Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is made up of 41 countries, which vary in size and population, 8 of 24 Caribbean countries had less than 100 000 inhabitants in 2009. Brazil the largest territorial and population and Mexico the second, with 191 and 110 million inhabitants in 2010 respectively. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis the small country, with less than 50 thousand inhabitants. The population of LAC has tripled from 1950 to 2010, from 167 million to 588 million inhabitants, constituting 8.5% of the world population and it is estimated that it will reach 730 million in 2050, with 13.7% of the population in extremely poor [1,2]. According to the new multidimensional poverty index (MPI), there are large variations 2% in Uruguay to 57% in Haiti.