UN country group · UN WPP 2024

LLDC: Latin America population

LLDC: Latin America population now

19,905,418

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 19,088,306

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 19.8446 million
Median age: 27.1
Aged 65+: 6.2%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2083

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

LLDC: Latin America in numbers

LLDC: Latin America had 19,088,306 people in mid-2023, 0.24% of the world's people. That is 4.2 times its 1950 population of 4.6 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2083 at 27.2 million, then falling to 26.8 million by 2100.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2088 on.

The median age was 19.4 in 1950 and 26.3 in 2023; the projection has 43.1 in 2100. 5.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 22.7% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2073 at 17.3 million.

Population, mid-2023: 19,088,306
Share of the world, 2023: 0.24%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.33% · +250,688 people
Births, 2023: 396,929
Deaths, 2023: 126,845
Net migration, 2023: −15,508
Children per woman, 2023: 2.50
Median age, 2023: 26.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 70.4 years
Population, mid-1950: 4,594,314
Projected, mid-2050: 24,750,626
Projected, mid-2100: 26,808,553

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2083estimates | projections05 m10 m15 m20 m25 m30 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate projection (medium). Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: LLDC: Latin America, 1950–2100

LLDC: Latin America: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	4,554,911	199,923	97,416	6.28	46.1
1951	estimate	4,633,716	203,187	97,741	6.28	46.3
1952	estimate	4,716,764	206,443	98,477	6.28	46.4
1953	estimate	4,803,521	210,416	98,811	6.29	46.8
1954	estimate	4,895,002	214,403	99,428	6.30	47.0
1955	estimate	4,990,530	218,903	100,228	6.32	47.2
1956	estimate	5,090,050	223,081	100,976	6.33	47.4
1957	estimate	5,193,439	227,846	101,847	6.34	47.7
1958	estimate	5,300,665	232,522	102,558	6.34	47.9
1959	estimate	5,411,750	237,449	103,300	6.35	48.2
1960	estimate	5,526,561	242,455	103,946	6.34	48.5
1961	estimate	5,645,111	247,346	104,700	6.33	48.8
1962	estimate	5,767,140	252,416	105,247	6.32	49.2
1963	estimate	5,894,106	257,672	105,922	6.30	49.5
1964	estimate	6,027,538	262,266	106,851	6.28	49.8
1965	estimate	6,164,693	266,198	107,484	6.24	50.2
1966	estimate	6,305,251	269,923	108,118	6.18	50.5
1967	estimate	6,449,017	273,704	108,673	6.12	50.9
1968	estimate	6,596,113	277,459	109,207	6.06	51.2
1969	estimate	6,746,558	280,864	109,882	5.99	51.5
1970	estimate	6,899,889	284,183	110,389	5.91	51.8
1971	estimate	7,056,187	287,783	110,897	5.83	52.1
1972	estimate	7,217,572	290,810	111,385	5.75	52.3
1973	estimate	7,384,145	295,706	111,578	5.68	52.7
1974	estimate	7,558,461	300,739	112,114	5.62	53.1
1975	estimate	7,737,732	305,214	112,059	5.56	53.6
1976	estimate	7,920,642	312,640	112,109	5.53	54.1
1977	estimate	8,110,022	318,853	112,928	5.47	54.5
1978	estimate	8,304,057	324,718	113,520	5.42	54.9
