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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chile	Uruguay	Chile	Uruguay
1960	8,153,350	2,529,957	-	-
1961	8,324,802	2,562,044	2.1%	1.27%
1962	8,497,059	2,593,298	2.07%	1.22%
1963	8,670,144	2,623,766	2.04%	1.17%
1964	8,842,525	2,653,180	1.99%	1.12%
1965	9,012,938	2,681,169	1.93%	1.05%
1966	9,181,722	2,707,646	1.87%	0.99%
1967	9,348,939	2,732,277	1.82%	0.91%
1968	9,514,716	2,754,606	1.77%	0.82%
1969	9,680,282	2,773,974	1.74%	0.7%
1970	9,845,344	2,790,807	1.71%	0.61%
1971	10,009,701	2,806,462	1.67%	0.56%
1972	10,174,678	2,821,644	1.65%	0.54%
1973	10,340,362	2,837,133	1.63%	0.55%
1974	10,505,817	2,853,944	1.6%	0.59%
1975	10,671,559	2,872,320	1.58%	0.64%
1976	10,838,251	2,891,392	1.56%	0.66%
1977	11,005,519	2,909,461	1.54%	0.62%
1978	11,172,695	2,925,715	1.52%	0.56%
1979	11,339,779	2,939,903	1.5%	0.48%
1980	11,508,550	2,951,953	1.49%	0.41%
1981	11,678,717	2,963,246	1.48%	0.38%
1982	11,850,214	2,975,492	1.47%	0.41%
1983	12,026,138	2,988,778	1.48%	0.45%
1984	12,207,733	3,002,488	1.51%	0.46%
1985	12,395,274	3,017,037	1.54%	0.48%
1986	12,588,914	3,032,845	1.56%	0.52%
1987	12,790,150	3,049,896	1.6%	0.56%
1988	12,999,424	3,067,961	1.64%	0.59%
1989	13,215,005	3,086,255	1.66%	0.6%
1990	13,437,176	3,104,403	1.68%	0.59%
1991	13,662,491	3,122,354	1.68%	0.58%
1992	13,884,577	3,139,702	1.63%	0.56%
1993	14,102,276	3,156,345	1.57%	0.53%
1994	14,316,256	3,172,834	1.52%	0.52%
1995	14,527,381	3,189,440	1.47%	0.52%
1996	14,734,046	3,206,324	1.42%	0.53%
1997	14,932,434	3,223,345	1.35%	0.53%
1998	15,127,799	3,239,280	1.31%	0.49%
1999	15,319,313	3,254,015	1.27%	0.45%
2000	15,503,635	3,266,206	1.2%	0.37%
2001	15,683,849	3,274,251	1.16%	0.25%
2002	15,857,925	3,278,867	1.11%	0.14%
2003	16,024,752	3,281,186	1.05%	0.07%
2004	16,187,322	3,283,148	1.01%	0.06%
2005	16,348,778	3,285,771	1%	0.08%
2006	16,509,195	3,289,506	0.98%	0.11%
2007	16,671,581	3,295,153	0.98%	0.17%
2008	16,838,988	3,302,177	1%	0.21%
2009	17,009,731	3,310,091	1.01%	0.24%
2010	17,181,464	3,318,580	1.01%	0.26%
2011	17,351,816	3,326,825	0.99%	0.25%
2012	17,519,119	3,335,401	0.96%	0.26%
2013	17,687,006	3,345,337	0.96%	0.3%
2014	17,864,195	3,356,334	1%	0.33%
2015	18,047,625	3,368,017	1.03%	0.35%
2016	18,267,221	3,379,283	1.22%	0.33%
2017	18,558,868	3,388,438	1.6%	0.27%
2018	18,893,191	3,394,534	1.8%	0.18%
2019	19,197,744	3,397,206	1.61%	0.08%
2020	19,370,624	3,398,968	0.9%	0.05%
2021	19,456,334	3,396,695	0.44%	-0.07%
2022	19,553,036	3,390,913	0.5%	-0.17%
2023	19,658,835	3,388,081	0.54%	-0.08%
2024	19,764,771	3,386,588	0.54%	-0.04%
2025	19,859,915	3,384,690	0.48%	-0.06%
2026	19,945,846	3,382,543	0.43%	-0.06%
2027	20,026,149	3,380,245	0.4%	-0.07%
2028	20,100,930	3,377,893	0.37%	-0.07%
2029	20,169,619	3,375,428	0.34%	-0.07%
2030	20,233,182	3,372,892	0.32%	-0.08%
2031	20,290,979	3,370,285	0.29%	-0.08%
2032	20,341,797	3,367,544	0.25%	-0.08%
2033	20,385,069	3,364,654	0.21%	-0.09%
2034	20,422,546	3,361,591	0.18%	-0.09%
2035	20,455,937	3,358,284	0.16%	-0.1%
2036	20,485,080	3,354,682	0.14%	-0.11%
2037	20,507,949	3,350,735	0.11%	-0.12%
2038	20,524,482	3,346,431	0.08%	-0.13%
2039	20,535,707	3,341,676	0.05%	-0.14%
2040	20,542,096	3,336,469	0.03%	-0.16%
2041	20,543,284	3,330,804	0.006%	-0.17%
2042	20,539,909	3,324,643	-0.02%	-0.18%
2043	20,532,920	3,317,939	-0.03%	-0.2%
2044	20,519,677	3,310,611	-0.06%	-0.22%
2045	20,499,138	3,302,680	-0.1%	-0.24%
2046	20,473,283	3,294,196	-0.13%	-0.26%
2047	20,443,720	3,285,160	-0.14%	-0.27%
2048	20,408,327	3,275,507	-0.17%	-0.29%
2049	20,366,435	3,265,260	-0.21%	-0.31%
2050	20,320,302	3,254,361	-0.23%	-0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.