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

URBAN VS. RURAL DEVELOPMENT

	Urban Population				Rural Population			Cities with 750,000 or More Inhab.
	1970		1995				Annual Change
		% of		% of	1970	1995	1995	Number	Pop. Living in
	('000)	Total	('000)	Total	('000)	('000)	(%)		%
Antigua and Barb.	22	33.3	23	33.8
Argentina	18,784	78.4	29,965	87.5	5,178	4,300	-0.7	3	42.7
Barbados	89	37.2	125	47.9	150	137
Bolivia	1,762	40.7	4,395	54.4	2,562	3,679	1.6	1	14.6
Brazil	53,500	55.8	127,043	78.7	42,346	34,339	-0.7	17	40.8
Belize	61	50.8	110	52.6	59	100	2.2
Chile	7,150	75.2	12,233	85.9	2,354	2,005	-0.6	1	37.6
Colombia	12,218	57.2	25,526	72.7	9,142	9,575	0.4	4	29.2
Costa Rica	687	39.7	1,702	49.7	1,044	1,722	2.1	1	25.7
Cuba	5,129	60.2	8,427	76.0	3,390	2,664	-0.7	1	20.2
Dominican Rep.	1,781	40.3	5,110	64.6	2,642	2,805	0.4	2	45.5
Ecuador	2,392	39.5	7,166	60.6	3,659	4,656	1.2	2	32.1
El Salvador	1,414	39.4	2,692	46.7	2,175	3,076	1.7
Guatemala	1,864	35.5	4,404	41.5	3,382	6,217	2.4	1	8.9
Guyana	209	29.5	295	35.4	501	540	0.6
Haiti	893	19.8	2,266	31.6	3,627	4,914	1.2	1	17.6
Honduras	759	28.9	2,844	47.7	1,868	3,124	2.0	1	16.6
Jamaica	776	41.5	1,410	55.4	1,093	1,137	0.1
Mexico	29,705	59.0	70,532	75.3	20,623	23,138	0.6	9	31.0
Nicaragua	970	47.0	2,787	62.9	1,093	1,646	1.7	1	27.0
Panama	729	47.6	1,459	54.9	802	1,200	1.6	1	35.8
Paraguay	872	37.1	2,480	50.7	1,480	2,413	2.1	1	23.9
Peru	7,574	57.4	17,228	72.2	5,619	6,626	0.6	1	31.3
Suriname	171	46.0	233	50.3	201	230	0.9
Trinidad and Tob.	612	63.0	869	66.6	359	436	1.0
Uruguay	2,306	82.1	2,877	90.3	503	309	-1.6	1	41.6
Venezuela	7,680	72.4	19,953	92.9	2,924	1,530	-1.9	4	31.2

	Access to Safe Drinking Water				Access to Sanitation Services				People in Absolute Poverty
	(in % of Population)				(in % of Population)				Rural	Urban
	Urban		Rural		Urban		Rural		(%)	(%)
	1980	1990	1980	1990	1980	1990	1980	1990	1980-90	1980-90
Argentina	65	73	17	17	89	100	32	29	20	15
Belize		100	36	53	62	76	75	22	65
Bolivia	69	76	10	30	37	38	4	14	86	30
Brazil	80	95	51	61	32	84	75	32	73	38
Chile	100	100	17	21	99	100			25
Colombia		82	79	82	100	84	4	18	45	40
Costa Rica	100	100	68	84	93	100	82	93	34	24
Dominican Rep.	85	82	33	45	25	95	4	75	70	45
Ecuador	82	63	16	44	39	56	14	38	65	40
El Salvador	67	87	40	15	80	85	26	38	75	20
Guatemala	89	92	18	43	45	72	20	52	74	66
Guyana		94	60	71	100	97	80	81	60
Haiti	48	56	8	35	39	44	10	17	80	65
Honduras	50	85	40	48	40	89	26	42	55	14
Jamaica									80
Mexico	64	94	43	49	51	85	12	12	51	23
Nicaragua	91	76	10	21	35	32		68	19	21
Panama	100	100	65	66	62	100	28	68	65	21
Paraguay	39	61	10	9	95	31	89	60	50	19
Peru	68	68	21	24	57	76	0	20	75	13
Suriname			79	56	100	64	79	36	57
Trinidad and Tob.	100	100	93	88	95	100	88	92	39
Uruguay	96	100	2	5	59	60	60	65	29	10
Venezuela	91	89	50	36	90	97	70	72	58	28

Source: World Resources Database, 1995.

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

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