The event, held in the framework of the twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, sought to contribute to planning and preparing the 2030 censuses.

The report, prepared by ECLAC with support from UNFPA, was presented to countries in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The region’s population represents 8.2% of the global population today. It is projected that the region will achieve its maximum population in 2056.

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries concluded the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.

New estimates and projections by ECLAC and the United Nations Population Division confirm that the region’s population is growing at an increasingly low rate, due mainly to a decline in fertility.

The event’s main panels will be transmitted live from June 28 to June 30, 2022. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #poblaciónALC and #populationLAC.

The meeting, which was postponed in 2020 due to the global health crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile using a hybrid model, meaning a mix of in-person and virtual participation.

The Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on November 7-9, 2017.