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Historic, current and future population of the Americas

country population mid-year
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 (1)
Anguilla 5,219 5,648 6,100 6,515 8,411 11,426
14,764 18,082 21,354 24,355 26,955 5.2 x
Antigua and Barbuda 45,816 54,500 65,624 68,546 64,162 75,351
86,754 98,179 109,076 117,377 122,930 2.7 x
Argentina 17,150,336 20,616,009 23,962,313 28,369,799 33,035,578 37,335,653
41,343,201 45,378,990 48,795,143 51,573,485 53,511,279 3.1 x
Aruba 49,712 57,203 59,039 59,901 63,032 89,995
104,589 119,428 132,132 142,286 150,730 3.0 x
Bahamas, The 70,498 112,234 170,323 209,944 257,253 290,075
310,763 323,338 329,580 329,212 324,052 4.6 x
Barbados 210,666 232,339 238,756 251,966 262,624 273,483
283,936 291,951 293,555 286,855 274,523 1.3 x
Belize 65,797 91,863 122,070 144,416 190,865 248,004
314,522 379,640 440,965 495,861 543,690 8.3 x
Bermuda 38,869 44,365 52,600 54,726 57,781 62,971
67,231 69,927 70,825 69,164 66,025 1.7 x
Bolivia 2,766,028 3,434,073 4,346,218 5,441,298 6,573,900 8,152,620
9,499,287 10,747,129 11,959,992 12,968,479 13,772,819 5.0 x
Brazil 53,443,075 71,694,810 95,684,297 123,019,627 151,170,059 176,319,621
201,103,330 222,607,506 240,172,633 253,261,178 260,692,493 4.9 x
Canada 14,011,422 18,266,765 21,749,986 24,593,300 27,790,600 31,099,561
33,759,742 36,387,359 38,564,870 40,070,226 41,135,648 2.9 x
Cayman Islands 6,286 7,661 10,068 17,082 26,355 38,436
50,209 61,944 73,089 82,799 91,118 14.5 x
Chile 6,090,833 7,585,349 9,368,558 11,093,718 13,128,921 15,155,741
16,746,491 18,057,780 18,984,489 19,395,823 19,386,517 3.2 x
Colombia 11,591,658 15,952,727 21,429,658 26,631,315 32,956,508 39,817,335
46,270,565 52,390,254 57,896,604 62,108,353 64,977,344 5.6 x
Costa Rica 866,982 1,248,022 1,735,523 2,299,124 3,027,135 3,711,095
4,311,254 4,852,380 5,288,032 5,582,665 5,737,397 6.6 x
Cuba 5,784,797 7,027,210 8,542,746 9,652,975 10,513,444 11,105,859
11,477,459 11,646,687 11,576,498 11,196,422 10,540,567 1.8 x
Dominica 51,423 59,838 69,785 73,887 70,009 70,818
72,813 74,243 73,742 70,363 64,772 1.3 x
Dominican Republic 2,352,968 3,231,488 4,422,755 5,696,855 7,082,806 8,410,393
9,794,487 11,235,794 12,567,143 13,715,689 14,657,962 6.2 x
Ecuador 3,369,955 4,415,956 5,939,246 7,920,499 10,318,036 12,505,204
14,244,746 16,178,316 17,945,659 19,341,594 20,332,088 6.0 x
El Salvador 1,939,800 2,581,583 3,603,907 4,566,199 5,099,884 6,125,782
7,304,333 8,515,550 9,757,730 10,975,241 12,110,592 6.2 x
Greenland 22,300 32,498 46,431 50,208 55,628 56,890
57,637 57,616 56,267 53,214 49,356 2.2 x
Grenada 75,806 90,148 95,410 90,164 92,358 89,318
91,191 95,372 96,368 93,819 87,399 1.2 x
Guatemala 2,968,976 4,099,720 5,264,207 6,649,593 8,965,553 11,085,025
13,550,440 16,264,340 18,797,855 21,048,403 22,995,434 7.7 x
Guyana 427,971 571,083 714,811 759,352 750,903 755,171
773,550 769,506 735,974 679,344 597,806 1.4 x
Haiti 3,097,220 3,710,188 4,573,906 4,979,006 6,131,163 7,443,620
9,386,157 11,935,731 14,568,373 17,204,641 19,807,275 6.4 x
