The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 11,427,557 people in the Dominican Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 11,591,984 in the Dominican Republic.
Population statistics:
- Chile's population is 1.72 times bigger than the Dominican Republic's.
- Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while the Dominican Republic is the 84th.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 0.14% for the Dominican Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +1.04% in the Dominican Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while the Dominican Republic has grown from 9.23M to 11.6M (25.7% growth).
- Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 13.2M people in 2061 for the Dominican Republic.
Chile vs Dominican Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
19928941
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11591984
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| Population rank | 67/197 | 84/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
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5.46 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
4.12 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +58,316 | -34,806 |
| Daily growth/decline | +290 | +264 |
| Annual growth/decline | +105,936 | +96,292 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.54% | +0.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 131/197 | 114/197 |
Chile and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,153,350 | 3,268,336 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,324,802 | 3,373,233 | 2.1% | 3.21% |
| 1962 | 8,497,059 | 3,479,936 | 2.07% | 3.16% |
| 1963 | 8,670,144 | 3,588,287 | 2.04% | 3.11% |
| 1964 | 8,842,525 | 3,698,559 | 1.99% | 3.07% |
| 1965 | 9,012,938 | 3,808,963 | 1.93% | 2.99% |
| 1966 | 9,181,722 | 3,921,847 | 1.87% | 2.96% |
| 1967 | 9,348,939 | 4,038,928 | 1.82% | 2.99% |
| 1968 | 9,514,716 | 4,157,189 | 1.77% | 2.93% |
| 1969 | 9,680,282 | 4,277,035 | 1.74% | 2.88% |
| 1970 | 9,845,344 | 4,399,290 | 1.71% | 2.86% |
| 1971 | 10,009,701 | 4,524,234 | 1.67% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 10,174,678 | 4,651,883 | 1.65% | 2.82% |
| 1973 | 10,340,362 | 4,782,227 | 1.63% | 2.8% |
| 1974 | 10,505,817 | 4,914,197 | 1.6% | 2.76% |
| 1975 | 10,671,559 | 5,046,776 | 1.58% | 2.7% |
| 1976 | 10,838,251 | 5,180,404 | 1.56% | 2.65% |
| 1977 | 11,005,519 | 5,315,443 | 1.54% | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 11,172,695 | 5,451,882 | 1.52% | 2.57% |
| 1979 | 11,339,779 | 5,589,690 | 1.5% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 11,508,550 | 5,729,037 | 1.49% | 2.49% |
| 1981 | 11,678,717 | 5,868,453 | 1.48% | 2.43% |
| 1982 | 11,850,214 | 6,007,114 | 1.47% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 12,026,138 | 6,147,248 | 1.48% | 2.33% |
| 1984 | 12,207,733 | 6,289,040 | 1.51% | 2.31% |
| 1985 | 12,395,274 | 6,430,404 | 1.54% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 12,588,914 | 6,571,208 | 1.56% | 2.19% |
| 1987 | 12,790,150 | 6,712,515 | 1.6% | 2.15% |
| 1988 | 12,999,424 | 6,855,734 | 1.64% | 2.13% |
| 1989 | 13,215,005 | 7,002,295 | 1.66% | 2.14% |
| 1990 | 13,437,176 | 7,151,166 | 1.68% | 2.13% |
| 1991 | 13,662,491 | 7,299,853 | 1.68% | 2.08% |
| 1992 | 13,884,577 | 7,447,474 | 1.63% | 2.02% |
| 1993 | 14,102,276 | 7,594,572 | 1.57% | 1.98% |
| 1994 | 14,316,256 | 7,741,694 | 1.52% | 1.94% |
| 1995 | 14,527,381 | 7,888,115 | 1.47% | 1.89% |
| 1996 | 14,734,046 | 8,032,894 | 1.42% | 1.84% |
| 1997 | 14,932,434 | 8,174,078 | 1.35% | 1.76% |
| 1998 | 15,127,799 | 8,310,362 | 1.31% | 1.67% |
| 1999 | 15,319,313 | 8,446,208 | 1.27% | 1.63% |
| 2000 | 15,503,635 | 8,584,190 | 1.2% | 1.63% |
| 2001 | 15,683,849 | 8,720,283 | 1.16% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 15,857,925 | 8,852,235 | 1.11% | 1.51% |
| 2003 | 16,024,752 | 8,980,620 | 1.05% | 1.45% |
| 2004 | 16,187,322 | 9,104,892 | 1.01% | 1.38% |
| 2005 | 16,348,778 | 9,225,034 | 1% | 1.32% |
