586 9,806 10,025 10,244 10,461 15,894
French Guiana 84 89 94 99 105 110 116 122 128 133 251
Guyana 761 760 759 757 754 751 748 744 739 735 833
Paraguay 3,863 3,991 4,119 4,249 4,381 4,515 4,651 4,790 4,929 5,071 9,474
Peru 19,171 19,628 20,080 20,532 20,983 21,433 21,879 22,323 22,768 23,210 34,340
Suriname 371 376 380 383 387 393 398 404 410 416 598
Uruguay 2,990 3,008 3,027 3,045 3,064 3,084 3,106 3,128 3,151 3,175 3,822
Venezuela 16,144 16,574 17,003 17,439 17,882 18,328 18,776 19,224 19,671 20,118 31,312
SOUTH AMERICA 263,039 268,286 273,673 279,096 284,552 289,942 295,047 300,005 304,910 309,743 418,217
Mexico 75,057 76,646 78,277 79,948 81,656 83,381 85,121 86,875 88,642 90,420 136,096
LAC REGION 389,774 397,661 405,767 413,968 422,253 430,518 438,543 446,457 454,354 462,205 647,995
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
5 years while the Census Bureau includes it on an annual basis.
* USAID/LAC staff estimates