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General Information

Region		Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)		43 762^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		193.6^a
Surface area (km2)		225 996^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.5^a,c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	290 604	346 466	388 983^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.7	2.5	2.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	7 221.3	8 314.8	9 178.3^b
Employment in agriculture^d (% of employed)	18.3	17.1	16^e
Employment in industry^d (% of employed)	15.5	15.3	15.3^e
Employment in services^d (% employed)	66.2	67.6	68.7^e
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	8.5	8.5	7.3^e
Labour force participation rate^d (female/male pop. %)	47.1 / 69.7	49.2 / 70.1	50.0 / 70.2^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	86	99	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	24 874	26 475	28 474^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	53 245	58 007	42 260^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 28 371	- 31 533	- 13 786^e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^c,f (average annual %)	0.7	0.7	0.4^e
Urban population (% of total population)	67.8	70	71.8^b
Urban population growth rate^f (average annual %)	1.5	1.4	...
Fertility rate, total^c,f (live births per woman)	2.4	2.3	2.2^e
Life expectancy at birth^c,f (females/males, years)	73.4 / 68.4	74.2 / 69.1	75.1 / 70.0^e
Population age distribution^c (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.5 / 12.0	25.1 / 13.3	23.7 / 15.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 338.9 / 3.2	1 501.1 / 3.5	1 605.1 / 3.7^e
Infant mortality rate^c,f (per 1 000 live births)	34.8	33.2	30.7^e
Intentional homicide rate^d (per 100 000 pop.)	17	14.4	12.1^g
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	29.4	33.1	40.8^h

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	23.7	39.6	60.6^b
Forested area (% of land area)	33.2	34.8	35.2^g
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	31.0 / ...ⁱ	... / ...	... / ...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
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		2020
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		2018
h		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
i		2005