Regional urban statistics

Highlighted indicators

Currently, 81.2% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean live in urban areas.

Source: UNDESA- Data 2018

By 2050 89% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean will live in urban areas.

Source: UNDESA- Data 2018

Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the largest proportion of the population concentrated in megacities: of the total population of the region in 2018, 14.2% resided in the six cities with 10 million inhabitants or more.

Source: UNDESA- The world 's cities in 2018 data booklet

Analyzed cities

This section includes cities in Latin America and the Caribbean for which information on relevant urban issues has been collected and analyzed. Additional cities will be presented as and when information becomes available.