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General Information

Region		Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		44 445^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		200.7^a
Surface area (km2)		225 996^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		96.9^a,c

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	354 748	375 791	483 941^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.3	-8.4	3.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 486.5	8 734.0	11 135.4^b
Employment in agriculture^d (% of employed)	21.1	20.3	19.5^b
Employment in industry^d (% of employed)	16.2	16.2	16.6^b
Employment in services^d (% employed)	62.7	63.4	63.9^b
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	8	7.8	6.9
Labour force participation rate^d (female/male pop. %)	49.0 / 69.9	47.9 / 68.0	50.1 / 70.7
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	91	97^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	25 244	20 864	23 980^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	53 690	48 174	62 949^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 28 446	- 27 310	- 38 969^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^c (average annual %)	0.6	0.5	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	70	71.8^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.4^g	...	...
Fertility rate, total^c (live births per woman)	2.2	2	2^a
Life expectancy at birth^c (females/males, years)	75.4 / 69.6	75.7 / 69.0	76.5 / 70.1^a
Population age distribution^c,h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.8 / 13.1	23.5 / 14.6	22.5 / 16.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 501.1 / 3.5	1 605.1 / 3.7	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^c (per 1000 live births)	39.4	36.6	35.1^a
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	33.1	36.7ⁱ	40.7ⁱ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	38	68.2	74.3^e
Forested area^d (% of land area)	34.8	35.4	35.5^j
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	63.5 / ...	61.7 / ...	60.9 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	41.6 / 43.5	40.8 / 43.9	40.3 / 43.9^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Including Anguilla, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) and Turks and Caicos Islands.
d		Estimate.
e		2023
f		2019
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
i		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
j		2021