Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Inhabitants (July 2001)

37.384.816

8.300.463

174.468.575

14.328.467

40.349.388

3.773.057

Population younger than
15 years old

26.54%

38.46%

28.57%

27.25%

31.88%

31.38%

Growth rate

1.15%

1.76%

0.91%

1.13%

1.64%

1.65%

Birth rate

18.41

27.27

18.45

16.8

22.41

20.27

Death rate

7.58

8.2

9.34

5.55

5.69

4.3

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Inhabitants
(July 2001)

13.183.978

6.237.662

12.974.361

6.406.052

101.879.171

4.918.393

Population younger than
15 years old

35.8%

37.68%

42.11%

42.22%

33.32%

39.98%

Growth rate

2.00%

1.85%

2.6%

2.43%

1.50%

2.15%

Birth rate

25.99

28.67

34.61

31.94

22.77

27.64

Death rate

7.58

8.2

6.79

5.52

5.02

4.82

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Dominic Republic

Uruguay

Venezuela

Inhabitants
(July 2001)

2.845.647

5.734.139

27.483.864

8.581.477

3.360.105

23.916.810

Population younger than
15 years old

30.13%

38.90%

34.41%

34.11%

24.39%

32.11%

Growth rate

1.30%

2.60%

1.70%

1.63%

0.78%

1.56%

Birth rate

19.06

30.88

23.90

24.77

17.36

20.65

Death rate

4.95

4.75

5.78

4.70

9.03

4.92