Valparaíso — UN urban centre
Valparaíso: 861,145 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #607 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1020; territory: Chile (CHL). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -33.0397, -71.5183. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 556,334 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 608,050 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 649,453 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 685,332 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 709,888 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 738,287 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 754,462 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 765,487 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 788,401 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 833,275 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 861,145 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 883,960 | Projection |
| 2035 | 900,963 | Projection |
| 2040 | 907,536 | Projection |
| 2045 | 908,500 | Projection |
| 2050 | 903,442 | Projection |
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