The 2024 Demographic Observatory presents an analysis that shows that birth and death rates declined more rapidly than projected in 2000 - except during the pandemic - and that net migration was more negative than expected. The changes in the age structure of the population, driven by accelerated demographic shifts, as well as the persistent decline in fertility to below-replacement levels, present additional challenges to those already faced by the region, given its high levels of socioeconomic inequality and limited access to state-provided goods and services.

The population estimates and projections, including those of the labor force, as well as urban and rural populations disaggregated by sex and age groups for the period 1950–2100, are available at the following link: Excel files

Moderator: Helena Cruz Castanheira, Population Affairs Officer, CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC

11:00 a 11:10 Introduction and opening remarks

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

11:10 a 11:40 Presentation of the 2024 Demographic Observatory

• Simone Cecchini, Director of CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC

11:40 a 12:10 Experts comments

• Jorge Gonzalez Caro, Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Fernando Ruiz Vallejo, President of the Latin American Population Association (ALAP)
• Samuel Moreno, Director of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) of Panama

12:10 a 12:50 Questions and answers

• Questions and Answers

12:50 a 13:00 Closing remarks

• Simone Cecchini, Director of CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC