Caribbean Population

Population now

44,147,706

Male:	21,672,439	(49.09 %)
Female:	22,209,790	(50.31 %)

Births in 2024:	846,144
Deaths in 2024:	465,880

Life expectancy & Rates (2024)

Male:	71.54 years
Female:	76.41 years
Total:	73.94 years
Median Age:	31.93 years

Birth Rate:	15.22
Death Rate:	8.38
Growth Rate:	0.82 %
Fertility Rate:	2.03

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Population structure (mid 2024)
Urbanization

Caribbean Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	20M	10M	10M	1	2.10%	38.88	12.54	5.41	58.06	56.41	59.83	18.97	40.15%	8.40
1961	21M	10M	10M	1	2.17%	39.02	12.30	5.46	58.56	56.89	60.34	18.99	40.71%	8.58
1962	21M	10M	10M	1	2.25%	39.09	12.04	5.47	59.05	57.38	60.85	18.92	41.28%	8.77
1963	22M	11M	11M	1	2.30%	38.92	11.80	5.46	59.55	57.87	61.36	18.82	41.87%	8.97
1964	22M	11M	11M	0.99	2.33%	38.55	11.56	5.41	60.04	58.35	61.86	18.74	42.47%	9.17
1965	22M	11M	11M	0.99	2.38%	37.94	11.23	5.33	60.53	58.84	62.35	18.71	43.06%	9.36
1966	23M	11M	11M	0.99	2.38%	37.01	10.94	5.23	61.00	59.32	62.83	18.55	43.64%	9.54
1967	23M	12M	12M	0.99	2.38%	35.95	10.63	5.11	61.47	59.78	63.29	18.51	44.22%	9.72
1968	24M	12M	12M	0.99	2.37%	35.01	10.39	4.98	61.91	60.23	63.74	18.52	44.80%	9.90
1969	24M	12M	12M	0.99	2.37%	34.16	10.14	4.86	62.36	60.67	64.18	18.55	45.38%	10.07
1970	25M	12M	12M	0.99	2.36%	33.36	9.93	4.73	62.80	61.10	64.63	18.56	45.97%	10.26
1971	25M	12M	13M	0.99	2.38%	32.70	9.67	4.59	63.24	61.53	65.09	18.66	46.70%	10.45
1972	26M	13M	13M	0.99	2.35%	31.77	9.47	4.45	63.68	61.96	65.54	18.74	47.41%	10.65
1973	26M	13M	13M	0.99	2.34%	30.87	9.25	4.30	64.12	62.38	66.00	18.80	48.11%	10.85
1974	27M	13M	13M	0.99	2.32%	30.16	9.08	4.14	64.55	62.79	66.44	18.90	48.80%	11.05
1975	27M	13M	13M	0.99	2.30%	29.32	8.89	3.99	64.96	63.18	66.86	19.03	49.46%	11.25
1976	27M	14M	14M	0.99	2.28%	28.69	8.76	3.86	65.33	63.55	67.25	19.20	50.11%	11.43
1977	28M	14M	14M	0.99	2.26%	28.20	8.64	3.74	65.67	63.87	67.59	19.42	50.73%	11.60
1978	28M	14M	14M	0.99	2.25%	27.79	8.55	3.65	65.97	64.17	67.89	19.66	51.34%	11.77
1979	29M	14M	14M	0.99	2.23%	27.50	8.51	3.58	66.23	64.43	68.15	19.91	51.93%	11.94
1980	29M	14M	15M	0.99	2.22%	27.36	8.49	3.53	66.46	64.65	68.38	20.16	52.59%	12.11
1981	29M	15M	15M	0.99	2.22%	27.28	8.48	3.49	66.66	64.84	68.59	20.45	53.46%	12.28
1982	30M	15M	15M	0.99	2.21%	27.22	8.48	3.46	66.85	65.02	68.78	20.69	54.13%	12.46
1983	30M	15M	15M	0.99	2.20%	27.13	8.47	3.44	67.01	65.16	68.97	20.91	54.78%	12.63
1984	31M	15M	15M	0.99	2.19%	26.99	8.46	3.40	67.18	65.30	69.16	21.12	55.43%	12.81
1985	31M	15M	16M	0.99	2.17%	26.86	8.48	3.36	67.34	65.42	69.37	21.36	56.06%	12.99
1986	32M	16M	16M	0.99	2.15%	26.61	8.46	3.31	67.50	65.54	69.57	21.58	56.68%	13.17
1987	32M	16M	16M	0.99	2.12%	26.29	8.42	3.25	67.66	65.65	69.77	21.84	57.28%	13.35
1988	32M	16M	16M	0.99	2.09%	25.88	8.38	3.19	67.80	65.75	69.96	22.14	57.86%	13.54
