Urbanization Rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Urbanization Rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published: May 14, 2009, 7:37 pm
Contributing Author: Peter Saundry
Topic Editor: Mark McGinley
Source: CIA
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This article provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population in different countries.

The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas (2008 estimates).

The second, rate of urbanization, describes the average rate of change of the size of the urban population over a given period of time. (2005 -2010 estimates).

The World average was estimated to be 48.6% of total population (2005) and increasing at a rate of 1.98% per year

By Region

Country Urban population Rate of
as a% of whole Urbanization
(2008 estimate) (2005-2010 estimate)

North America

Central America


  1. Panama 73% 2.7%
  2. Costa Rica 63% 2.3%
  3. El Salvador 61% 1.9%
  4. Nicaragua 57% 1.8%
  5. Belize 52% 3.1%
  6. Guatemala 49% 3.4%
  7. Honduras 48% 2.9%

Caribbean

  1. Anguilla 100% 1.4%
  2. Bermuda 100% 0.3%
  3. Cayman Islands 100% 1.5%
  4. Puerto Rico 98% 0.8%
  5. United States Virgin Islands 95% 0.2%
  6. Netherlands Antilles 93% 1.6%
  7. Turks and Caicos Islands 92% 2.2%
  8. Bahamas, The 84% 1.4%
  9. Cuba 76% 0%
  10. Dominica 74% 0.2%
  11. Dominican Republic 69% 2.6%
  12. Jamaica 53% 0.9%
  13. Aruba 47% 0.1%
  14. Haiti 47% 4.5%
  15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47% 1.3%
  16. Barbados 40% 1.5%
  17. British Virgin Islands 40% 1.7%
  18. Saint Kitts and Nevis 32% 1.4%
  19. Grenada 31% 0.3%
  20. Antigua and Barbuda 30% 0.9%
  21. Saint Lucia 28% 1.4%
  22. Montserrat 14% 2.2%
  23. Trinidad and Tobago 13% 2.9%

South America


  1. Venezuela 93% 2%
  2. Argentina 92% 1.2%
  3. Uruguay 92% 0.4%
  4. Chile 88% 1.3%
  5. Brazil 86% 1.8%
  6. Suriname 75% 1%
  7. Colombia 74% 1.7%
  8. Peru 71% 1.3%
  9. Bolivia 66% 2.5%
  10. Ecuador 66% 2.1%
  11. Paraguay 60% 2.8%
  12. Guyana 28% 0%

Combined

Country Urban population Rate of
as a% of whole Urbanization
(2008 estimate) (2005-2010 estimate)

  1. Anguilla 100% 1.4%
  2. Antigua and Barbuda 30% 0.9%
  3. Argentina 92% 1.2%
  4. Aruba 47% 0.1%
  5. Bahamas, The 84% 1.4%
  6. Barbados 40% 1.5%
  7. Belize 52% 3.1%
  8. Bermuda 100% 0.3%
  9. Bolivia 66% 2.5%
  10. Brazil 86% 1.8%
  11. British Virgin Islands 40% 1.7%
  12. Cayman Islands 100% 1.5%
  13. Chile 88% 1.3%
  14. Colombia 74% 1.7%
  15. Costa Rica 63% 2.3%
  16. Cuba 76% 0%
  17. Dominica 74% 0.2%
  18. Dominican Republic 69% 2.6%
  19. Ecuador 66% 2.1%
  20. El Salvador 61% 1.9%
  21. Grenada 31% 0.3%
  22. Guatemala 49% 3.4%
  23. Guyana 28% 0%
  24. Haiti 47% 4.5%
  25. Honduras 48% 2.9%
  26. Jamaica 53% 0.9%
  27. Mexico 77% 1.5%
  28. Montserrat 14% 2.2%
  29. Netherlands Antilles 93% 1.6%
  30. Nicaragua 57% 1.8%
  31. Panama 73% 2.7%
  32. Paraguay 60% 2.8%
  33. Peru 71% 1.3%
  34. Puerto Rico 98% 0.8%
  35. Saint Kitts and Nevis 32% 1.4%
  36. Saint Lucia 28% 1.4%
  37. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47% 1.3%
  38. Suriname 75% 1%
  39. Trinidad and Tobago 13% - 2.9%
  40. Turks and Caicos Islands 92% 2.2%
  41. Uruguay 92% 0.4%
  42. Venezuela 93% 2%
  43. United States Virgin Islands 95% 0.2%

Further Reading:

  1. CIA World factbook

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