| 2006 | 16,509,195 | 9,341,183 | 0.98% | 1.26% |
| 2007 | 16,671,581 | 9,455,658 | 0.98% | 1.23% |
| 2008 | 16,838,988 | 9,573,130 | 1% | 1.24% |
| 2009 | 17,009,731 | 9,695,265 | 1.01% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 17,181,464 | 9,820,175 | 1.01% | 1.29% |
| 2011 | 17,351,816 | 9,945,621 | 0.99% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 17,519,119 | 10,070,411 | 0.96% | 1.25% |
| 2013 | 17,687,006 | 10,193,833 | 0.96% | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 17,864,195 | 10,315,528 | 1% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 18,047,625 | 10,434,829 | 1.03% | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 18,267,221 | 10,551,430 | 1.22% | 1.12% |
| 2017 | 18,558,868 | 10,666,843 | 1.6% | 1.09% |
| 2018 | 18,893,191 | 10,782,053 | 1.8% | 1.08% |
| 2019 | 19,197,744 | 10,894,043 | 1.61% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | 19,370,624 | 11,008,300 | 0.9% | 1.05% |
| 2021 | 19,456,334 | 11,123,476 | 0.44% | 1.05% |
| 2022 | 19,553,036 | 11,230,734 | 0.5% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 19,658,835 | 11,331,265 | 0.54% | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 19,764,771 | 11,427,557 | 0.54% | 0.85% |
| 2025 | 19,859,915 | 11,520,480 | 0.48% | 0.81% |
| 2026 | 19,945,846 | 11,609,496 | 0.43% | 0.77% |
| 2027 | 20,026,149 | 11,695,935 | 0.4% | 0.74% |
| 2028 | 20,100,930 | 11,779,929 | 0.37% | 0.72% |
| 2029 | 20,169,619 | 11,860,814 | 0.34% | 0.69% |
| 2030 | 20,233,182 | 11,938,853 | 0.32% | 0.66% |
| 2031 | 20,290,979 | 12,014,148 | 0.29% | 0.63% |
| 2032 | 20,341,797 | 12,086,669 | 0.25% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 20,385,069 | 12,156,523 | 0.21% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 20,422,546 | 12,224,121 | 0.18% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 20,455,937 | 12,289,431 | 0.16% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 20,485,080 | 12,352,228 | 0.14% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 20,507,949 | 12,412,542 | 0.11% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 20,524,482 | 12,470,656 | 0.08% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 20,535,707 | 12,526,156 | 0.05% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 20,542,096 | 12,579,320 | 0.03% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 20,543,284 | 12,630,679 | 0.006% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 20,539,909 | 12,680,019 | -0.02% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 20,532,920 | 12,727,289 | -0.03% | 0.37% |
| 2044 | 20,519,677 | 12,772,651 | -0.06% | 0.36% |
| 2045 | 20,499,138 | 12,816,003 | -0.1% | 0.34% |
| 2046 | 20,473,283 | 12,856,883 | -0.13% | 0.32% |
| 2047 | 20,443,720 | 12,895,158 | -0.14% | 0.3% |
| 2048 | 20,408,327 | 12,931,165 | -0.17% | 0.28% |
| 2049 | 20,366,435 | 12,964,841 | -0.21% | 0.26% |
| 2050 | 20,320,302 | 12,996,290 | -0.23% | 0.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).
Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Chile's population will grow by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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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| City | Population |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.34M |
| Santo Domingo | 1.13M |
| Puerto Plata | 338K |
| La Vega | 282K |
| Higuey | 251K |
| San Cristobal | 233K |
| San Pedro de Macoris | 217K |
| San Francisco de Macoris | 188K |
| San Juan de la Maguana | 169K |
| Bonao | 158K |
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Population differences between Chile and the Dominican Republic
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| Life expectancy | 81.5 years | 74 years |
| Average age | 38.8 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 37.5 years | 29 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.17 births per woman | 2.24 births per woman |
| Population density | 68.9 ppl/mi² | 614 ppl/mi² |
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