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DEMOGRAPHICS IN LATIN AMERICA INTRODUCTION Latin America is the largest and most highly populated region on the American Continent. This vast territory includes 36 countries, 10 of which are small islands in the Caribbean. Latin American countries have strong ties in common: Spanish and Portuguese colonization, the Spanish language, and secondarily language Portuguese, and the fact that these countries share the overall status of “emerging” (or developing) countries, from First World country’s point of view. Though ethnic, educational, economic and populational differences are registered, the last decade has contributed to shorten distance in demographics Such features by no means imply uniformity; on the contrary, there are marked ethnic, population, educational and economic differences among the Latin American nations. On the economical point of view and beyond other specific crisis situations of certain countries, the regional economy has evolved. 
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