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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Social Indicators


POPULATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Mid-Year Population ('000s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Est.

Proj.

Country

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

2020

CARIBBEAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

Antigua

59

66

68

69

64

64

64

64

64

65

65

66

80

Aruba

59

59

59

60

62

64

64

65

65

66

66

66

74

Bahamas

139

170

189

210

227

241

244

248

251

254

257

259

314

Barbados

235

239

246

252

254

254

255

255

255

256

256

257

284

British Virgin Islands

8

10

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

18

Cayman Islands

9

10

14

17

21

27

28

29

30

32

33

35

81

Cuba

7,810

8,543

9,290

9,653

10,079

10,545

10,643

10,724

10,790

10,848

10,902

10,951

12,266

Dominica

64

71

75

75

78

81

81

82

82

82

83

83

96

Dominican Republic

3,714

4,373

5,052

5,697

6,453

7,213

7,364

7,513

7,660

7,806

7,948

8,088

11,152

Grenada

93

95

96

90

92

94

94

94

94

94

94

95

141

Guadeloupe

302

321

333

337

354

378

383

388

393

398

403

408

492

Haiti

4,137

4,605

4,845

5,068

5,485

6,060

6,158

6,259

6,377

6,495

6,613

6,732

9,351

Jamaica

1,777

1,944

2,105

2,229

2,372

2,466

2,488

2,510

2,532

2,554

2,574

2,595

3,208

Martinique

311

325

335

339

353

374

378

382

386

390

395

399

474

Montserrat

12

12

12

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

Netherland Antilles

147

158

169

173

184

195

198

200

202

205

207

209

246

St. Kitts

49

46

45

44

40

40

40

40

40

41

41

41

57

St. Lucia

94

103

112

122

135

146

148

150

152

154

156

158

202

St. Vincent and Grens.

85

88

92

98

106

113

114

115

116

117

118

118

146

Trinidad and Tobago

939

955

1,007

1,091

1,189

1,256

1,261

1,264

1,267

1,269

1,271

1,272

1,409

Turks and Caicos

6

6

6

7

9

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

18

CARIBBEAN

20,057

22,203

24,169

25,661

27,589

29,653

30,048

30,426

30,804

31,170

31,529

31,887

40,130

CENTRAL AMERICA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

107

122

136

144

165

190

194

199

204

209

214

219

356

Costa Rica

1,488

1,736

1,993

2,307

2,640

3,022

3,098

3,172

3,246

3,319

3,391

3,465

5,257

El Salvador

3,005

3,583

4,071

4,602

4,737

5,219

5,315

5,414

5,516

5,620

5,724

5,829

8,763

Guatemala

4,581

5,287

6,178

7,232

8,351

9,633

9,902

10,173

10,446

10,721

10,999

11,278

18,131

Honduras

2,299

2,683

3,151

3,625

4,164

4,741

4,882

5,026

5,170

5,315

5,460

5,605

9,042

Nicaragua

1,750

2,053

2,383

2,776

3,152

3,591

3,708

3,820

3,932

4,045

4,159

4,272

6,945

Panama

1,326

1,531

1,748

1,956

2,163

2,387

2,434

2,479

2,524

2,568

2,612

2,655

3,886

CENTRAL AMERICA

14,556

16,995

19,659

22,642

25,372

28,783

29,534

30,283

31,038

31,797

32,558

33,338

52,381

SOUTH AMERICA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

22,283

23,962

26,021

28,237

30,389

32,386

32,770

33,153

33,533

33,913

34,293

34,673

43,190

Bolivia

3,802

4,270

4,806

5,296

5,809

6,388

6,514

6,643

6,773

6,904

7,035

7,165

12,547

Brazil

83,093

95,684

108,813

122,830

136,835

150,062

152,316

154,521

156,664

158,739

160,738

162,661

197,466

Chile

8,510

9,369

10,252

11,094

12,067

13,108

13,318

13,529

13,740

13,951

14,152

14,333

19,225

Colombia

18,646

21,430

24,114

26,580

29,671

32,983

33,643

34,297

34,943

35,578

36,200

36,813

49,266

Ecuador

5,223

6,146

7,176

8,315

8,939

10,116

10,341

10,567

10,793

11,018

11,242

11,466

15,894

French Guiana

40

48

56

68

89

116

122

128

133

139

145

151

251

Guyana

640

715

768

759

760

748

744

739

735

729

719

712

833

Paraguay

2,170

2,477

2,859

3,379

3,991

4,651

4,790

4,929

5,071

5,214

5,358

5,504

9,474

Peru

11,467

13,193

15,161

17,295

19,628

21,879

22,323

22,768

23,210

23,651

24,094

24,523

34,340

Suriname

337

373

363

355

376

398

404

410

416

423

430

436

598

Uruguay

2,693

2,824

2,842

2,920

3,008

3,106

3,128

3,149

3,172

3,194

3,216

3,239

3,822

Venezuela

9,068

10,758

12,675

14,768

16,998

19,325

19,801

20,266

20,706

21,139

21,564

21,983

31,312

SOUTH AMERICA

167,973

191,248

215,906

241,897

268,559

295,266

300,214

305,098

309,890

314,591

319,186

323,659

418,217

Mexico

44,911

52,236

60,299

68,686

76,646

85,121

86,875

88,642

90,420

92,202

93,986

95,772

136,096

LAC REGION

250,134

285,461

323,062

362,189

401,559

442,508

450,471

458,335

466,066

473,683

481,174

488,558

646,824

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Programs Center, 1996 data.
Note: Population figures here may differ from those in the UN health surveys, which include migration every 5 years; the Census Bureau includes it on an annual basis. These figures may also differ from those in the country economic data tables.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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