Population projections
Population estimates and projections
Bienio:
2026-2027
Coordinator
National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Ecuador
Technical Secretariat
Population Division (CELADE) of ECLAC
Statistics Division of ECLAC
Members
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Boliva
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) of Chile
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) of Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Costa Rica
Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI) of Cuba
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Guatemala
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Honduras
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC) of Panama
National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) of Perú
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) of Dominican Republic
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Uruguay
Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas UNFPA
Objectives
General objective
Improve population statistics in the countries of the region and enhance their comparability by promoting greater international cooperation and the sharing of experiences. Within this framework, the aim is to strengthen technical capacities for the preparation and dissemination of population estimates and projections at the national and subnational levels, including a gender perspective, through intraregional cooperation.
Specific objectives
- Prepare a document compiling experiences and lessons learned from Latin American and Caribbean countries regarding the preparation, dissemination and regular updating of population estimates and projections by sex and age.
- Share experiences in leveraging administrative records and other data sources to promote their use, and update projections during the period of the working group, with a gender perspective.
- Develop recommendations for communicating the results of population estimates and projections to authorities and to users more broadly.
- Create spaces for regional dialogue (i.e. virtual or in-person seminars) to exchange views on progress in population estimation and projection.