Demographics of South America

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South America and Central America have an estimated population of 558 million (as of 2005) and a rate of population growth of about 0.6% per year.

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An estimated 90% of South Americans are Christians (81% Roman Catholic, 9% other Christian denominations), accounting for ca. 19% of Christians worldwide.

v • d • e Religion in South America Sovereign states Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama1 · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago1 · Uruguay · Venezuela Dependencies Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) · French Guiana (France) 1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America).

[edit] See also

• world population

v • d • e Demographics of South America Sovereign states Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama1 · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago1 · Uruguay · Venezuela Dependencies Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) · French Guiana (France) 1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America).

v • d • e Demographics of Central America Belize · Costa Rica · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama