The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 10,569,709 people in Sweden in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,946,723 people compared to 10,663,864 in Sweden.
Population statistics:
- Chile's population is 1.87 times bigger than Sweden's.
- Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while Sweden is the 93rd.
- The countries together account for 0.37% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 0.13% for Sweden.
- For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +0.88% in Sweden.
- Since 2006, the population of Chile has increased from 16.5M people to 19.9M (20.8% growth), while Sweden has grown from 9.08M to 10.7M (17.4% growth).
- Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 11.4M people in 2079 for Sweden.
Chile vs Sweden: live population counter
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
19946723
|
10663864
|
| Population rank | 67/197 | 93/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
4.96 minutes
|
15.9 minutes
|
| One birth every |
2.98 minutes
|
5.25 minutes
|
| One death every |
4.12 minutes
|
5.54 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
9.01 minutes
|
10.5 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +58,316 | +50,115 |
| Daily growth/decline | +290 | +91 |
| Annual growth/decline | +105,936 | +33,077 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.54% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 131/197 | 149/197 |
Chile and Sweden: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 | 8,153,350 | 7,484,656 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,324,802 | 7,519,998 | 2.1% | 0.47% |
| 1962 | 8,497,059 | 7,561,588 | 2.07% | 0.55% |
| 1963 | 8,670,144 | 7,604,328 | 2.04% | 0.57% |
| 1964 | 8,842,525 | 7,661,354 | 1.99% | 0.75% |
| 1965 | 9,012,938 | 7,733,853 | 1.93% | 0.95% |
| 1966 | 9,181,722 | 7,807,797 | 1.87% | 0.96% |
| 1967 | 9,348,939 | 7,867,931 | 1.82% | 0.77% |
| 1968 | 9,514,716 | 7,912,273 | 1.77% | 0.56% |
| 1969 | 9,680,282 | 7,968,072 | 1.74% | 0.71% |
| 1970 | 9,845,344 | 8,042,801 | 1.71% | 0.94% |
| 1971 | 10,009,701 | 8,098,334 | 1.67% | 0.69% |
| 1972 | 10,174,678 | 8,122,300 | 1.65% | 0.3% |
| 1973 | 10,340,362 | 8,136,312 | 1.63% | 0.17% |
| 1974 | 10,505,817 | 8,159,955 | 1.6% | 0.29% |
| 1975 | 10,671,559 | 8,192,437 | 1.58% | 0.4% |
| 1976 | 10,838,251 | 8,222,286 | 1.56% | 0.36% |
| 1977 | 11,005,519 | 8,251,540 | 1.54% | 0.36% |
| 1978 | 11,172,695 | 8,275,599 | 1.52% | 0.29% |
| 1979 | 11,339,779 | 8,293,678 | 1.5% | 0.22% |
| 1980 | 11,508,550 | 8,310,531 | 1.49% | 0.2% |
| 1981 | 11,678,717 | 8,320,503 | 1.48% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 11,850,214 | 8,325,263 | 1.47% | 0.06% |
| 1983 | 12,026,138 | 8,329,033 | 1.48% | 0.05% |
| 1984 | 12,207,733 | 8,336,605 | 1.51% | 0.09% |
| 1985 | 12,395,274 | 8,350,386 | 1.54% | 0.17% |
| 1986 | 12,588,914 | 8,369,829 | 1.56% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 12,790,150 | 8,397,804 | 1.6% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 12,999,424 | 8,436,489 | 1.64% | 0.46% |
| 1989 | 13,215,005 | 8,492,964 | 1.66% | 0.67% |
| 1990 | 13,437,176 | 8,558,835 | 1.68% | 0.78% |
| 1991 | 13,662,491 | 8,617,375 | 1.68% | 0.68% |
| 1992 | 13,884,577 | 8,668,067 | 1.63% | 0.59% |
| 1993 | 14,102,276 | 8,718,561 | 1.57% | 0.58% |
| 1994 | 14,316,256 | 8,780,745 | 1.52% | 0.71% |
| 1995 | 14,527,381 | 8,826,939 | 1.47% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 14,734,046 | 8,840,998 | 1.42% | 0.16% |
| 1997 | 14,932,434 | 8,846,062 | 1.35% | 0.06% |
| 1998 | 15,127,799 | 8,850,974 | 1.31% | 0.06% |
| 1999 | 15,319,313 | 8,857,874 | 1.27% | 0.08% |
| 2000 | 15,503,635 | 8,872,109 | 1.2% | 0.16% |
| 2001 | 15,683,849 | 8,895,960 | 1.16% | 0.27% |
| 2002 | 15,857,925 | 8,924,958 | 1.11% | 0.33% |
| 2003 | 16,024,752 | 8,958,229 | 1.05% | 0.37% |
| 2004 | 16,187,322 | 8,993,531 | 1.01% | 0.39% |
| 2005 | 16,348,778 | 9,029,572 | 1% | 0.4% |
| 2006 | 16,509,195 | 9,080,505 | 0.98% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 16,671,581 | 9,148,092 | 0.98% | 0.74% |
| 2008 | 16,838,988 | 9,219,637 | 1% | 0.78% |
| 2009 | 17,009,731 | 9,298,515 | 1.01% | 0.86% |
| 2010 | 17,181,464 | 9,378,126 | 1.01% | 0.86% |
| 2011 | 17,351,816 | 9,449,213 | 0.99% | 0.76% |
| 2012 | 17,519,119 | 9,519,374 | 0.96% | 0.74% |
| 2013 | 17,687,006 | 9,600,379 | 0.96% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 17,864,195 | 9,696,110 | 1% | 1% |
| 2015 | 18,047,625 | 9,799,186 | 1.03% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 18,267,221 | 9,923,085 | 1.22% | 1.26% |
| 2017 | 18,558,868 | 10,057,698 | 1.6% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 18,893,191 | 10,175,214 | 1.8% | 1.17% |
| 2019 | 19,197,744 | 10,278,887 | 1.61% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | 19,370,624 | 10,353,442 | 0.9% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 19,456,334 | 10,415,811 | 0.44% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 19,553,036 | 10,486,941 | 0.5% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | 19,658,835 | 10,536,632 | 0.54% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 19,764,771 | 10,569,709 | 0.54% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 19,859,915 | 10,619,177 | 0.48% | 0.47% |
| 2026 | 19,945,846 | 10,663,427 | 0.43% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 20,026,149 | 10,703,497 | 0.4% | 0.38% |
| 2028 | 20,100,930 | 10,740,420 | 0.37% | 0.34% |
| 2029 | 20,169,619 | 10,773,692 | 0.34% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 20,233,182 | 10,803,699 | 0.32% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 20,290,979 | 10,830,583 | 0.29% | 0.25% |
| 2032 | 20,341,797 | 10,855,855 | 0.25% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 20,385,069 | 10,880,544 | 0.21% | 0.23% |
| 2034 | 20,422,546 | 10,903,924 | 0.18% | 0.21% |
| 2035 | 20,455,937 | 10,926,433 | 0.16% | 0.21% |
| 2036 | 20,485,080 | 10,949,062 | 0.14% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 20,507,949 | 10,971,259 | 0.11% | 0.2% |
| 2038 | 20,524,482 | 10,993,203 | 0.08% | 0.2% |
| 2039 | 20,535,707 | 11,015,926 | 0.05% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 20,542,096 | 11,039,663 | 0.03% | 0.22% |
| 2041 | 20,543,284 | 11,063,604 | 0.006% | 0.22% |
| 2042 | 20,539,909 | 11,088,299 | -0.02% | 0.22% |
| 2043 | 20,532,920 | 11,113,927 | -0.03% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 20,519,677 | 11,139,125 | -0.06% | 0.23% |
| 2045 | 20,499,138 | 11,163,492 | -0.1% | 0.22% |
| 2046 | 20,473,283 | 11,186,803 | -0.13% | 0.21% |
| 2047 | 20,443,720 | 11,209,183 | -0.14% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 20,408,327 | 11,230,526 | -0.17% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 20,366,435 | 11,250,663 | -0.21% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 20,320,302 | 11,269,877 | -0.23% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chile increased by 1,758,026 people (a 10.6% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chile gained 1,679,502 (a 9.19% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).
Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2006 and is 67th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Chile's population will grow by 1.87% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.
Biggest cities by population
|
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Stockholm | 985K |
| Gothenburg | 675K |
| Malmo | 339K |
| Uppsala | 175K |
| Norrkoping | 98.2K |
| Umea | 94.2K |
| Solna | 85.8K |
| Sodertalje | 78.4K |
| Sollentuna | 77.7K |
| Halmstad | 73K |
Compare countries by 7 more topics
Population differences between Chile and Sweden
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 83.7 years |
| Average age | 38.8 years | 41.9 years |
| Median age | 37.5 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.17 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 68.9 ppl/mi² | 67.2 ppl/mi² |
Population map with other countries
Population
Growth rate visualization in other countries
Growth rate
Relevant pages:
By topic
vs
comparisons:
Population comparisons