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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • Chile's population is 37.5 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
  • Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.

Chile vs Maldives: live population counter

Chile Maldives
Current population
19928941
531152
Population rank 67/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.24% 0.006%
One net population change
4.96 minutes
4.85 hours
One birth every
2.98 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
4.12 minutes
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
9.01 minutes
3.62 hours
Annual migration change +58,316 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +290 +5
Annual growth/decline +105,936 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +0.54% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 131/197 145/197

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

Chile
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chile Maldives Chile Maldives
1960 8,153,350 91,189 - -
1961 8,324,802 93,450 2.1% 2.48%
1962 8,497,059 95,802 2.07% 2.52%
1963 8,670,144 98,222 2.04% 2.53%
1964 8,842,525 100,662 1.99% 2.48%
1965 9,012,938 104,102 1.93% 3.42%
1966 9,181,722 108,507 1.87% 4.23%
1967 9,348,939 112,528 1.82% 3.71%
1968 9,514,716 116,075 1.77% 3.15%
1969 9,680,282 119,564 1.74% 3.01%
1970 9,845,344 123,219 1.71% 3.06%
1971 10,009,701 127,035 1.67% 3.1%
1972 10,174,678 130,968 1.65% 3.1%
1973 10,340,362 134,952 1.63% 3.04%
1974 10,505,817 138,978 1.6% 2.98%
1975 10,671,559 143,158 1.58% 3.01%
1976 10,838,251 147,525 1.56% 3.05%
1977 11,005,519 151,930 1.54% 2.99%
1978 11,172,695 156,159 1.52% 2.78%
1979 11,339,779 160,360 1.5% 2.69%
1980 11,508,550 164,835 1.49% 2.79%
1981 11,678,717 169,532 1.48% 2.85%
1982 11,850,214 174,333 1.47% 2.83%
1983 12,026,138 179,128 1.48% 2.75%
1984 12,207,733 184,198 1.51% 2.83%
1985 12,395,274 190,169 1.54% 3.24%
1986 12,588,914 196,935 1.56% 3.56%
1987 12,790,150 203,944 1.6% 3.56%
1988 12,999,424 210,885 1.64% 3.4%
1989 13,215,005 217,738 1.66% 3.25%
1990 13,437,176 224,762 1.68% 3.23%
1991 13,662,491 231,802 1.68% 3.13%
1992 13,884,577 238,543 1.63% 2.91%
1993 14,102,276 244,884 1.57% 2.66%
1994 14,316,256 250,822 1.52% 2.42%
1995 14,527,381 256,649 1.47% 2.32%
1996 14,734,046 262,347 1.42% 2.22%
1997 14,932,434 267,707 1.35% 2.04%
1998 15,127,799 272,723 1.31% 1.87%
1999 15,319,313 277,412 1.27% 1.72%
2000 15,503,635 282,019 1.2% 1.66%
2001 15,683,849 286,767 1.16% 1.68%
2002 15,857,925 291,616 1.11% 1.69%
2003 16,024,752 296,491 1.05% 1.67%
2004 16,187,322 301,413 1.01% 1.66%
2005 16,348,778 306,429 1% 1.66%
2006 16,509,195 313,851 0.98% 2.42%
2007 16,671,581 324,479 0.98% 3.39%
2008 16,838,988 336,170 1% 3.6%
2009 17,009,731 348,275 1.01% 3.6%
2010 17,181,464 360,792 1.01% 3.59%
2011 17,351,816 373,674 0.99% 3.57%
2012 17,519,119 386,818 0.96% 3.52%
2013 17,687,006 400,070 0.96% 3.43%
2014 17,864,195 413,617 1% 3.39%
2015 18,047,625 428,154 1.03% 3.51%
2016 18,267,221 443,308 1.22% 3.54%
2017 18,558,868 458,287 1.6% 3.38%
2018 18,893,191 473,099 1.8% 3.23%
2019 19,197,744 487,731 1.61% 3.09%
2020 19,370,624 502,118 0.9% 2.95%
2021 19,456,334 516,154 0.44% 2.8%
2022 19,553,036 524,106 0.5% 1.54%
2023 19,658,835 525,994 0.54% 0.36%
2024 19,764,771 527,799 0.54% 0.34%
2025 19,859,915 529,677 0.48% 0.36%
2026 19,945,846 531,514 0.43% 0.35%
2027 20,026,149 533,433 0.4% 0.36%
2028 20,100,930 535,502 0.37% 0.39%
2029 20,169,619 537,574 0.34% 0.39%
2030 20,233,182 539,667 0.32% 0.39%
2031 20,290,979 541,929 0.29% 0.42%
2032 20,341,797 544,288 0.25% 0.44%
2033 20,385,069 546,723 0.21% 0.45%
2034 20,422,546 549,162 0.18% 0.45%
2035 20,455,937 551,599 0.16% 0.44%
2036 20,485,080 554,092 0.14% 0.45%
2037 20,507,949 556,637 0.11% 0.46%
2038 20,524,482 559,231 0.08% 0.47%
2039 20,535,707 561,958 0.05% 0.49%
2040 20,542,096 564,800 0.03% 0.51%
2041 20,543,284 567,606 0.006% 0.5%
2042 20,539,909 570,381 -0.02% 0.49%
2043 20,532,920 573,138 -0.03% 0.48%
2044 20,519,677 575,811 -0.06% 0.47%
2045 20,499,138 578,459 -0.1% 0.46%
2046 20,473,283 581,026 -0.13% 0.44%
2047 20,443,720 583,393 -0.14% 0.41%
2048 20,408,327 585,720 -0.17% 0.4%
2049 20,366,435 587,988 -0.21% 0.39%
2050 20,320,302 589,960 -0.23% 0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

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