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General Information

Region		Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		44 622^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		201.5^a
Surface area (km2)		225 996^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		96.8^a,c

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	355 180	376 608	554 864^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.2	-8.4	0.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 515.0	8 799.0	12 793.0^b
Employment in agriculture^d (% of employed)	20.9	20.2	19.1^b
Employment in industry^d (% of employed)	16.3	16.2	16.3^b
Employment in services^d (% employed)	62.9	63.7	64.6^b
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	8	8	7.1
Labour force participation rate^d (female/male pop. %)	49.4 / 69.2	48.3 / 67.0	49.7 / 69.1
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	92	104^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	25 244	20 415	25 701^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	53 690	49 433	71 469^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 28 446	- 29 019	- 45 769^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	76.7 / 70.2^a
Population age distribution^c,h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.8 / 13.1	23.5 / 14.6	22.2 / 16.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 501.1 / 3.5	1 605.4 / 3.7	1 811.9 / 4.1^e
Under five mortality rate^c (per 1000 live births)	39.4	36.6	34.5^a
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	33.1	36.7ⁱ	42.5ⁱ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	38	68.1	72.4^e
Forested area^d (% of land area)	34.8	35.3	35.4^j
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	63.5 / ...	61.7 / ...	60.9 / ...^j
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	41.6 / 43.5	40.8 / 43.9	40.3 / 43.9^j

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
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		2024
f		2019
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
i		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
j		2022