Chile vs Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has 5% more people than Chile: 20,843,754 vs 19,859,921, a gap of 983,833. Kazakhstan is growing faster (+1.21% vs +0.48% a year), adding about 252,709 people a year against +95,379. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Chile is the older society: 14.6% aged 65+ against 9.0% in Kazakhstan, while Kazakhstan has more children (29.1% under 15 vs 16.5%). Chile is 3.5× as densely populated (26.5 vs 7.5 people per km²). People in Chile live 6.8 years longer on average (81.4 vs 74.5).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Chile) and 2025 (Kazakhstan); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Chile vs Kazakhstan — side by side
 Chile |  Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 19,859,9212025 | 20,843,7542025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.48%2025 | +1.21%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.72024 | 19.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 6.72024 |
| Children per woman | 1.142024 | 2.982024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.4 yrs2024 | 74.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 16.5%2025 | 29.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 14.6%2025 | 9.0%2025 |
| Density | 26.5 /km²2023 | 7.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 757,245 km²2023 | 2,724,902 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 89.2%2025 | 62.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +51,7122025 | -8,8342025 |
| GDP per capita | $17,9952025 | $14,6922025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #65 | #64 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.24% | 0.25% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Chile: 2.4× from 1960 to 2025; Kazakhstan: 2.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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