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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 6.66 times bigger than Chile's.
  • Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.85% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
  • Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.

Chile vs Mexico: live population counter

Chile Mexico
Current population
19928941
132790957
Population rank 67/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.24% 1.61%
One net population change
4.96 minutes
28.1 seconds
One birth every
2.98 minutes
15.5 seconds
One death every
4.12 minutes
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
9.01 minutes
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change +58,316 -104,581
Daily growth/decline +290 +3,072
Annual growth/decline +105,936 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate +0.54% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 131/197 113/197

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

Chile
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chile Mexico Chile Mexico
1960 8,153,350 36,724,615 - -
1961 8,324,802 37,890,118 2.1% 3.17%
1962 8,497,059 39,129,200 2.07% 3.27%
1963 8,670,144 40,424,065 2.04% 3.31%
1964 8,842,525 41,772,049 1.99% 3.33%
1965 9,012,938 43,174,477 1.93% 3.36%
1966 9,181,722 44,629,106 1.87% 3.37%
1967 9,348,939 46,129,608 1.82% 3.36%
1968 9,514,716 47,668,303 1.77% 3.34%
1969 9,680,282 49,233,194 1.74% 3.28%
1970 9,845,344 50,814,953 1.71% 3.21%
1971 10,009,701 52,412,558 1.67% 3.14%
1972 10,174,678 54,030,168 1.65% 3.09%
1973 10,340,362 55,667,284 1.63% 3.03%
1974 10,505,817 57,320,149 1.6% 2.97%
1975 10,671,559 58,982,400 1.58% 2.9%
1976 10,838,251 60,645,512 1.56% 2.82%
1977 11,005,519 62,308,493 1.54% 2.74%
1978 11,172,695 63,979,046 1.52% 2.68%
1979 11,339,779 65,648,865 1.5% 2.61%
1980 11,508,550 67,300,334 1.49% 2.52%
1981 11,678,717 68,892,108 1.48% 2.37%
1982 11,850,214 70,433,260 1.47% 2.24%
1983 12,026,138 71,971,240 1.48% 2.18%
1984 12,207,733 73,506,846 1.51% 2.13%
1985 12,395,274 75,043,414 1.54% 2.09%
1986 12,588,914 76,585,637 1.56% 2.06%
1987 12,790,150 78,136,651 1.6% 2.03%
1988 12,999,424 79,695,531 1.64% 2%
1989 13,215,005 81,247,182 1.66% 1.95%
1990 13,437,176 82,820,170 1.68% 1.94%
1991 13,662,491 84,430,572 1.68% 1.94%
1992 13,884,577 86,044,809 1.63% 1.91%
1993 14,102,276 87,653,807 1.57% 1.87%
1994 14,316,256 89,259,205 1.52% 1.83%
1995 14,527,381 90,862,455 1.47% 1.8%
1996 14,734,046 92,452,702 1.42% 1.75%
1997 14,932,434 94,021,207 1.35% 1.7%
1998 15,127,799 95,575,245 1.31% 1.65%
1999 15,319,313 97,115,707 1.27% 1.61%
2000 15,503,635 98,625,552 1.2% 1.55%
2001 15,683,849 100,099,099 1.16% 1.49%
2002 15,857,925 101,548,624 1.11% 1.45%
2003 16,024,752 102,978,515 1.05% 1.41%
2004 16,187,322 104,394,131 1.01% 1.37%
2005 16,348,778 105,811,504 1% 1.36%
2006 16,509,195 107,253,666 0.98% 1.36%
2007 16,671,581 108,774,360 0.98% 1.42%
2008 16,838,988 110,374,288 1% 1.47%
2009 17,009,731 111,999,721 1.01% 1.47%
2010 17,181,464 113,623,895 1.01% 1.45%
2011 17,351,816 115,243,504 0.99% 1.43%
2012 17,519,119 116,818,208 0.96% 1.37%
2013 17,687,006 118,343,573 0.96% 1.31%
2014 17,864,195 119,784,261 1% 1.22%
2015 18,047,625 121,072,306 1.03% 1.08%
2016 18,267,221 122,251,351 1.22% 0.97%
2017 18,558,868 123,400,057 1.6% 0.94%
2018 18,893,191 124,573,711 1.8% 0.95%
2019 19,197,744 125,762,982 1.61% 0.95%
2020 19,370,624 126,799,054 0.9% 0.82%
2021 19,456,334 127,648,148 0.44% 0.67%
2022 19,553,036 128,613,117 0.5% 0.76%
2023 19,658,835 129,739,759 0.54% 0.88%
2024 19,764,771 130,861,007 0.54% 0.86%
2025 19,859,915 131,946,905 0.48% 0.83%
2026 19,945,846 132,997,664 0.43% 0.8%
2027 20,026,149 134,017,711 0.4% 0.77%
2028 20,100,930 135,008,697 0.37% 0.74%
2029 20,169,619 135,970,893 0.34% 0.71%
2030 20,233,182 136,904,747 0.32% 0.69%
2031 20,290,979 137,811,068 0.29% 0.66%
2032 20,341,797 138,690,189 0.25% 0.64%
2033 20,385,069 139,542,087 0.21% 0.61%
2034 20,422,546 140,362,026 0.18% 0.59%
2035 20,455,937 141,150,818 0.16% 0.56%
2036 20,485,080 141,909,168 0.14% 0.54%
2037 20,507,949 142,637,546 0.11% 0.51%
2038 20,524,482 143,336,222 0.08% 0.49%
2039 20,535,707 143,998,296 0.05% 0.46%
2040 20,542,096 144,624,328 0.03% 0.43%
2041 20,543,284 145,217,780 0.006% 0.41%
2042 20,539,909 145,777,459 -0.02% 0.39%
2043 20,532,920 146,300,011 -0.03% 0.36%
2044 20,519,677 146,787,722 -0.06% 0.33%
2045 20,499,138 147,240,096 -0.1% 0.31%
2046 20,473,283 147,654,160 -0.13% 0.28%
2047 20,443,720 148,030,153 -0.14% 0.25%
2048 20,408,327 148,372,233 -0.17% 0.23%
2049 20,366,435 148,677,894 -0.21% 0.21%
2050 20,320,302 148,946,272 -0.23% 0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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