ECLAC warns of consequences of Covid-19 in Latin America | News
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) warned on Thursday that the region is one of the most demographically affected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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According to a document presented by the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (Celade), Simone Cecchini, between 2019 and 2021, the region's population lost an average of 2.9 years of life expectancy.
Cecchini also stressed that among the subregions that make up the zone, Central America was the one that fell the most in this indicator, where the decline was 3.6 years.
Likewise, the CELADE data ensures that until the year 2025 life expectancy will not reach the levels achieved before the pandemic.
It is worth mentioning that population growth began to slow down in 1991, but in 2020 and 2021 strong changes in the context as a result of the onslaught of Covid-19, other factors that catalyzed this process became evident.
In a context where the fertility of the population is decreasing, it is estimated that by the end of this year Latin America and the Caribbean will have close to 660 million inhabitants, while it is estimated that its maximum population will be reached in 2056 with 751.9 million inhabitants. .
ECLAC insisted on the importance of carrying out censuses to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of the systems, after the pandemic has delayed many of these processes.
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