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[[File:拉丁美洲1.jpg|缩略图|拉丁美洲：是[[美洲]]的一部分，狭义上包括了以[[罗曼语族]]（也称拉丁语族，主要是[[西班牙语]]、[[葡萄牙语]]和[[法语]]）语言为官方语言的美洲国家和地区；广义上包括了[[美国]]以南的全部美洲国家与地区。]]

拉丁美洲拥有占地球陆地表面积将近13%的19,197,000平方公里陆地面积。<ref name=worldbank-ruralenv>Citation |url= http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/3.1 | title = World Development Indicators: Rural environment and land use |work = World Development Indicators, The World Bank |publisher = [[World Bank]] |accessdate = September 12, 2013</ref>截止2013年，拉丁美洲的人口估计超过6亿。<ref name="CIA – The World Factbook">cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html?countryName=&countryCode=&regionCode=%C5%BE |title=CIA – The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-04-23</ref>在2014年，拉丁美洲有着5.573万亿美元的国民生产总值（国际汇率，<ref name="Imf.org">cite =http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2014&ey=2014&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=22&pr1.y=9&c=311%2C336%2C213%2C263%2C313%2C268%2C316%2C343%2C339%2C273%2C218%2C278%2C223%2C283%2C228%2C288%2C233%2C293%2C238%2C361%2C321%2C362%2C243%2C364%2C248%2C366%2C253%2C369%2C328%2C298%2C258%2C299&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP&grp=0&a= |title=GDP Current and PPP estimates for 2014 |publisher=Imf.org |date=2014 |accessdate=2014-08-14</ref>几乎是[[英国]]和[[法国]]之和），<ref name="ReferenceA">cite =http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2014&ey=2014&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=52&pr1.y=4&c=193%2C156%2C922%2C199%2C184%2C132%2C134%2C534%2C536%2C186%2C136%2C112%2C158&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP&grp=0&a= |title=GDP Current and PPP estimates for 2014 |publisher=Imf.org |date=2014 |accessdate=2014-08-14</ref>如果以购买力平价来计算则是7.532万亿美元（大于[[日本]]和[[英国]]之和）。