Migration Has Emerged as a Key Factor in Fertility
By
Rich Brown
In a region on the move, the role of migration in driving demographic shifts deserves more attention.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America’s demographic transformation More people have been on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade than ever before. By 2024, there were 17.5 million international migrants in the region, after a 23% jump in just four years. Roxana Romero López, 21, from San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala, became one of them in 2021. Her town is an agricultural center on Guatemala’s registry of “Dry Corridor” areas struggling with drought and flooding. She went to the U.S. to send money home,...
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