Latin America's population hits 663 mln, less than projected: UN agency

SANTIAGO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The population of Latin America and the Caribbean reached 663 million in 2024, 3.8 percent short of the figure projected in 2000, according to a report released by the Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday.

Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, executive secretary of the UN agency, said in a press release that the birth rate had declined mo