List of Latin American and the Caribbean countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Sep 2025

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Brazil is the most populous country in Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by Mexico. These two countries have a total number of humans above 100 million. These two countries are home to 51.6% of the region's population. The top six countries together hold close to 76% of the Latin American and the Caribbean population. As of 2025, 14 countries have a population above 10 million. The least populous country in Latin America and the Caribbean is Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Falkland Islands is the least populous region in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Only one Latin American and the Caribbean country is on the list of the top ten most populous countries globally, as it hosts Brazil, the world's 7th most populous country. On the other hand, five countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 50 countries/territories, the population of 37 would increase, and 13 countries would decrease in 2025. Mexico's population would increase by 1.1 million, followed by Brazil (779k). Cuba (-44k) is the top decliner, followed by Puerto Rico (-10k).

Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) would have the highest population growth rate of 1.99% in 2025. 14 countries/regions have a growth rate above 1%. Only one region is in the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. Saint Martin (the French part) would have the lowest population growth rate of -4.38%.

In 1950, Argentina was the 3rd most populous country on the continent, ahead of current 3rd ranker Colombia. Colombia will remain the 3rd most populous country on the continent.

Saint Kitts and Nevis will remain the least populous country until 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2025)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2024	2025	Region	World	Region	World	Net	%	Region	World
Anguilla	14,728	14,817	0.00221	0.00018	47	225	70	0.47	20	137
Antigua and Barbuda	94,209	94,626	0.0141	0.00114	37	201	405	0.43	24	140
Aruba	108,147	108,164	0.0162	0.00130	35	197	-18	-0.02	36	173
Bahamas	403,033	404,628	0.0603	0.00487	27	178	1,527	0.38	27	150
Barbados	282,623	282,724	0.0423	0.00341	31	187	73	0.03	37	172
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31,338	31,913	0.00469	0.00038	45	222	526	1.65	1	62
British Virgin Islands	39,732	39,936	0.00595	0.00048	44	218	174	0.44	22	139
Cayman Islands	75,844	77,196	0.0114	0.00093	39	205	1,336	1.73	2	56
Cuba	10,937,203	10,892,659	1.64	0.131	14	90	-45,550	-0.42	44	201
Curaçao	185,487	185,440	0.0278	0.00223	32	190	-61	-0.03	38	174
Dominica	65,871	65,511	0.00986	0.00079	40	206	-350	-0.53	45	208
Dominican Republic	11,520,487	11,609,500	1.72	0.140	12	84	87,304	0.75	19	117
Grenada	117,303	117,362	0.0176	0.00141	34	195	30	0.03	35	171
Guadeloupe	373,791	372,453	0.0560	0.00449	28	180	-1,346	-0.36	43	198
Haiti	11,906,095	12,037,506	1.78	0.145	11	82	130,468	1.08	13	94
Jamaica	2,837,077	2,833,403	0.425	0.0341	22	142	-4,447	-0.16	40	186
Martinique	340,439	337,711	0.0510	0.00407	29	183	-2,708	-0.80	48	224
Montserrat	4,359	4,328	0.00065	0.00005	49	233	-36	-0.83	46	226
Puerto Rico	3,235,289	3,222,688	0.484	0.0388	21	135	-15,033	-0.47	42	206
Saint Barthélemy	11,414	11,550	0.00171	0.00014	48	228	121	1.05	8	97
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,922	46,992	0.00703	0.00057	41	212	63	0.13	34	166
Saint Lucia	180,149	180,488	0.0270	0.00217	33	191	307	0.17	32	162
Saint Martin (French part)	24,941	23,898	0.00373	0.00029	46	223	-994	-4.16	50	237
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924	99,245	0.0150	0.00120	36	200	-677	-0.68	47	216
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43,923	44,447	0.00658	0.00054	43	214	492	1.11	10	89
Trinidad and Tobago	1,511,155	1,513,268	0.226	0.0182	23	155	1,532	0.10	33	169
Turks and Caicos Islands	46,855	47,148	0.00702	0.00057	42	211	276	0.58	21	125
United States Virgin Islands	84,138	83,400	0.0126	0.00100	38	204	-739	-0.89	49	228
Belize	422,924	428,644	0.0633	0.00516	26	177	5,685	1.33	6	77
Costa Rica	5,152,950	5,174,789	0.772	0.0623	18	127	21,268	0.41	26	147
El Salvador	6,365,503	6,391,253	0.953	0.0770	17	113	25,297	0.40	28	148
Guatemala	18,687,881	18,967,978	2.80	0.229	8	69	279,482	1.47	5	70
Honduras	11,005,850	11,184,760	1.65	0.135	13	87	178,152	1.59	4	65
Mexico	131,946,900	132,997,658	19.8	1.60	2	11	1,034,945	0.78	18	115
Nicaragua	7,007,502	7,097,329	1.05	0.0855	16	108	89,068	1.25	9	81
Panama	4,571,189	4,625,718	0.684	0.0557	19	129	54,012	1.17	11	85
Argentina	45,851,378	46,003,734	6.87	0.554	4	35	151,038	0.33	31	156
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12,581,843	12,749,291	1.88	0.154	10	79	166,824	1.31	7	80
Brazil	212,812,405	213,562,666	31.9	2.57	1	7	721,091	0.34	30	154
Chile	19,859,921	19,945,850	2.97	0.240	7	67	82,239	0.41	25	146
Colombia	53,425,635	53,936,226	8.00	0.650	3	28	495,962	0.92	15	101
Ecuador	18,289,896	18,444,506	2.74	0.222	9	72	155,025	0.84	17	107
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,469	3,465	0.00052	0.00004	50	234	-4	-0.12	41	182
French Guiana	313,666	318,872	0.0470	0.00384	30	184	5,249	1.65	3	63
Guyana	835,986	840,890	0.125	0.0101	24	166	4,918	0.58	23	126
Paraguay	7,013,078	7,095,279	1.05	0.0855	15	109	81,329	1.15	12	86
Peru	34,576,665	34,922,148	5.18	0.421	5	48	339,246	0.97	14	99
Suriname	639,850	645,256	0.0958	0.00777	25	170	5,349	0.83	16	111
Uruguay	3,384,688	3,382,537	0.507	0.0408	20	134	-2,286	-0.07	39	177
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28,516,896	28,633,711	4.27	0.345	6	54	120,159	0.42	29	144
Latin America and the Caribbean	667,888,552	672,135,561		8.10			4,327,230	0.65

Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
Anguilla	5,002	46	11,177	47	14,552	47	9,309	47
Antigua and Barbuda	45,444	37	74,912	38	95,055	37	67,975	37
Aruba	42,738	38	88,761	37	100,002	36	75,169	35
Bahamas	83,487	31	323,835	28	424,265	28	384,955	28
Barbados	209,917	27	262,063	29	264,216	31	194,698	31
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	6,995	44	14,233	46	34,742	45	27,860	45
British Virgin Islands	7,372	42	20,241	44	40,340	44	27,890	44
Cayman Islands	7,002	43	39,674	41	103,959	35	118,031	33
Cuba	5,924,511	7	11,109,109	10	9,381,999	14	5,577,282	17
Curaçao	101,770	29	145,529	33	173,498	32	120,454	32
Dominica	50,196	35	68,511	39	63,192	40	49,110	40
Dominican Republic	2,379,894	13	8,584,190	12	12,996,293	13	11,674,910	13
Grenada	77,261	32	107,451	36	113,243	34	73,887	36
Guadeloupe	215,515	26	419,567	27	326,318	29	244,457	29
Haiti	3,265,707	10	8,303,151	13	14,710,862	12	15,151,093	11
Jamaica	1,407,206	19	2,607,826	22	2,454,940	22	1,066,774	21
Martinique	232,070	25	421,382	26	282,070	30	209,808	30
Montserrat	12,944	41	5,029	49	3,692	49	2,783	49
Puerto Rico	2,229,089	15	3,809,866	19	2,503,994	21	995,625	22
Saint Barthélemy	2,006	49	7,082	48	12,789	48	9,239	48
Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,232	36	45,248	40	44,249	43	30,239	43
Saint Lucia	92,991	30	158,616	32	172,081	33	108,207	34
Saint Martin (French part)	2,984	47	29,996	43	18,795	46	20,004	46
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61,663	34	113,545	34	88,942	38	64,218	38
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,450	50	30,773	42	51,017	41	42,279	41
Trinidad and Tobago	648,774	23	1,319,774	23	1,399,800	23	898,355	23
Turks and Caicos Islands	5,038	45	18,730	45	50,988	42	38,672	42
United States Virgin Islands	27,081	39	108,579	35	71,225	39	61,961	39
Belize	69,073	33	240,799	30	516,627	26	447,373	27
Costa Rica	926,758	21	3,937,739	18	5,354,150	19	3,776,474	19
El Salvador	2,183,506	16	5,943,366	15	6,663,346	17	5,073,225	18
Guatemala	3,097,198	11	11,697,592	9	24,670,857	7	25,912,091	7
Honduras	1,558,938	17	6,577,773	14	14,846,779	11	17,029,977	10
Mexico	27,587,939	2	98,625,552	2	148,946,274	2	130,248,836	2
Nicaragua	1,331,439	20	5,022,633	17	8,756,430	15	8,611,722	15
Panama	860,850	22	3,010,369	21	5,630,680	18	5,904,927	16
Argentina	17,018,036	3	37,213,984	4	48,308,944	4	38,255,990	4
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3,089,969	12	8,606,326	11	16,110,162	10	17,760,564	9
Brazil	53,408,551	1	174,018,282	1	217,489,299	1	163,364,064	1
Chile	6,628,577	6	15,503,635	7	20,320,306	9	13,430,616	12
Colombia	11,766,988	4	39,089,934	3	59,385,357	3	47,080,764	3
Ecuador	3,516,791	9	12,689,206	8	21,337,237	8	19,092,159	8
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,190	48	3,097	50	3,176	50	2,252	50
French Guiana	23,396	40	160,620	31	471,916	27	775,239	25
Guyana	418,038	24	764,832	24	940,607	24	888,952	24
Paraguay	1,504,344	18	5,100,868	16	8,640,464	16	9,047,989	14
Peru	7,677,414	5	26,598,331	5	40,583,876	5	38,163,319	5
Suriname	195,565	28	476,643	25	733,904	25	709,005	26
Uruguay	2,234,412	14	3,266,206	20	3,254,354	20	2,245,887	20
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5,488,850	8	24,526,708	6	31,094,883	6	28,280,553	6
Latin America and the Caribbean	167,782,158		521,323,344		730,056,747		613,447,218