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| TABLE 33. SIZE AND GROWTH OF
POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA |
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| Country |
Population (millions) 1991a |
Population (millions) 2025b (projected) |
Average annual population change (%) 2000-2005b |
| Guatemala | 9.26 | 21.67 | 2.68 |
| Belize | 0.22 | 0.29 | 1.46 |
| Honduras | 4.94 | 11.51 | 2.48 |
| El Salvador | 5.41 | 9.74 | 2.00 |
| Nicaragua | 3.75 | 9.08 | 2.78 |
| Costa Rica | 3.11 | 5.61 | 1.84 |
| Panama | 2.47 | 3.86 | 1.48 |
| Total | 29.16 | 61.76 | 2.10 |
| Sources: a Hoffman 1993. b WRI, UNEP and UNDP 1994. |
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