Latin America's population hits 663 mln, less than projected: UN agency

NAMPA / Xinhua
2024-11-29
SANTIAGO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The population of Latin America and the Caribbean reached 663 million in 2024, 3.8 percent short of the figure projected in 2000, according to a report released by the Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, executive secretary of the UN agency, said in a press release that the birth rate had declined more quickly than expected at the......
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