1. Population Geography of Latin America
SSWG4

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

9. 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

10. 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