Honduras 1,431,447 1,951,640 2,760,666 3,401,940 4,792,271 6,347,658
7,944,012 9,360,207 10,611,205 11,706,782 12,641,869 8.8 x
Jamaica 1,384,550 1,631,784 1,943,787 2,228,803 2,347,015 2,615,632
2,847,232 3,051,076 3,245,768 3,410,072 3,554,571 2.6 x
Mexico 28,485,180 38,578,505 52,775,158 68,347,479 84,913,652 99,926,620
112,468,855 124,653,623 135,172,155 143,025,978 147,907,650 5.2 x
Montserrat 13,480 12,145 11,591 11,770 10,728 3,942
5,118 5,372 5,642 5,748 5,582 0.4 x
Netherlands Antilles 109,641 136,282 158,355 172,534 188,787 210,181
228,693 243,434 253,736 256,966 254,227 2.3 x
Nicaragua 1,097,916 1,492,698 2,052,544 2,805,646 3,685,127 4,935,148
5,995,928 7,030,099 7,985,165 8,805,080 9,478,660 8.6 x
Panama 892,502 1,147,610 1,531,038 1,959,566 2,393,441 2,899,513
3,410,676 3,894,082 4,322,631 4,653,108 4,859,334 5.4 x
Paraguay 1,475,669 1,909,538 2,476,785 3,195,918 4,244,133 5,592,197
7,162,084 8,927,848 10,822,012 12,740,348 14,604,978 9.9 x
Peru 7,632,500 9,931,000 13,192,800 17,295,298 21,599,748 26,086,695
29,907,003 33,230,011 35,923,148 37,722,293 38,638,768 5.1 x
Puerto Rico 2,218,000 2,358,000 2,721,754 3,209,648 3,536,910 3,815,909
3,986,126 4,080,468 4,075,092 3,959,807 3,762,494 1.7 x
Saint Barthelemy 2,028 2,159 2,399 2,915 5,047 7,122
7,406 7,122 7,001 6,796 6,527 3.2 x
Saint Kitts and Nevis 44,341 51,112 46,116 44,480 41,685 39,089
40,498 44,626 48,355 51,015 52,661 1.2 x
Saint Lucia 79,050 87,687 102,704 122,477 137,561 153,302
160,922 166,487 169,680 168,631 162,356 2.1 x
Saint Martin 2,869 4,279 5,450 7,580 30,036 28,384
30,235 32,556 33,448 34,168 34,601 12.1 x
St. Pierre & Miquelon 4,594 4,919 5,475 5,990 6,424 6,896
7,056 7,091 7,015 6,733 6,355 1.4 x
St. Vincent and the Gr. 66,452 81,021 87,510 98,139 106,524 115,461
118,921 119,545 115,764 106,551 92,335 1.4 x
Suriname 208,068 284,298 372,353 354,083 394,801 432,485
486,618 537,395 580,130 607,476 617,249 3.0 x
Trinidad and Tobago 632,000 841,150 955,000 1,090,513 1,198,247 1,118,204
1,028,782 936,361 821,925 708,641 622,011 1.0 x
Turks and Caicos Is. 5,037 5,726 5,617 7,465 11,514 17,511
23,528 29,415 34,954 39,378 42,601 8.5 x
USA 152,271,000 180,671,000 205,052,000 227,726,463 250,131,894 282,338,631
309,162,581 336,031,546 363,811,435 392,172,658 420,080,587 2.8 x
Uruguay 2,194,275 2,530,969 2,823,659 2,930,486 3,109,542 3,328,075
3,510,386 3,652,847 3,769,219 3,827,223 3,815,368 1.7 x
Venezuela 5,009,006 7,556,483 10,758,017 14,767,890 19,325,222 23,492,753
27,223,228 31,275,849 34,957,755 37,941,632 40,255,592 8.0 x
Virgin Islands, British 6,243 7,383 9,828 10,998 15,691 20,384
24,939 29,088 32,151 33,907 34,333 5.5 x
Virgin Islands, U.S. 26,900 32,500 63,476 99,636 103,963 108,639
109,775 108,534 105,017 99,007 92,410 3.4 x
the Americas 331,797,161 416,533,168 512,188,419 612,597,732 720,022,931 833,969,878
936,910,053 1,036,011,724 1,126,218,351 1,202,976,846 1,263,679,890 3.8 x
source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18).
note: 1 - growth from 1950 untill 2050 (i.e. 2050 population divided by 1950 population).