Sixth meeting Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

Launch of the Demographic Observatory 2025 Low fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean: emerging trends and dynamics

The Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) – Population Division of ECLAC invites to the launch of the Demographic Observatory 2025. This publication presents an analysis of historical and recent fertility trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a special focus on the region’s declining fertility.

Primer Ciclo Regional de Talleres Técnicos rumbo a la Ronda Censal 2030 en América Latina: Aprendizajes y Desafíos

El objetivo central de este ciclo de talleres es proveer de un espacio de intercambio técnico para que los países de América Latina compartan sus experiencias, estrategias, desafíos y lecciones aprendidas de la ronda censal 2020, y con ello generar aprendizajes significativos, aportando insumos y recomendaciones concretas que sirvan de guía para la planificación y ejecución efectiva de los censos de población y vivienda de la próxima ronda, hacia el año 2030.  

Informative (Virtual) Follow-up Meeting on the Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

The objectives of the meeting are to present the regional planning for the next two years within the framework of the fifth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to foster dialogue between countries and the Technical Secretariat of the Conference regarding the preparation of national reports in 2026, and to make ECLAC’s technical assistance available to countries that may require it for the preparation of their reports.

ECLAC contributes to debates on ageing, care and intergenerational solidarity at the Second World Summit for Social Development

The Director of CELADE – Population Division of the ECLAC, Simone Cecchini, contributed to dialogues on these issues at the Summit, which took place in Doha, Qatar, on 4-6 November 2025.

Regional Population and Development Gathering Culminated at ECLAC with Warnings about Low Fertility, Population Ageing and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean took place at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Nuevo artículo de Notas de Población del N°121: “Individual earnings differentials by education level in Brazil: the greater inequality of the informal sector”

Ernesto F. L. Amaral, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, Samantha Haussmann Rodarte Faustino y Guilherme Quaresma Gonçalves se proponen estimar si los cambios de la distribución por edad y por sectores formal e informal experimentados por la fuerza de trabajo en el Brasil, entre 1980 y 2010, incidieron sobre los ingresos de los trabajadores según nivel educativo y según área de residencia. 

Total Fertility Rate in Latin America and the Caribbean Reaches 1.8 Children per Woman in 2024, Deepening the Below-Replacement Fertility Trend

ECLAC’s Demographic Observatory 2025 analyzes the region’s historical and recent trends in fertility, with special emphasis on its decline, and examines the public policy challenges posed by this new scenario.