Population in Argentina compared to Chile: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Argentina and Chile: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Argentina	Chile	Argentina	Chile
1960	20,386,045	8,153,350	-	-
1961	20,726,276	8,324,802	1.67%	2.1%
1962	21,072,538	8,497,059	1.67%	2.07%
1963	21,421,705	8,670,144	1.66%	2.04%
1964	21,769,453	8,842,525	1.62%	1.99%
1965	22,112,629	9,012,938	1.58%	1.93%
1966	22,453,893	9,181,722	1.54%	1.87%
1967	22,799,059	9,348,939	1.54%	1.82%
1968	23,150,583	9,514,716	1.54%	1.77%
1969	23,508,711	9,680,282	1.55%	1.74%
1970	23,878,327	9,845,344	1.57%	1.71%
1971	24,257,208	10,009,701	1.59%	1.67%
1972	24,644,328	10,174,678	1.6%	1.65%
1973	25,046,005	10,340,362	1.63%	1.63%
1974	25,461,351	10,505,817	1.66%	1.6%
1975	25,874,107	10,671,559	1.62%	1.58%
1976	26,282,283	10,838,251	1.58%	1.56%
1977	26,701,805	11,005,519	1.6%	1.54%
1978	27,132,158	11,172,695	1.61%	1.52%
1979	27,568,895	11,339,779	1.61%	1.5%
1980	28,011,596	11,508,550	1.61%	1.49%
1981	28,463,959	11,678,717	1.61%	1.48%
1982	28,924,262	11,850,214	1.62%	1.47%
1983	29,391,332	12,026,138	1.61%	1.48%
1984	29,863,093	12,207,733	1.61%	1.51%
1985	30,336,441	12,395,274	1.59%	1.54%
1986	30,811,980	12,588,914	1.57%	1.56%
1987	31,291,762	12,790,150	1.56%	1.6%
1988	31,780,532	12,999,424	1.56%	1.64%
1989	32,270,948	13,215,005	1.54%	1.66%
1990	32,755,901	13,437,176	1.5%	1.68%
1991	33,230,294	13,662,491	1.45%	1.68%
1992	33,693,527	13,884,577	1.39%	1.63%
1993	34,152,717	14,102,276	1.36%	1.57%
1994	34,613,491	14,316,256	1.35%	1.52%
1995	35,070,020	14,527,381	1.32%	1.47%
1996	35,513,793	14,734,046	1.27%	1.42%
1997	35,947,791	14,932,434	1.22%	1.35%
1998	36,372,860	15,127,799	1.18%	1.31%
1999	36,794,682	15,319,313	1.16%	1.27%
2000	37,213,984	15,503,635	1.14%	1.2%
2001	37,624,825	15,683,849	1.1%	1.16%
2002	38,029,349	15,857,925	1.08%	1.11%
2003	38,424,282	16,024,752	1.04%	1.05%
2004	38,815,916	16,187,322	1.02%	1.01%
2005	39,216,789	16,348,778	1.03%	1%
2006	39,622,115	16,509,195	1.03%	0.98%
2007	40,016,763	16,671,581	1%	0.98%
2008	40,424,148	16,838,988	1.02%	1%
2009	40,854,831	17,009,731	1.07%	1.01%
2010	41,288,694	17,181,464	1.06%	1.01%
2011	41,730,660	17,351,816	1.07%	0.99%
2012	42,161,721	17,519,119	1.03%	0.96%
2013	42,582,455	17,687,006	1%	0.96%
2014	43,024,071	17,864,195	1.04%	1%
2015	43,477,012	18,047,625	1.05%	1.03%
2016	43,900,313	18,267,221	0.97%	1.22%
2017	44,288,894	18,558,868	0.89%	1.6%
2018	44,654,882	18,893,191	0.83%	1.8%
2019	44,973,465	19,197,744	0.71%	1.61%
2020	45,191,965	19,370,624	0.49%	0.9%
2021	45,312,281	19,456,334	0.27%	0.44%
2022	45,407,904	19,553,036	0.21%	0.5%
2023	45,538,401	19,658,835	0.29%	0.54%
2024	45,696,159	19,764,771	0.35%	0.54%
2025	45,851,384	19,859,915	0.34%	0.48%
2026	46,003,737	19,945,846	0.33%	0.43%
2027	46,153,348	20,026,149	0.33%	0.4%
2028	46,299,948	20,100,930	0.32%	0.37%
2029	46,443,774	20,169,619	0.31%	0.34%
2030	46,585,029	20,233,182	0.3%	0.32%
2031	46,723,742	20,290,979	0.3%	0.29%
2032	46,859,882	20,341,797	0.29%	0.25%
2033	46,993,528	20,385,069	0.29%	0.21%
2034	47,124,543	20,422,546	0.28%	0.18%
2035	47,251,997	20,455,937	0.27%	0.16%
2036	47,375,364	20,485,080	0.26%	0.14%
2037	47,494,519	20,507,949	0.25%	0.11%
2038	47,608,792	20,524,482	0.24%	0.08%
2039	47,716,834	20,535,707	0.23%	0.05%
2040	47,817,648	20,542,096	0.21%	0.03%
2041	47,910,494	20,543,284	0.19%	0.006%
2042	47,994,515	20,539,909	0.18%	-0.02%
2043	48,069,559	20,532,920	0.16%	-0.03%
2044	48,135,530	20,519,677	0.14%	-0.06%
2045	48,191,844	20,499,138	0.12%	-0.1%
2046	48,237,681	20,473,283	0.1%	-0.13%
2047	48,272,493	20,443,720	0.07%	-0.14%
2048	48,296,034	20,408,327	0.05%	-0.17%
2049	48,308,275	20,366,435	0.03%	-0.21%
2050	48,308,953	20,320,302	0.001%	-0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Argentina increased by 4,278,198 people (a 10.8% growth), while Chile gained 1,758,026 people (a 10.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Argentina gained 2,105,059 (a 4.8% growth), while Chile's population increased by 1,679,502 (a 9.19% growth).

Argentina was ranked 31st most populous country in 2006 and is 35th in 2026. Chile was ranked 60th in 2006 and ranked 67th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Argentina's population will grow by 5.01% to 48,308,953 people with a rank change from 35th to 44th. The population of Chile will increase by 1.87% to 20,320,302 people and rank change from 67th to 75th.