1979	estimate	8,502,729	331,503	113,816	5.38	55.3
1980	estimate	8,706,904	339,186	114,160	5.35	55.8
1981	estimate	8,917,367	347,197	114,546	5.32	56.2
1982	estimate	9,134,060	353,100	115,362	5.27	56.5
1983	estimate	9,354,493	359,093	115,559	5.22	56.9
1984	estimate	9,579,763	365,536	115,046	5.17	57.4
1985	estimate	9,809,846	370,158	115,018	5.09	57.8
1986	estimate	10,043,866	376,767	114,850	5.05	58.2
1987	estimate	10,284,041	382,512	114,084	4.99	58.8
1988	estimate	10,530,061	388,720	113,610	4.93	59.3
1989	estimate	10,782,048	392,749	112,980	4.86	59.8
1990	estimate	11,037,090	396,138	111,929	4.78	60.4
1991	estimate	11,294,690	400,368	111,055	4.71	61.0
1992	estimate	11,554,617	400,277	110,596	4.60	61.4
1993	estimate	11,813,254	399,684	109,125	4.48	62.0
1994	estimate	12,070,529	399,991	108,939	4.38	62.5
1995	estimate	12,326,950	400,063	109,150	4.30	62.9
1996	estimate	12,582,012	400,901	109,418	4.22	63.3
1997	estimate	12,836,546	398,601	109,774	4.10	63.7
1998	estimate	13,088,078	398,415	110,086	4.02	64.1
1999	estimate	13,338,761	398,370	110,589	3.93	64.5
2000	estimate	13,587,119	394,000	111,023	3.81	64.8
2001	estimate	13,827,268	389,406	111,001	3.69	65.2
2002	estimate	14,053,582	386,030	110,716	3.58	65.6
2003	estimate	14,269,785	384,668	110,401	3.49	66.0
2004	estimate	14,484,488	384,649	110,407	3.41	66.3
2005	estimate	14,700,434	385,073	110,472	3.34	66.6
2006	estimate	14,917,267	388,623	110,801	3.29	66.9
2007	estimate	15,136,406	388,274	110,816	3.21	67.2
2008	estimate	15,354,286	389,517	111,125	3.15	67.5
2009	estimate	15,574,576	390,501	111,466	3.09	67.9
2010	estimate	15,800,448	390,221	111,735	3.02	68.2
2011	estimate	16,040,185	391,739	112,461	2.97	68.5
2012	estimate	16,286,925	394,141	112,917	2.92	68.8
2013	estimate	16,538,705	395,503	114,197	2.87	69.0
2014	estimate	16,791,400	398,204	115,660	2.84	69.1
2015	estimate	17,045,999	400,109	117,124	2.80	69.3
2016	estimate	17,301,617	400,711	118,849	2.75	69.5
2017	estimate	17,556,674	400,420	120,984	2.71	69.6
2018	estimate	17,809,822	400,139	122,465	2.67	69.7
2019	estimate	18,061,677	399,324	124,554	2.63	69.8
2020	estimate	18,311,210	398,829	168,293	2.59	66.0
2021	estimate	18,528,868	398,618	200,371	2.56	63.7
2022	estimate	18,714,215	398,074	135,762	2.53	69.1
2023	estimate	18,961,021	396,929	126,845	2.50	70.4
2024	estimate	19,215,590	397,698	128,501	2.48	70.6
2025	projection	19,469,346	397,272	130,524	2.46	70.7
2026	projection	19,720,494	396,188	132,657	2.43	70.9
2027	projection	19,968,647	395,548	134,854	2.41	71.0
2028	projection	20,213,879	394,459	137,128	2.39	71.2
2029	projection	20,456,153	393,563	139,501	2.37	71.3
2030	projection	20,695,212	392,625	141,881	2.35	71.5
2031	projection	20,931,151	391,452	144,365	2.33	71.6
2032	projection	21,163,145	390,364	146,903	2.31	71.7
2033	projection	21,392,024	389,608	149,551	2.29	71.9
2034	projection	21,616,995	388,578	152,328	2.27	72.0
2035	projection	21,838,413	387,583	155,095	2.26	72.2
2036	projection	22,056,271	386,219	157,923	2.24	72.3
2037	projection	22,270,133	385,078	160,902	2.22	72.5
2038	projection	22,480,019	384,020	163,923	2.20	72.6
2039	projection	22,686,530	382,775	166,963	2.19	72.7
2040	projection	22,888,343	381,531	169,991	2.17	72.9
