United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Annual Percentage growth rate urban 1990-1995 ------------- ------------- Country or area 1996 2030 Urban Rural --------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Latin America & Caribbean 73.8 83.2 2.3 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Caribbean 62.2 73.7 2.0 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Anguilla 11.2 26.3 2.6 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Antigua and Barbuda 36.0 52.8 .8 .5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Aruba .. .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------------ Bahamas 86.9 92.9 2.5 -2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Barbados 47.8 66.1 1.4 -.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ British Virgin Islands 57.1 76.7 5.1 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cayman Islands 100.0 100.0 3.5 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cuba 76.3 85.8 1.3 -1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dominica 69.7 80.5 .3 -1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dominican Republic 62.6 77.9 3.1 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Grenada 36.2 56.3 1.2 -.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Guadeloupe 99.5 99.9 1.8 -17.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Haiti 32.4 54.2 3.8 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Jamaica 54.2 70.3 1.7 -.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Martinique 93.7 97.2 1.7 -5.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Montserrat 16.7 36.3 1.8 -.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Netherlands Antilles 69.4 80.1 .9 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Puerto Rico 73.7 83.6 1.5 -.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Saint Kitts and Nevis 33.9 49.0 -.7 -.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Saint Lucia 37.2 53.1 1.3 1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ St. Vincent & the Grenadines 49.5 73.9 4.3 -1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Trinidad and Tobago 72.2 83.1 1.6 -1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Turks and Caicos Islands 43.9 61.4 4.3 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ United States Virgin Islands 45.3 62.2 .9 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Central America 66.5 76.1 2.3 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Belize 46.4 59.7 2.2 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Costa Rica 49.8 67.6 3.4 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ El Salvador 45.3 62.0 2.9 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Guatemala 39.1 57.4 3.3 2.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Honduras 44.4 64.1 4.4 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mexico 73.6 81.9 2.1 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Nicaragua 62.7 76.6 3.8 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Panama 56.0 71.4 2.5 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ South America 78.0 87.2 2.4 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Argentina 88.4 93.3 1.7 -1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Bolivia 61.5 78.6 4.1 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Brazil 79.0 88.9 2.4 -1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Chile 84.0 89.3 1.8 .9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Colombia 73.1 83.7 2.6 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ecuador 59.6 76.1 3.5 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 85.5 96.0 3.0 -8.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ French Guiana 76.8 85.5 5.0 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Guyana 35.9 57.1 2.1 .2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Paraguay 53.2 71.5 4.2 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Peru 71.3 81.9 2.3 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Suriname 49.7 68.0 2.2 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Uruguay 90.5 94.3 .9 -2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Venezuela 86.2 92.0 2.7 -.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997