Chile Population
Chile had an estimated population of 19,859,921 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 65th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.24% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.48% a year.
Chile at a glance
How Chile's population is changing
Chile's population is growing: +0.48% a year, which works out to about +95,379 people per year, or +261 a day. Births (8.7 per 1,000) and deaths (6.6 per 1,000) alone would give +0.21% a year; net migration adds about 51,712 people a year (+0.26%). Roughly one in every 414 people on Earth lives in Chile.
Population of Chile since 1960
In 1960, Chile had 8,153,350 people. By 2025 that was 19,859,921 — 2.4× larger. The fastest growth came between 1960 and 1970, when the population rose by 21%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,153,350 | — |
| 1970 | 9,845,344 | +20.8% |
| 1980 | 11,508,550 | +16.9% |
| 1990 | 13,437,176 | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 15,503,635 | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 17,181,464 | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 19,370,624 | +12.7% |
| 2025 | 19,859,921 | +2.5% |
Chile from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Chile at about 771,447 people in 1800; the UN estimates 19,859,919 in 2025 (26× 1800) and projects 13,430,615 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2041 at 20,543,286 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 771,447 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 1,409,141 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 3,144,546 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 6,628,577 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 15,503,638 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 19,859,919 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 20,320,305 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 17,549,403 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 13,430,615 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Chile
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 19,859,921. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 6,726,045 | UN urban centre | 33.87% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Valparaíso | 861,145 | UN urban centre | 4.34% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Puente Alto | 568,106 | GeoNames settlement | 2.86% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 4 | Concepción | 516,741 | UN urban centre | 2.60% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 5 | Maipú | 503,635 | GeoNames settlement | 2.54% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 6 | La Serena | 473,325 | UN urban centre | 2.38% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Antofagasta | 385,812 | UN urban centre | 1.94% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Temuco | 352,200 | UN urban centre | 1.77% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 9 | Viña del Mar | 334,248 | GeoNames settlement | 1.68% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 10 | Iquique | 315,904 | UN urban centre | 1.59% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
How Chile compares
Chile has almost the same population as Somalia (19,654,739).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #63 |  Chad | 21,003,705 | +6% | compare → |
| #64 |  Kazakhstan | 20,843,754 | +5% | compare → |
| #66 |  Somalia | 19,654,739 | −1% | compare → |
| #67 |  Romania | 19,020,271 | −4% | compare → |
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Same region (Latin America & Caribbean): Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela.
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Land neighbours (3)
Argentina 45,851,378 · 2.3× the population · compare
Peru 34,576,665 · 1.7× the population · compare
Bolivia 12,581,843 · 1.6× smaller · compare
Chile's 3 neighbours together hold 93,009,886 people — 4.7× Chile's population. The most populous is Argentina (45,851,378).
In its region
Chile is the 7th most populous of the 42 economies in Latin America & Caribbean, holding 3.0% of the region's 666,592,570 people.
Rankings
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Cities
Santiago, Valparaíso, Puente Alto, Concepción, Maipú, La Serena, Antofagasta, Temuco — all Chile's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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