2041	projection	23,085,593	380,669	173,143	2.16	73.0
2042	projection	23,279,180	379,675	176,331	2.14	73.2
2043	projection	23,468,949	378,779	179,660	2.13	73.3
2044	projection	23,654,088	377,393	183,033	2.12	73.4
2045	projection	23,834,996	376,378	186,394	2.10	73.6
2046	projection	24,011,645	375,184	189,813	2.09	73.7
2047	projection	24,184,493	374,089	193,102	2.08	73.8
2048	projection	24,351,919	372,782	196,452	2.07	74.0
2049	projection	24,515,275	371,353	199,695	2.06	74.1
2050	projection	24,673,772	370,062	203,132	2.05	74.3
2051	projection	24,827,480	368,611	206,397	2.04	74.4
2052	projection	24,976,779	366,842	209,609	2.03	74.6
2053	projection	25,121,175	365,061	212,856	2.02	74.7
2054	projection	25,260,415	363,586	216,109	2.01	74.9
2055	projection	25,395,459	361,745	219,409	2.00	75.0
2056	projection	25,524,934	359,775	222,715	1.99	75.1
2057	projection	25,650,033	357,544	226,081	1.98	75.3
2058	projection	25,769,962	355,492	229,376	1.97	75.4
2059	projection	25,885,318	353,871	232,690	1.96	75.6
2060	projection	25,994,415	352,162	236,116	1.95	75.7
2061	projection	26,098,158	350,599	239,607	1.95	75.8
2062	projection	26,197,353	349,139	243,140	1.94	76.0
2063	projection	26,292,009	347,604	246,618	1.94	76.1
2064	projection	26,381,638	346,087	250,028	1.93	76.3
2065	projection	26,465,896	344,317	253,510	1.93	76.4
2066	projection	26,544,285	342,447	256,778	1.92	76.6
2067	projection	26,618,363	340,499	260,210	1.91	76.7
2068	projection	26,686,685	338,682	263,583	1.91	76.8
2069	projection	26,749,783	337,055	266,919	1.90	77.0
2070	projection	26,808,491	335,687	270,288	1.90	77.1
2071	projection	26,862,250	333,996	273,304	1.89	77.3
2072	projection	26,911,464	332,681	276,496	1.89	77.4
2073	projection	26,956,507	330,840	279,513	1.88	77.5
2074	projection	26,996,443	329,366	282,320	1.88	77.7
2075	projection	27,032,418	327,452	285,065	1.87	77.8
2076	projection	27,064,153	325,382	287,507	1.87	77.9
2077	projection	27,091,035	323,469	289,982	1.86	78.1
2078	projection	27,113,508	321,466	292,331	1.85	78.2
2079	projection	27,131,911	320,036	294,489	1.85	78.3
2080	projection	27,146,361	318,118	296,428	1.85	78.5
2081	projection	27,157,312	316,470	298,169	1.84	78.6
2082	projection	27,164,346	314,815	299,983	1.84	78.8
2083	projection	27,168,441	313,386	301,644	1.84	78.9
2084	projection	27,169,672	311,684	303,006	1.84	79.0
2085	projection	27,168,387	310,104	304,187	1.83	79.2
2086	projection	27,163,271	308,209	305,181	1.83	79.3
2087	projection	27,155,353	306,379	306,221	1.83	79.4
2088	projection	27,145,307	304,451	306,939	1.82	79.6
2089	projection	27,133,165	302,736	307,779	1.82	79.7
2090	projection	27,117,646	301,015	308,602	1.82	79.8
2091	projection	27,100,002	299,063	309,418	1.81	80.0
2092	projection	27,079,464	297,517	309,981	1.81	80.1
2093	projection	27,057,095	295,627	310,588	1.81	80.2
2094	projection	27,032,460	293,850	311,335	1.81	80.4
2095	projection	27,005,759	292,056	312,172	1.80	80.5
2096	projection	26,976,321	289,969	313,001	1.80	80.6
2097	projection	26,944,021	288,069	313,820	1.80	80.8
2098	projection	26,908,847	286,437	314,675	1.79	80.9
2099	projection	26,871,103	284,776	315,323	1.79	81.0
2100	projection	26,830,358	282,994	316,141	1.79	81.2

