CITY LIFE
Latin America is the world’s second-most urbanized region—and the growth of its cities shows
no signs of slowing.
THE LATEST
STATISTICS, SURVEYS
AND STUDIES
2050 2025 2013 2000
600
700
800
500
*
I
nm
i
l
l
io
n
s
521
606
682 71%
82%
63%
79%
54%
37%
Latin America’s Population*
BIG—AND GETTING BIGGER
Latin American Cities
With > 20,000 Residents
As Urbanization Has Gone Up,
Poverty Has Gone Down
Percent of Population Living in Cities
URBAN DWELLERS
by 2050
780
320
1950
2,000
TODAY
Percent of Latin Americans
in the Middle Class
2010 1995
21%
41%
Percent
Considered Poor
2010 1995
46%
24%
Percent Living on Less Than
US$1.25 Per Day
2005 2010 2002
11.9%
8.7%
5.5%
US$842
billion
Annual GDP produced by Latin
America’s 40 biggest cities
of Latin America’s growth by 2025
will be contributed by Brazil and Mexico—the
region’s most urbanized countries
of the region’s GDP generated
by cities with at least 200,000 residents
60%
1. 5 times the contribution of Western Europe’s large cities
35%
74%
32%
