List of Latin American countries by population

This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	July 1, 2015 projection[1]	% of pop.	Average relative annual growth (%)[2]	Average absolute annual growth [3]	Estimated doubling time (Years)[4]	Official figure (where available)	Date of last figure	Source
1	Brazil	204,519,000	33.13	0.86	1,750,000	81	212,457,615	December 18, 2024	Official population clock
2	Mexico	127,500,000	19.60	1.08	1,293,000	65	127,792,286	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
3	Colombia	48,218,000	7.81	1.16	555,000	60	53,249,000	December 18, 2024	Official population clock
4	Argentina	43,132,000	6.99	1.09	463,000	64	45,376,763	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
5	Peru	33,050,325	5.05	1.10	338,000	64	32,625,948	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
6	Venezuela	30,620,000	4.96	1.37	414,000	51	28,435,943	2020	Official estimate
7	Chile	18,006,000	2.92	1.05	187,000	66	19,458,310	2020	Official estimate
8	Ecuador	16,279,000	2.64	1.57	252,000	44	18,692,100	December 18, 2024	Official population clock
9	Guatemala	16,176,000	2.62	2.93	461,000	24	16,858,333	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
10	Cuba	11,252,000	1.82	0.25	28,000	278	11,193,470	December 31, 2019	Official estimate
11	Haiti	10,994,000	1.78	2.31	248,000	30	11,743,017	2020	Official estimate
12	Bolivia	10,520,000	1.70	1.73	179,000	40	11,633,371	2020	Official estimate
13	Dominican Republic	9,980,000	1.62	0.98	97,000	71	10,448,499	2020	Official estimate
14	Honduras	8,950,000	1.45	2.29	200,000	31	9,304,380	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
15	Paraguay	7,003,000	1.13	1.58	109,000	44	7,252,672	2020	Official estimate
16	Nicaragua	6,514,000	1.06	2.37	151,000	30	6,527,691	June 30, 2019	Official estimate
17	El Salvador	6,460,000	1.05	0.92	59,000	76	6,765,753	2020	Official estimate
18	Costa Rica	4,851,000	0.79	1.63	78,000	43	5,111,238	June 30, 2020	Official estimate
19	Panama	3,764,000	0.61	1.37	51,000	51	4,278,500	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
20	Puerto Rico (US)[5]	3,508,000	0.57	-1.13	-40,000	-	3,193,694	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
21	Uruguay	3,310,000	0.54	0.18	6,000	382	3,530,912	June 30, 2020	Official estimate
—	Total	617,311,000	100.00	1.13	6,885,000	62

Notes

1. Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown in the list of countries by past and projected future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
2. It corresponds to the following formula: projection₂₀₁₅/projection₂₀₁₄x100-100.
3. It corresponds to the calculation: projection₂₀₁₅*annual growth/100.
4. It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG₁₀(2)/LOG₁₀(growth/100+1).
5. Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.