Latin America and Caribbean Population Growth Rates

Published: May 14, 2009, 4:20 pm

Source: CIA

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This article presents the average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as putting strain of environmental conditions.The population growth rate for the world as a whole in 2009 is estimated to be 1.17%

By Region

North America

• Mexico 1.13%

Central America

1. Belize 2.15%
2. Guatemala 2.07%
3. Honduras 1.96%
4. Nicaragua 1.78%
5. El Salvador 1.66%
6. Panama 1.50%
7. Costa Rica 1.36%

Caribbean

1. Turks and Caicos Islands 2.56%
2. Cayman Islands 2.39%
3. Anguilla 2.27%
4. Haiti 1.84%
5. British Virgin Islands 1.84%
6. Dominican Republic 1.49%
7. Aruba 1.48%
8. Antigua and Barbuda 1.30%
9. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.85%
10. Jamaica 0.76%
11. Netherlands Antilles 0.73%
12. Bermuda 0.65%
13. Bahamas 0.54%
14. Grenada 0.47%
15. Saint Lucia 0.42%
16. Montserrat 0.39%
17. Barbados 0.38%
18. Puerto Rico 0.34%
19. Cuba 0.23%
20. Dominica 0.21%
21. United States Virgin Islands -0.03%
22. Trinidad and Tobago -0.10%
23. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.34%

South America

1. Paraguay 2.36%
2. Bolivia 1.77%
3. Venezuela 1.51%
4. Ecuador 1.50%
5. Colombia 1.38%
6. Peru 1.23%
7. Brazil 1.20%
8. Suriname 1.10%
9. Argentina 1.05%
10. Chile 0.88%
11. Uruguay 0.47%
12. Guyana 0.18%

Combined

World Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%) (2009 est.)
31	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.56
34	Cayman Islands	2.39
37	Paraguay	2.36
41	Anguilla	2.27
47	Belize	2.15
55	Guatemala	2.07
62	Honduras	1.96
70	Haiti	1.84
71	British Virgin Islands	1.84
73	Nicaragua	1.78
74	Bolivia	1.77
80	El Salvador	1.66
86	Venezuela	1.51
87	Panama	1.50
88	Ecuador	1.50
91	Dominican Republic	1.49
94	Aruba	1.48
99	Colombia	1.38
101	Costa Rica	1.36
104	Antigua and Barbuda	1.30
109	Peru	1.23
111	Brazil	1.20
115	World	1.17
121	Mexico	1.13
124	Suriname	1.10
125	Argentina	1.05
137	Chile	0.88
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.85
143	Jamaica	0.76
145	Netherlands Antilles	0.73
148	Bermuda	0.65
153	Bahamas, The	0.54
157	Grenada	0.47
158	Uruguay	0.47
162	Saint Lucia	0.42
168	Montserrat	0.39
169	Barbados	0.38
172	Puerto Rico	0.34
181	Cuba	0.23
185	Dominica	0.21
186	Guyana	0.18
207	United States Virgin Islands	-0.03
216	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.10
225	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.34

Further Reading

1. CIA World factbook

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Citation

(2009). Latin America and Caribbean Population Growth Rates. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Latin_America_and_Caribbean_Population_Growth_Rates