AGG · membership

What LLDC: Latin America is

LLDC: Latin America is one of the UN's analytical groupings. This dataset carries the group's totals, not its membership, so its countries are not listed here.

Show the numbers: LLDC: Latin America, mid-2026, by single year of age

LLDC: Latin America: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	197,700	190,036
1	196,868	189,342
2	196,206	188,676
3	195,808	188,284
4	195,724	188,220
5	195,416	187,950
6	195,034	187,632
7	194,755	187,423
8	194,435	187,156
9	194,031	186,782
10	193,406	186,210
11	192,212	185,124
12	190,472	183,514
13	188,830	181,998
14	187,206	180,486
15	185,420	178,838
16	184,109	177,683
17	182,690	176,459
18	180,714	174,752
19	178,996	173,312
20	176,729	171,360
21	174,244	169,217
22	172,516	167,792
23	171,079	166,619
24	170,550	166,277
25	170,882	166,810
26	171,327	167,532
27	170,694	167,190
28	169,067	165,838
29	167,877	164,890
30	166,444	163,650
31	164,474	161,863
32	162,587	160,156
33	160,841	158,604
34	159,149	157,053
35	156,448	154,389
36	153,035	151,022
37	149,638	147,612
38	145,606	143,488
39	141,168	139,028
40	136,637	134,566
41	132,328	130,371
42	128,059	126,280
43	123,547	122,128
44	119,242	118,305
45	114,706	114,189
46	110,030	109,868
47	105,826	105,935
48	102,164	102,465
49	98,714	99,160
50	95,070	95,617
51	91,787	92,435
52	88,891	89,658
53	85,920	86,810
54	83,259	84,343
55	80,734	82,108
56	78,069	79,818
57	75,355	77,589
58	72,562	75,346
59	69,726	73,072
60	66,870	70,795
61	63,945	68,447
62	60,854	65,892
63	57,572	63,067
64	54,109	59,950
65	50,642	56,708
66	47,390	53,560
67	44,320	50,472
68	41,296	47,410
69	38,304	44,371
70	35,442	41,427
71	32,690	38,598
72	30,050	35,889
73	27,542	33,334
74	25,154	30,922
75	22,872	28,642
76	20,757	26,425
77	18,972	24,478
78	17,386	22,885
79	15,664	21,191
80	13,828	19,258
81	12,035	17,264
82	10,342	15,274
83	8,786	13,338
84	7,370	11,470
85	6,086	9,694
86	4,983	8,144
87	4,065	6,864
88	3,301	5,786
89	2,665	4,849
90	2,130	4,018
91	1,667	3,272
92	1,271	2,610
93	947	2,046
94	691	1,578
95	492	1,191
96	340	877
97	228	630
98	148	435
99	90	287
100+	122	462

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

LLDC: Latin America, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in LLDC: Latin America

On the UN's projection, LLDC: Latin America will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2073: 17,329,200 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 12,312,300.

100 aged 15–64

46 children

9 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 15 years: 2038–2052.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in LLDC: Latin America, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 LLDC: Latin America loses 14,721 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 2,553 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was -9,351 (1974); its biggest loss, 59,583 (2007).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

AGG · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in LLDC: Latin America

Of every 100 babies born in LLDC: Latin America in 2023, 15 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 15 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 12 under 20 and 20 aged 35 or older.

1950
12 · 68 · 20

2023
15 · 70 · 15

2050 · projected
13 · 71 · 16

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 396,929
Average age when women have a baby: 28.0 years; 29.8 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 67; 106 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in LLDC: Latin America by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,399	1,958	2,095	1,596	1,168	154
15–19	23,105	36,800	62,914	57,457	46,676	12,666
20–24	51,483	79,291	108,404	100,676	84,880	43,527
25–29	48,088	75,053	91,951	100,457	95,307	80,692
30–34	36,581	57,084	67,893	78,226	81,950	86,255
35–39	26,010	34,836	41,695	44,015	47,667	48,680
40–44	11,071	16,440	16,334	13,136	11,623	10,412
45–49	2,092	3,587	2,617	1,342	783	603
50–54	94	165	97	24	8	5
All babies	199,923	305,214	394,000	396,929	370,062	282,994

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.