This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

Rank Country
(or dependent territory)		 July 1, 2015
projection[1]		 % of
pop.		 Average
relative
annual
growth
(%)[2]		 Average
absolute
annual
growth
[3]		 Estimated
doubling
time
(Years)[4]		 Official
figure
(where
available)		 Date of
last figure		 Source
1  Brazil 204,519,000 33.13 0.86 1,750,000 81 212,457,615 April 12, 2024 Official population clock
2  Mexico 127,500,000 19.60 1.08 1,293,000 65 127,792,286 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
3  Colombia 48,218,000 7.81 1.16 555,000 60 52,885,000 April 12, 2024 Official population clock
4  Argentina 43,132,000 6.99 1.09 463,000 64 45,376,763 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
5  Peru 33,050,325 5.05 1.10 338,000 64 32,625,948 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
6  Venezuela 30,620,000 4.96 1.37 414,000 51 28,435,943 2020 Official estimate
7  Chile 18,006,000 2.92 1.05 187,000 66 19,458,310 2020 Official estimate
8  Ecuador 16,279,000 2.64 1.57 252,000 44 18,517,800 April 12, 2024 Official population clock
9  Guatemala 16,176,000 2.62 2.93 461,000 24 16,858,333 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
10  Cuba 11,252,000 1.82 0.25 28,000 278 11,193,470 December 31, 2019 Official estimate
11  Haiti 10,994,000 1.78 2.31 248,000 30 11,743,017 2020 Official estimate
12  Bolivia 10,520,000 1.70 1.73 179,000 40 11,633,371 2020 Official estimate
13  Dominican Republic 9,980,000 1.62 0.98 97,000 71 10,448,499 2020 Official estimate
14  Honduras 8,950,000 1.45 2.29 200,000 31 9,304,380 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
15  Paraguay 7,003,000 1.13 1.58 109,000 44 7,252,672 2020 Official estimate
16  Nicaragua 6,514,000 1.06 2.37 151,000 30 6,527,691 June 30, 2019 Official estimate
17  El Salvador 6,460,000 1.05 0.92 59,000 76 6,765,753 2020 Official estimate
18  Costa Rica 4,851,000 0.79 1.63 78,000 43 5,111,238 June 30, 2020 Official estimate
19  Panama 3,764,000 0.61 1.37 51,000 51 4,278,500 July 1, 2020 Official estimate
20  Puerto Rico (US)[5] 3,508,000 0.57 -1.13 -40,000 - 3,193,694 July 1, 2019 Official estimate
21  Uruguay 3,310,000 0.54 0.18 6,000 382 3,530,912 June 30, 2020 Official estimate
— Total 617,311,000 100.00 1.13 6,885,000 62

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown in the list of countries by past and projected future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
  2. ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
  3. ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual growth/100.
  4. ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
  5. ^ Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.
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