The current population of Chile is 19,928,941 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 19,764,771 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Chile accounts for 0.24% of the world's population.
- Chile is projected to reach 20.5M people in 2041.
- Chile is ranked 67/197 by population and was ranked 60th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of 1.09% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth in 20 years).
Chile population clock
Chile
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
19928941
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 67/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.96 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
2.98 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.12 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +290 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +105,936 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.54% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 131/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
9.01 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +58,316 | N/A |
Chile population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,153,350 | - |
| 1961 | 8,324,802 | 2.1% |
| 1962 | 8,497,059 | 2.07% |
| 1963 | 8,670,144 | 2.04% |
| 1964 | 8,842,525 | 1.99% |
| 1965 | 9,012,938 | 1.93% |
| 1966 | 9,181,722 | 1.87% |
| 1967 | 9,348,939 | 1.82% |
| 1968 | 9,514,716 | 1.77% |
| 1969 | 9,680,282 | 1.74% |
| 1970 | 9,845,344 | 1.71% |
| 1971 | 10,009,701 | 1.67% |
| 1972 | 10,174,678 | 1.65% |
| 1973 | 10,340,362 | 1.63% |
| 1974 | 10,505,817 | 1.6% |
| 1975 | 10,671,559 | 1.58% |
| 1976 | 10,838,251 | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 11,005,519 | 1.54% |
| 1978 | 11,172,695 | 1.52% |
| 1979 | 11,339,779 | 1.5% |
| 1980 | 11,508,550 | 1.49% |
| 1981 | 11,678,717 | 1.48% |
| 1982 | 11,850,214 | 1.47% |
| 1983 | 12,026,138 | 1.48% |
| 1984 | 12,207,733 | 1.51% |
| 1985 | 12,395,274 | 1.54% |
| 1986 | 12,588,914 | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 12,790,150 | 1.6% |
| 1988 | 12,999,424 | 1.64% |
| 1989 | 13,215,005 | 1.66% |
| 1990 | 13,437,176 | 1.68% |
| 1991 | 13,662,491 | 1.68% |
| 1992 | 13,884,577 | 1.63% |
| 1993 | 14,102,276 | 1.57% |
| 1994 | 14,316,256 | 1.52% |
| 1995 | 14,527,381 | 1.47% |
| 1996 | 14,734,046 | 1.42% |
| 1997 | 14,932,434 | 1.35% |
| 1998 | 15,127,799 | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 15,319,313 | 1.27% |
| 2000 | 15,503,635 | 1.2% |
| 2001 | 15,683,849 | 1.16% |
| 2002 | 15,857,925 | 1.11% |
| 2003 | 16,024,752 | 1.05% |
| 2004 | 16,187,322 | 1.01% |
| 2005 | 16,348,778 | 1% |
| 2006 | 16,509,195 | 0.98% |
| 2007 | 16,671,581 | 0.98% |
| 2008 | 16,838,988 | 1% |
| 2009 | 17,009,731 | 1.01% |
| 2010 | 17,181,464 | 1.01% |
| 2011 | 17,351,816 | 0.99% |
| 2012 | 17,519,119 | 0.96% |
| 2013 | 17,687,006 | 0.96% |
| 2014 | 17,864,195 | 1% |
| 2015 | 18,047,625 | 1.03% |
| 2016 | 18,267,221 | 1.22% |
| 2017 | 18,558,868 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 18,893,191 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 19,197,744 | 1.61% |
| 2020 | 19,370,624 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 19,456,334 | 0.44% |
| 2022 | 19,553,036 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 19,658,835 | 0.54% |
| 2024 | 19,764,771 | 0.54% |
| 2025 | 19,859,915 | 0.48% |
| 2026 | 19,945,846 | 0.43% |
| 2027 | 20,026,149 | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 20,100,930 | 0.37% |
| 2029 | 20,169,619 | 0.34% |
| 2030 | 20,233,182 | 0.32% |
| 2031 | 20,290,979 | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 20,341,797 | 0.25% |
| 2033 | 20,385,069 | 0.21% |
| 2034 | 20,422,546 | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 20,455,937 | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 20,485,080 | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 20,507,949 | 0.11% |
| 2038 | 20,524,482 | 0.08% |
| 2039 | 20,535,707 | 0.05% |
| 2040 | 20,542,096 | 0.03% |
| 2041 | 20,543,284 | 0.006% |
| 2042 | 20,539,909 | -0.02% |
| 2043 | 20,532,920 | -0.03% |
| 2044 | 20,519,677 | -0.06% |
| 2045 | 20,499,138 | -0.1% |
| 2046 | 20,473,283 | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 20,443,720 | -0.14% |
| 2048 | 20,408,327 | -0.17% |
| 2049 | 20,366,435 | -0.21% |
| 2050 | 20,320,302 | -0.23% |
Chile has a population of 19.9M as of 2025, compared to 18M in 2015, 16.3M in 2005, and 14.5M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.04% per year. Chile is ranked 105th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Chile will have 20,499,138 people (2.86% growth) with a rank change from 67th to 76th.
By the year 2100, Chile's population is projected to decline by 32.6% to 13.4M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Chile
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Santiago | 6.26M |
| Puente Alto | 574K |
| Antofagasta | 349K |
| Vina del Mar | 333K |
| San Bernardo | 301K |
| Valparaiso | 297K |
| Temuco | 282K |
| Concepcion | 218K |
| Coquimbo | 204K |
| Arica | 202K |
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Chile population statistics
|
Chile
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 38.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 37.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.17 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 68.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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