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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 16,634,373 people in Zimbabwe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 17,210,092 in Zimbabwe.

Population statistics:

  • Chile's population is 1.16 times bigger than Zimbabwe's.
  • Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while Zimbabwe is the 74th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 0.21% for Zimbabwe.
  • For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +1.57% in Zimbabwe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while Zimbabwe has grown from 12.5M to 17.2M (37.9% growth).
  • Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 37.2M people in 2100 for Zimbabwe.

Chile vs Zimbabwe: live population counter

Chile Zimbabwe
Current population
19928941
17210092
Population rank 67/197 74/197
Percent of world population 0.24% 0.21%
One net population change
4.96 minutes
1.79 minutes
One birth every
2.98 minutes
1.06 minutes
One death every
4.12 minutes
4.22 minutes
One migration net change every
9.01 minutes
8.68 minutes
Annual migration change +58,316 -60,528
Daily growth/decline +290 +804
Annual growth/decline +105,936 +293,551
Annual growth/decline rate +0.54% +1.8%
Population growth rate rank 131/197 62/197

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

Chile
Population

Growth rate
Zimbabwe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chile Zimbabwe Chile Zimbabwe
1960 8,153,350 3,809,389 - -
1961 8,324,802 3,930,401 2.1% 3.18%
1962 8,497,059 4,055,959 2.07% 3.19%
1963 8,670,144 4,185,877 2.04% 3.2%
1964 8,842,525 4,320,006 1.99% 3.2%
1965 9,012,938 4,458,462 1.93% 3.2%
1966 9,181,722 4,601,217 1.87% 3.2%
1967 9,348,939 4,748,307 1.82% 3.2%
1968 9,514,716 4,900,440 1.77% 3.2%
1969 9,680,282 5,058,181 1.74% 3.22%
1970 9,845,344 5,215,918 1.71% 3.12%
1971 10,009,701 5,374,712 1.67% 3.04%
1972 10,174,678 5,542,445 1.65% 3.12%
1973 10,340,362 5,720,404 1.63% 3.21%
1974 10,505,817 5,908,328 1.6% 3.29%
1975 10,671,559 6,098,658 1.58% 3.22%
1976 10,838,251 6,287,105 1.56% 3.09%
1977 11,005,519 6,449,512 1.54% 2.58%
1978 11,172,695 6,543,575 1.52% 1.46%
1979 11,339,779 6,647,556 1.5% 1.59%
1980 11,508,550 7,041,303 1.49% 5.92%
1981 11,678,717 7,498,635 1.48% 6.49%
1982 11,850,214 7,796,496 1.47% 3.97%
1983 12,026,138 8,098,404 1.48% 3.87%
1984 12,207,733 8,391,488 1.51% 3.62%
1985 12,395,274 8,686,813 1.54% 3.52%
1986 12,588,914 8,982,578 1.56% 3.4%
1987 12,790,150 9,284,644 1.6% 3.36%
1988 12,999,424 9,583,094 1.64% 3.21%
1989 13,215,005 9,864,798 1.66% 2.94%
1990 13,437,176 10,137,281 1.68% 2.76%
1991 13,662,491 10,404,816 1.68% 2.64%
1992 13,884,577 10,702,700 1.63% 2.86%
1993 14,102,276 10,860,288 1.57% 1.47%
1994 14,316,256 10,873,148 1.52% 0.12%
1995 14,527,381 10,974,599 1.47% 0.93%
1996 14,734,046 11,158,360 1.42% 1.67%
1997 14,932,434 11,369,827 1.35% 1.9%
1998 15,127,799 11,594,297 1.31% 1.97%
1999 15,319,313 11,783,458 1.27% 1.63%
2000 15,503,635 11,892,055 1.2% 0.92%
2001 15,683,849 11,971,901 1.16% 0.67%
2002 15,857,925 12,087,653 1.11% 0.97%
2003 16,024,752 12,232,323 1.05% 1.2%
2004 16,187,322 12,365,896 1.01% 1.09%
2005 16,348,778 12,483,432 1% 0.95%
2006 16,509,195 12,636,445 0.98% 1.23%
2007 16,671,581 12,804,058 0.98% 1.33%
2008 16,838,988 12,959,149 1% 1.21%
2009 17,009,731 13,142,790 1.01% 1.42%
2010 17,181,464 13,356,548 1.01% 1.63%
2011 17,351,816 13,595,424 0.99% 1.79%
2012 17,519,119 13,817,887 0.96% 1.64%
2013 17,687,006 14,013,808 0.96% 1.42%
2014 17,864,195 14,207,359 1% 1.38%
2015 18,047,625 14,399,013 1.03% 1.35%
2016 18,267,221 14,600,294 1.22% 1.4%
2017 18,558,868 14,812,482 1.6% 1.45%
2018 18,893,191 15,034,452 1.8% 1.5%
2019 19,197,744 15,271,368 1.61% 1.58%
2020 19,370,624 15,526,888 0.9% 1.67%
2021 19,456,334 15,797,210 0.44% 1.74%
2022 19,553,036 16,069,056 0.5% 1.72%
2023 19,658,835 16,340,822 0.54% 1.69%
2024 19,764,771 16,634,373 0.54% 1.8%
2025 19,859,915 16,950,805 0.48% 1.9%
2026 19,945,846 17,273,591 0.43% 1.9%
2027 20,026,149 17,600,621 0.4% 1.89%
2028 20,100,930 17,932,015 0.37% 1.88%
2029 20,169,619 18,268,967 0.34% 1.88%
2030 20,233,182 18,610,356 0.32% 1.87%
2031 20,290,979 18,956,207 0.29% 1.86%
2032 20,341,797 19,311,368 0.25% 1.87%
2033 20,385,069 19,675,929 0.21% 1.89%
2034 20,422,546 20,041,125 0.18% 1.86%
2035 20,455,937 20,409,159 0.16% 1.84%
2036 20,485,080 20,778,662 0.14% 1.81%
2037 20,507,949 21,144,748 0.11% 1.76%
2038 20,524,482 21,512,919 0.08% 1.74%
2039 20,535,707 21,881,123 0.05% 1.71%
2040 20,542,096 22,250,123 0.03% 1.69%
2041 20,543,284 22,627,428 0.006% 1.7%
2042 20,539,909 23,000,906 -0.02% 1.65%
2043 20,532,920 23,371,301 -0.03% 1.61%
2044 20,519,677 23,740,630 -0.06% 1.58%
2045 20,499,138 24,102,391 -0.1% 1.52%
2046 20,473,283 24,462,491 -0.13% 1.49%
2047 20,443,720 24,816,449 -0.14% 1.45%
2048 20,408,327 25,168,419 -0.17% 1.42%
2049 20,366,435 25,518,513 -0.21% 1.39%
2050 20,320,302 25,866,397 -0.23% 1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.

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