TABLE 2. Demographic and socioeconomic indicators of six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean introducing COVID-19 vaccines, December 2021 to September 2022.
|
Characteristic |
Country |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Argentina |
Belize |
Brazil |
Costa Rica |
Panama |
Peru |
|
|
Area (km2)a |
2 780 400 |
22 970 |
8 515 770 |
51 100 |
75 320 |
1 285 220 |
|
Total populationa |
45 808 747 |
404 915 |
213 993 441 |
5 139 053 |
4 381 583 |
33 359 416 |
|
% population by age group (years)a | ||||||
|
0–14 |
24 |
29 |
20 |
21 |
26 |
25 |
|
15–64 |
64 |
66 |
70 |
69 |
65 |
66 |
|
≥ 65 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
|
% annual population growtha |
0.9 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
|
Life expectancy at birth (years)a |
77 |
75 |
76 |
80 |
79 |
77 |
|
Mortality/1 000 peopleb |
8 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
Births/1 000 peopleb |
17 |
20 |
13 |
13 |
18 |
18 |
|
Infant mortality/1 000 live birthsb |
8 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
|
Per capita GDPa (US$) |
10 729.20 |
4 420.50 |
7 518.80 |
12 508.60 |
14 516.50 |
6 692.20 |
|
0.842 |
0.716 |
0.754 |
0.809 |
0.805 |
0.762 |
|
GDP: gross domestic product.
Data from 2022.
Data from 2021.
On the Human Development Index, scores 0.8–1.0 are considered very high, 0.7–0.79 are high, 0.55–0.70 are medium, and <0.55 is considered low.
Source: Table prepared by the authors based on the results of their study.