Urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Urban population, per capita was 0.814 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 0.814 units per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.814 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4808 units per person, in 1960.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4808 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.488 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1962 | 0.4953 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.5028 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 0.5103 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.518 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.5259 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 0.5338 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.5419 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.5501 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.5582 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.5668 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5758 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.5852 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5947 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6044 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6139 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6232 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6321 units per person | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6403 units per person | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6477 units per person | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6544 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6609 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.6671 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.673 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.6787 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6842 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.6896 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6948 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6999 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7048 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7097 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7143 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7187 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.723 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7275 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7322 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7374 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.743 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7484 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7532 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7574 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7613 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7648 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.768 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7707 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7731 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7754 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7777 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7798 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7819 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7839 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7859 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7881 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7902 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7924 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7946 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7968 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7988 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8009 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.803 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8051 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.807 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8093 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8116 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.814 units per person | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5147 units per person | 0.4808 units per person | 0.5501 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5995 units per person | 0.5582 units per person | 0.6403 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.675 units per person | 0.6477 units per person | 0.6999 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7259 units per person | 0.7048 units per person | 0.7484 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7681 units per person | 0.7532 units per person | 0.7798 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7914 units per person | 0.7819 units per person | 0.8009 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8083 units per person | 0.803 units per person | 0.814 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 1 Bahrain 1 units per person compare
- 1 Bermuda 1 units per person compare
- 1 Cayman Islands 1 units per person compare
- 1 Gibraltar 1 units per person compare
- 1 Hong Kong, China 1 units per person compare
- 1 Kuwait 1 units per person compare
- 1 Macau, China 1 units per person compare
- 1 Saint Martin (French Part) 1 units per person compare
- 1 Monaco 1 units per person compare
- 1 Naoero 1 units per person compare
- 1 Singapore 1 units per person compare
- 1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1 units per person compare
More climate change data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 0.6817 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9795 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population 81.4% (2025)
- Urban population 510.21 million (2025)
- Population, total 626.81 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Urban population, per square kilometre 26.65 units per square kilometre (2023)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Urban population, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.814 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest urban population, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.814 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest urban population, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4808 units per person in 1960.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for urban population, per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is urban population, per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Urban population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Urban population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.