1989	33M	16M	16M	0.99	2.05%	25.44	8.34	3.13	67.94	65.85	70.15	22.43	58.42%	13.72
1990	33M	16M	17M	0.99	2.01%	24.94	8.28	3.07	68.08	65.95	70.32	22.71	58.93%	13.91
1991	34M	17M	17M	0.99	1.97%	24.45	8.24	3.02	68.22	66.05	70.50	22.99	59.29%	14.08
1992	34M	17M	17M	0.99	1.92%	24.00	8.21	2.97	68.38	66.18	70.70	23.26	59.59%	14.25
1993	35M	17M	17M	0.99	1.89%	23.61	8.18	2.92	68.55	66.32	70.90	23.51	59.78%	14.43
1994	35M	17M	18M	0.98	1.86%	23.19	8.11	2.87	68.73	66.47	71.12	23.76	60.07%	14.60
1995	35M	17M	18M	0.98	1.82%	22.79	8.09	2.83	68.93	66.64	71.35	24.01	60.40%	14.77
1996	36M	18M	18M	0.98	1.80%	22.45	8.03	2.78	69.15	66.83	71.59	24.33	60.74%	14.94
1997	36M	18M	18M	0.98	1.77%	22.05	7.95	2.73	69.36	67.03	71.82	24.62	61.08%	15.11
1998	37M	18M	18M	0.98	1.74%	21.69	7.93	2.70	69.56	67.22	72.02	24.90	61.43%	15.27
1999	37M	18M	19M	0.98	1.71%	21.37	7.89	2.68	69.76	67.42	72.22	25.17	61.77%	15.42
2000	37M	18M	19M	0.98	1.68%	21.05	7.85	2.65	70.05	67.73	72.47	25.42	62.10%	15.57
2001	38M	19M	19M	0.98	1.64%	20.64	7.83	2.60	70.24	67.91	72.68	25.65	62.65%	15.72
2002	38M	19M	19M	0.98	1.60%	20.25	7.79	2.56	70.47	68.13	72.91	25.88	63.20%	15.86
2003	38M	19M	19M	0.98	1.56%	19.91	7.77	2.52	70.66	68.34	73.08	26.13	63.84%	16.01
2004	39M	19M	19M	0.98	1.53%	19.65	7.77	2.49	70.84	68.50	73.27	26.37	64.34%	16.15
2005	39M	19M	20M	0.98	1.50%	19.40	7.76	2.46	71.01	68.68	73.46	26.60	64.82%	16.28
2006	39M	19M	20M	0.98	1.48%	19.11	7.71	2.43	71.21	68.85	73.67	26.84	65.30%	16.40
2007	40M	20M	20M	0.98	1.45%	18.89	7.71	2.40	71.36	68.99	73.84	27.05	65.77%	16.52
2008	40M	20M	20M	0.98	1.43%	18.73	7.72	2.38	71.47	69.10	73.93	27.25	66.23%	16.63
2009	40M	20M	20M	0.98	1.40%	18.58	7.74	2.36	71.63	69.26	74.10	27.45	66.70%	16.75
2010	40M	20M	20M	0.98	1.38%	18.41	7.75	2.34	71.80	69.43	74.28	27.65	67.18%	16.87
2011	41M	20M	20M	0.98	1.35%	18.26	7.78	2.33	71.96	69.58	74.43	27.89	67.62%	16.98
2012	41M	20M	21M	0.98	1.31%	18.07	7.81	2.30	72.11	69.73	74.59	28.15	68.05%	17.10
2013	41M	20M	21M	0.98	1.28%	17.87	7.83	2.28	72.27	69.88	74.75	28.41	68.47%	17.22
2014	42M	20M	21M	0.98	1.24%	17.66	7.88	2.25	72.43	70.04	74.91	28.68	68.89%	17.33
2015	42M	21M	21M	0.98	1.22%	17.41	7.86	2.23	72.59	70.19	75.08	28.96	69.31%	17.44
2016	42M	21M	21M	0.98	1.16%	17.14	7.94	2.20	72.75	70.35	75.25	29.30	69.72%	17.53
2017	42M	21M	21M	0.98	1.11%	16.84	7.99	2.16	72.91	70.50	75.40	29.66	70.12%	17.62
2018	42M	21M	21M	0.98	1.08%	16.60	8.00	2.14	73.05	70.64	75.54	30.01	70.50%	17.69
2019	43M	21M	21M	0.98	1.03%	16.34	8.04	2.11	73.21	70.79	75.70	30.39	70.94%	17.80
2020	43M	21M	22M	0.98	0.98%	16.03	8.11	2.08	73.37	70.96	75.87	30.76	71.43%	17.95
2021	43M	21M	22M	0.98	0.98%	16.07	8.11	2.09	73.34	70.92	75.84	31.05	71.85%	18.05
2022	44M	21M	22M	0.98	0.98%	16.09	8.11	2.09	73.32	70.90	75.81	31.34	72.28%	18.16
2023	44M	22M	22M	0.98	0.86%	15.43	8.31	2.05	73.79	71.38	76.27	31.63	72.72%	18.27
2024	44M	22M	22M	0.98	0.82%	15.22	8.38	2.03	73.94	71.54	76.41	31.93	73.15%	18.38

