Population Geography of Latin America

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Population Geography of Latin America SSWG4

Population = 658,305,557 Population Density = 34.29 sq. km

Mexico’s Population Moving to cities for jobs 52 million = 1970 Largely young population

Population Geography of Central America & the Caribbean Population patterns directly related to economy Most people make living on farms – live in rural areas 40 million in Central America, 40 million in Caribbean Caribbean – live in cities, tourism sector brings jobs i.e., Cuba Move to cities in search for jobs/better ways of life, live in slums

Rapidly Growing Cities 6 cities in South America rank among region’s largest in population Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Lima (Peru) Bogota (Columbia) Santiago (Chile) Mexico City is most populous in region

Brazil 1500: millions of natives live in brazil Thousands die from disease 500,000 natives in brazil (mostly amazon) Large number of immigrants Largest Japanese population outside of japan Brazil

Brazil 1960: 22% people in cities 2008: 86% in cities 80% of people live within 200 miles of sea Gov’t encouraging people to move to interior (fertile land) Brazil

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