Calama — UN urban centre
Calama: 133,970 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,547 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 504; 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: -22.4532, -68.9263. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65,308 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 80,073 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 93,428 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 104,301 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 115,788 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 121,258 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 123,349 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 124,884 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 126,208 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 129,329 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 133,970 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 136,392 | Projection |
| 2035 | 137,737 | Projection |
| 2040 | 138,163 | Projection |
| 2045 | 138,124 | Projection |
| 2050 | 137,170 | Projection |
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