Caribbean Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2025	44M	22M	22M	0.98	0.78%	15.02	8.44	2.02	74.12	71.71	76.58	32.22	73.57%	18.49
2026	45M	22M	22M	0.98	0.75%	14.84	8.50	2.01	74.28	71.88	76.74	32.50	73.98%	18.58
2027	45M	22M	23M	0.98	0.71%	14.67	8.56	2.00	74.44	72.05	76.89	32.78	74.37%	18.67
2028	45M	22M	23M	0.98	0.68%	14.50	8.62	1.98	74.60	72.22	77.04	33.07	74.76%	18.75
2029	45M	22M	23M	0.98	0.65%	14.33	8.68	1.97	74.76	72.39	77.19	33.35	75.15%	18.82
2030	45M	22M	23M	0.98	0.62%	14.16	8.74	1.96	74.92	72.56	77.34	33.64	75.52%	18.89
2031	45M	22M	23M	0.97	0.59%	14.02	8.82	1.95	75.07	72.71	77.48	33.91	75.89%	18.96
2032	46M	22M	23M	0.97	0.56%	13.88	8.91	1.94	75.22	72.87	77.62	34.20	76.26%	19.02
2033	46M	22M	23M	0.97	0.53%	13.74	8.98	1.93	75.37	73.03	77.76	34.48	76.62%	19.08
2034	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.50%	13.60	9.06	1.92	75.52	73.18	77.89	34.76	76.97%	19.13
2035	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.47%	13.45	9.14	1.91	75.67	73.34	78.03	35.05	77.32%	19.18
2036	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.44%	13.33	9.25	1.91	75.80	73.48	78.15	35.30	77.66%	19.23
2037	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.41%	13.20	9.35	1.90	75.93	73.62	78.28	35.56	78.00%	19.28
2038	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.38%	13.07	9.45	1.89	76.05	73.75	78.40	35.83	78.32%	19.32
2039	46M	23M	23M	0.97	0.35%	12.94	9.55	1.88	76.19	73.89	78.53	36.09	78.64%	19.36
2040	47M	23M	23M	0.97	0.33%	12.81	9.65	1.87	76.32	74.03	78.65	36.36	78.96%	19.40
2041	47M	23M	23M	0.97	0.30%	12.70	9.77	1.87	76.44	74.16	78.77	36.61	79.26%	19.43
2042	47M	23M	23M	0.98	0.27%	12.58	9.87	1.86	76.57	74.30	78.88	36.85	79.56%	19.46
2043	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.25%	12.46	9.99	1.86	76.70	74.43	79.00	37.10	79.85%	19.48
2044	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.22%	12.35	10.09	1.85	76.82	74.56	79.11	37.36	80.14%	19.50
2045	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.20%	12.23	10.20	1.85	76.95	74.70	79.23	37.62	80.42%	19.52
2046	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.17%	12.12	10.32	1.84	77.07	74.83	79.35	37.84	80.72%	19.53
2047	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.15%	12.01	10.43	1.84	77.19	74.96	79.46	38.08	81.00%	19.53
2048	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.13%	11.91	10.55	1.83	77.31	75.09	79.57	38.32	81.27%	19.54
2049	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.11%	11.80	10.66	1.83	77.43	75.22	79.69	38.56	81.54%	19.54
2050	47M	23M	24M	0.98	0.09%	11.69	10.77	1.82	77.55	75.34	79.80	38.80	81.82%	19.53

Highest City Population in Caribbean (mid 2024)

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Rank	City	Country	Population, Urban Area	Population, City
1	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	3,476,075	2,201,941
2	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	2,933,599	1,234,742
3	San Juan	Puerto Rico	2,442,476	418,140
4	Havana	Cuba	2,146,786	2,146,000
5	Santiago	Dominican Republic	682,096	16,380
6	Kingston	Jamaica	595,786	595,000
7	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	545,262	49,031
8	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	440,262	440,000
9	Camaguey	Cuba	311,000	311,000
10	Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	299,000	16,073

Map of Caribbean

All Continents

Asia4720M

North America511M

South America444M

Central America52M

Caribbean44M

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