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. 2024 Mar 8;48:e14. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.14

TABLE 1. Demographic characteristics in the four selected Latin American countries and Latin America overall, 2021 and projections for 2050.

Country or area

Population aged ≥ 60 years (thousands)

Percentage of total population aged ≥ 60 years

Population aged ≥ 80 years (thousands)

Percentage of total population aged ≥ 80 years

2021

2050

Growth rate 2021–2050a

2021

2050

Growth rate 2021–2050b

2021

2050

Growth rate 2021–2050a

2021

2050

Growth rate 2021–2050b

Latin America

86 121

188 111

118.43

13.1

25.1

12.0

11 374

37 497

118.43

1.7

5.0

3.3

Brazil

30 483

  68 871

125.93

14.2

29.6

15.4

  3 492

12 973

  271.5

1.6

5.6

4.0

Chile

  3 477

    6 338

  82.28

17.8

30.6

12.8

     580

  1 846

  218.3

2.9

8.9

6.0

Costa Rica

     793

    1 759

121.82

15.3

30.5

15.2

     108

    420

  288.9

2.1

7.3

5.2

Mexico

15 088

  40 384

167.66

11.9

24.6

12.7

  2 167

  7 125

  228.8

1.7

4.9

3.2

a

Values are percentages.

b

Values are percentage points.

Source: Table developed by the authors based on data from (16).