Latin American Countries by Population and GDP

About these figures

• Totals are sums of country figures for one year over the economies that have one, not official aggregates; each says how many it covers. Missing figures are not counted as zero.
• Growth, inflation and other rates are not added up or averaged into a group or continent rate, because an unweighted average gives a small economy the same weight as a large one.
• GDP is converted to US dollars at market exchange rates; GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) adjusts for differences in price levels, so it is the better comparison of living standards and gives a different order.
• Territories and other economies that are not UN member states are marked in the table: Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Curaçao (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Cayman Islands (a British overseas territory), Saint Martin (a French overseas collectivity), Puerto Rico (a US territory), Sint Maarten (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Turks and Caicos Islands (a British overseas territory), British Virgin Islands (a British overseas territory) and U.S. Virgin Islands (a US territory).
• M49 also lists Anguilla, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Barthélemy, French Guiana, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Bouvet Island and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in Latin America and the Caribbean; SOTW has no figures for them.
• Latin America and the Caribbean is the M49 grouping of South America, Central America (with Mexico) and the Caribbean. The United States, Canada, Bermuda and Greenland are Northern America and are on the continents page.
• IMF figures for the current year are projections from the World Economic Outlook, revised at each release, not measured values.

Sources and definitions

Population SP.POP.TOTL

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. Unit: people. World Bank (World Development Indicators)

GDP IMF.NGDPD

Economic output at current prices, expressed using market exchange rates. Unit: current US dollars. International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook)

GDP per person IMF.NGDPDPC

Current-price economic output divided by the population. Unit: current US dollars. International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook)

GDP per person at PPP IMF.PPPPC

Purchasing-power-adjusted current-price economic output per person. Unit: international dollars (PPP). International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook)

Land area AG.LND.TOTL.K2

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Unit: square kilometres. World Bank (World Development Indicators)

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