Indicators	The Americas	North America	Latin America &The Caribbean	Latin America							Non-Latin Caribbean
				Total	Mexico	Central America	Latin Caribbean	Brazil	Andean Area	Southern Cone
Total Population (In 1,000s)
1980	614,355	255,053	359,302	352,926	67,570	22,203	23,956	121,672	72,257	45,268	6,376
2000	823,255	308,569	514,686	506,814	98,881	36,616	31,390	169,202	109,711	61,014	7,872
Annual Population Growth Rate (%)
1980-1985	1.6	1.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.4	1.4	2.1	2.3	1.6	1.4
1995-2000	1.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.6	2.5	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.4	1.0
Urban Population (%)
1980	68.6	73.9	64.9	65.1	66.3	41.7	53.8	66.2	64.1	79.8	49.0
2000	76.0	77.2	75.3	75.6	74.4	48.3	63.4	81.3	75.0	85.3	58.9
Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000)
1980-1985	24.0	15.6	30.0	30.0	31.9	38.3	25.1	29.5	32.1	23.9	25.9
1995-2000	19.4	13.6	22.9	22.9	24.6	31.6	21.7	19.6	25.1	20.7	20.1
Average Annual Births (In 1,000s)
1980-1985	15,423	4,067	11,356	11,185	2,282	905	623	3,790	2,460	1,125	171
1995-2000	15,416	4,113	11,303	11,149	2,338	1,089	662	3,210	2,628	1,222	154
Crude Death Rate (Per 1,000)
1980-1985	8.1	8.5	7.8	7.8	6.4	9.1	8.4	8.3	7.6	8.0	7.0
1995-2000	7.2	8.6	6.4	6.4	5.1	5.8	8.0	7.1	5.9	7.3	6.4
Average Annual Deaths (In 1,000s)
1980-1985	5,168	2,212	2,956	2,910	457	216	208	1,072	579	378	46
1995-2000	5,791	2,597	3,194	3,145	481	199	244	1,173	619	429	49
Total Fertility Rate*
1980-1985	3.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	4.2	5.2	3.1	3.6	4.1	3.1	3.2
1995-2000	2.4	1.9	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.9	2.7	2.2	3.0	2.7	2.3
Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1,000 live births)
1980-1985	36.9	11.0	55.3	55.7	47.0	65.0	64.0	64.0	59.0	32.0	32.0
1995-2000	24.8	7.0	35.5	35.7	31.0	36.0	45.0	42.0	35.0	22.0	22.0
Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)
1980-1985	69.2	74.7	65.4	65.3	67.7	61.3	65.5	63.3	64.5	70.1	69.3
1995-2000	72.4	76.9	69.8	69.7	72.5	69.7	68.3	67.1	69.7	73.3	72.6
	Source of basic data: United Nations, World Population Prospects, 1996 Revision, 1998. Analyses and computations by the Special Program on Health Analysis, PAHO.

* Average number of children born alive to a woman during her reproductive years, according to prevailing fertility rates.

** The Americas: the 48 countries and territories

• North America: Bermuda, Canada and the United States of America
• Latin America: the Andean Region, Brazil, Central America, the Latin Caribbean, Mexico and the Southern Cone.
• Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
• Latin Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
• Andean Region: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
• Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
• Non-Latin Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (UK) , Virgin Islands (USA), Dominica, French Guyana, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Monserrat, Netherland Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Santa Lucia, San Vincent & the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago.