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Chile population

Chile population now

19,966,014

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 19.8–20.2 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 19,658,835

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 19.9458 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 19.8–20.2 million
Median age: 38.4
Aged 65+: 15.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2041

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

CHL · 1950–2100 · in brief

Chile in numbers

19,658,835 people lived in Chile in mid-2023: 0.24% of the world's people, and the 65th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 3.0 times its 1950 population of 6.6 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2041 at 20.5 million, then falling to 13.4 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 5.7 million to 29.4 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2036 on. The population still grows until 2041, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 20.4 in 1950 and 37.0 in 2023; the projection has 58.4 in 2100. 13.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 42.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2032 at 13.9 million.

By size it is the 65th country in 2023; the projection puts it 75th in 2050 and 90th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Taiwan in 2045. It is overtaken by Chad in 2024, Somalia in 2026 and Senegal in 2028.

Population, mid-2023: 19,658,835
Rank by population, 2023: 65 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.24%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.54% · +105,798 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 26
Land area, 2023: 742,832 km²
Births, 2023: 176,196
Deaths, 2023: 127,691
Net migration, 2023: +62,679
Children per woman, 2023: 1.17
Median age, 2023: 37.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.2 years
In a city, 2025: 65 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 6,628,576
Projected, mid-2050: 20,320,306
Projected, mid-2100: 13,430,616

CHL · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Chile, 1950–2100

Chile: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	6,566,565		248,632	99,248	4.84	53.1
1951	estimate	6,690,588		252,117	94,963	4.80	53.5
1952	estimate	6,822,745		255,854	92,554	4.78	53.9
1953	estimate	6,961,234		260,706	91,319	4.79	54.3
1954	estimate	7,105,823		264,944	90,587	4.77	54.7
1955	estimate	7,255,315		270,148	91,164	4.78	54.9
1956	estimate	7,409,288		275,792	90,080	4.79	55.5
1957	estimate	7,569,779		279,122	90,532	4.77	55.8
1958	estimate	7,732,829		282,223	89,927	4.75	56.3
1959	estimate	7,899,144		285,282	90,181	4.73	56.6
1960	estimate	8,067,712		287,886	89,427	4.70	57.2
1961	estimate	8,238,988		289,637	90,851	4.66	57.3
1962	estimate	8,410,617		291,317	90,410	4.60	57.8
1963	estimate	8,583,502		292,219	89,847	4.54	58.4
1964	estimate	8,756,786		292,296	89,557	4.46	58.8
1965	estimate	8,928,265		291,711	88,370	4.36	59.5
1966	estimate	9,097,611		290,635	85,977	4.26	60.4
1967	estimate	9,265,834		289,112	84,743	4.14	61.0
1968	estimate	9,432,044		287,197	83,614	4.03	61.7
1969	estimate	9,597,388		285,125	82,361	3.90	62.3
1970	estimate	9,763,176		283,255	82,846	3.78	62.6
1971	estimate	9,927,512		281,040	82,516	3.65	63.1
1972	estimate	10,091,890		279,156	80,995	3.53	63.7
1973	estimate	10,257,466		276,932	79,264	3.41	64.4
1974	estimate	10,423,257		274,131	77,806	3.29	65.1
1975	estimate	10,588,377		271,934	75,039	3.18	66.0
1976	estimate	10,754,742		270,229	73,242	3.08	66.8
1977	estimate	10,921,760		269,120	71,959	2.98	67.5
1978	estimate	11,089,278		268,220	71,736	2.89	68.0
1979	estimate	11,256,113		267,055	69,856	2.81	68.9
1980	estimate	11,423,444		267,387	69,114	2.74	69.5
1981	estimate	11,593,656		268,040	69,825	2.69	69.8
1982	estimate	11,763,777		269,251	69,725	2.65	70.3
1983	estimate	11,936,651		271,651	69,294	2.62	70.8
1984	estimate	12,115,624		275,075	69,670	2.60	71.2
1985	estimate	12,299,841		278,878	69,966	2.59	71.6
1986	estimate	12,490,708		283,421	69,860	2.59	72.1
1987	estimate	12,687,119		287,854	69,826	2.59	72.5
1988	estimate	12,893,182		291,901	70,295	2.59	72.8
1989	estimate	13,105,665		295,348	70,482	2.59	73.2
1990	estimate	13,324,345		297,445	70,507	2.58	73.7
1991	estimate	13,550,007		297,949	70,778	2.56	74.1
1992	estimate	13,774,975		291,098	71,881	2.48	74.4
1993	estimate	13,994,180		287,876	72,860	2.43	74.7
1994	estimate	14,210,372		283,791	73,951	2.38	75.0
1995	estimate	14,422,140		282,898	74,871	2.35	75.3
1996	estimate	14,632,623		276,311	76,406	2.28	75.5
1997	estimate	14,835,468		267,915	77,481	2.20	75.8
1998	estimate	15,029,401		262,804	76,990	2.15	76.3
1999	estimate	15,226,197		255,147	77,153	2.07	76.7
2000	estimate	15,412,428		253,044	77,693	2.05	77.1
2001	estimate	15,594,842		249,600	77,936	2.01	77.6
2002	estimate	15,772,856		241,810	79,493	1.93	77.8
2003	estimate	15,942,995		236,992	82,698	1.89	77.9
2004	estimate	16,106,508		233,333	83,208	1.84	78.3
2005	estimate	16,268,135		232,635	85,634	1.82	78.5
2006	estimate	16,429,420		231,044	88,775	1.80	78.5
2007	estimate	16,588,969		236,641	91,597	1.83	78.7
2008	estimate	16,754,192		241,683	94,577	1.85	78.8
2009	estimate	16,923,784		244,308	96,738	1.85	78.9
2010	estimate	17,095,677		244,494	98,971	1.84	79.1
2011	estimate	17,267,251		243,213	102,167	1.82	79.2
2012	estimate	17,436,380		241,335	106,730	1.80	79.2
2013	estimate	17,601,858		240,927	107,154	1.79	79.5
2014	estimate	17,772,155		240,683	109,303	1.77	79.7
2015	estimate	17,956,235		237,273	110,193	1.74	80.0
2016	estimate	18,139,016		231,728	111,181	1.69	80.3
2017	estimate	18,395,427		218,305	112,042	1.56	80.6
2018	estimate	18,722,308		221,012	117,053	1.54	80.6
2019	estimate	19,064,074		210,016	124,016	1.43	80.3
2020	estimate	19,331,414		195,578	143,199	1.31	79.3
2021	estimate	19,409,834		176,463	148,945	1.18	78.9
2022	estimate	19,502,834		189,124	148,081	1.25	79.2
2023	estimate	19,603,239		176,196	127,691	1.17	81.2
2024	estimate	19,714,431		172,406	130,047	1.14	81.4
2025	projection	19,815,112	19.8–19.9 million	170,383	132,474	1.13	81.5
2026	projection	19,904,730	19.8–20.0 million	169,096	134,953	1.12	81.7
2027	projection	19,986,969	19.8–20.2 million	168,265	137,410	1.12	81.9
2028	projection	20,065,339	19.7–20.4 million	167,594	140,034	1.12	82.1
2029	projection	20,136,528	19.7–20.5 million	167,070	142,591	1.13	82.2
2030	projection	20,202,719	19.7–20.7 million	166,277	145,150	1.13	82.4
2031	projection	20,263,647	19.6–20.9 million	165,648	147,911	1.13	82.6
2032	projection	20,318,324	19.6–21.1 million	164,916	150,751	1.14	82.8
2033	projection	20,365,290	19.5–21.3 million	163,639	153,736	1.15	82.9
2034	projection	20,404,855	19.4–21.4 million	162,638	156,889	1.15	83.1
2035	projection	20,440,243	19.4–21.6 million	161,585	160,011	1.16	83.3
2036	projection	20,471,637	19.3–21.8 million	160,445	163,226	1.17	83.4
2037	projection	20,498,535	19.2–22.0 million	159,039	166,548	1.17	83.6
2038	projection	20,517,364	19.1–22.1 million	157,940	169,988	1.18	83.7
2039	projection	20,531,599	18.9–22.3 million	157,032	173,371	1.19	83.9
2040	projection	20,539,813	18.8–22.5 million	155,903	176,802	1.19	84.1
2041	projection	20,544,392	18.7–22.6 million	154,659	180,299	1.20	84.2
2042	projection	20,542,178	18.6–22.8 million	153,697	183,771	1.20	84.4
2043	projection	20,537,655	18.4–22.9 million	152,593	187,281	1.21	84.5
2044	projection	20,528,192	18.3–23.2 million	151,864	190,725	1.21	84.7
2045	projection	20,511,177	18.2–23.4 million	150,584	194,062	1.22	84.8
2046	projection	20,487,098	18.0–23.5 million	149,349	197,464	1.22	85.0
2047	projection	20,459,465	17.8–23.7 million	148,122	200,704	1.22	85.1
2048	projection	20,427,981	17.6–23.9 million	146,761	203,893	1.23	85.2
2049	projection	20,388,690	17.4–24.0 million	145,518	207,098	1.24	85.4
2050	projection	20,344,193	17.3–24.1 million	143,816	210,282	1.24	85.5
2051	projection	20,296,420	17.1–24.4 million	142,019	213,287	1.25	85.6
2052	projection	20,241,985	17.0–24.6 million	139,788	216,118	1.25	85.8
2053	projection	20,180,847	16.8–24.8 million	137,594	218,972	1.26	85.9
2054	projection	20,111,945	16.5–24.9 million	135,072	221,750	1.26	86.0
2055	projection	20,038,497	16.3–25.0 million	132,277	224,299	1.26	86.2
2056	projection	19,958,026	16.1–25.2 million	129,894	226,712	1.27	86.3
2057	projection	19,873,018	15.8–25.3 million	127,443	229,212	1.27	86.4
2058	projection	19,782,247	15.6–25.4 million	125,155	231,574	1.28	86.6
2059	projection	19,689,071	15.4–25.6 million	123,079	233,930	1.29	86.7
2060	projection	19,588,436	15.1–25.7 million	121,083	236,254	1.29	86.8
2061	projection	19,484,742	14.9–25.9 million	119,016	238,433	1.29	86.9
2062	projection	19,375,311	14.7–26.0 million	117,273	240,454	1.30	87.0
2063	projection	19,261,536	14.5–26.2 million	115,941	242,517	1.30	87.2
2064	projection	19,140,647	14.2–26.3 million	114,641	244,348	1.31	87.3
2065	projection	19,014,915	13.9–26.4 million	113,556	246,190	1.31	87.4
2066	projection	18,887,309	13.7–26.6 million	112,659	248,188	1.32	87.5
2067	projection	18,754,621	13.4–26.7 million	111,863	250,048	1.32	87.7
2068	projection	18,620,476	13.2–26.9 million	111,156	252,005	1.33	87.8
2069	projection	18,484,191	12.9–27.1 million	110,260	253,970	1.33	87.9
2070	projection	18,346,781	12.7–27.2 million	109,478	255,628	1.33	88.0
2071	projection	18,206,879	12.4–27.3 million	108,603	257,408	1.33	88.1
2072	projection	18,063,707	12.2–27.4 million	108,034	259,019	1.34	88.2
2073	projection	17,920,427	12.0–27.5 million	107,276	260,726	1.34	88.3
2074	projection	17,775,050	11.8–27.7 million	106,590	262,572	1.34	88.5
2075	projection	17,625,794	11.4–27.8 million	105,759	264,329	1.34	88.6
2076	projection	17,473,017	11.2–27.9 million	105,099	265,903	1.35	88.7
2077	projection	17,318,430	11.0–28.0 million	104,467	267,509	1.35	88.8
2078	projection	17,161,227	10.7–28.0 million	103,475	268,782	1.35	88.9
2079	projection	17,001,735	10.5–28.2 million	102,661	269,672	1.36	89.0
2080	projection	16,840,587	10.3–28.3 million	101,783	270,607	1.36	89.1
2081	projection	16,677,167	10.0–28.3 million	100,820	271,292	1.36	89.2
2082	projection	16,512,604	9.8–28.5 million	99,802	271,518	1.36	89.3
2083	projection	16,349,320	9.6–28.4 million	98,855	271,658	1.37	89.4
2084	projection	16,182,465	9.3–28.4 million	97,758	271,496	1.37	89.5
2085	projection	16,014,388	9.1–28.5 million	96,584	271,246	1.37	89.7
2086	projection	15,843,251	8.8–28.5 million	95,421	270,569	1.37	89.8
2087	projection	15,671,960	8.5–28.5 million	94,249	269,407	1.38	89.9
2088	projection	15,499,174	8.3–28.6 million	93,020	267,889	1.38	90.0
2089	projection	15,324,831	8.0–28.7 million	91,822	266,344	1.38	90.1
2090	projection	15,151,035	7.8–28.7 million	90,555	264,381	1.38	90.2
2091	projection	14,978,734	7.6–28.8 million	89,204	262,201	1.39	90.3
2092	projection	14,807,791	7.4–28.9 million	87,953	259,724	1.39	90.4
2093	projection	14,639,890	7.2–29.2 million	86,856	257,206	1.39	90.5
2094	projection	14,472,042	7.0–29.1 million	85,710	254,344	1.39	90.6
2095	projection	14,306,484	6.8–29.1 million	84,649	251,492	1.40	90.7
2096	projection	14,142,111	6.5–29.4 million	83,591	248,210	1.40	90.8
2097	projection	13,980,522	6.3–29.5 million	82,590	245,206	1.40	90.9
2098	projection	13,821,661	6.1–29.4 million	81,678	242,006	1.40	91.0
2099	projection	13,663,682	5.8–29.3 million	80,848	239,009	1.41	91.2
2100	projection	13,507,688	5.7–29.4 million	80,094	236,051	1.41	91.3

Show the numbers: Chile, mid-2026, by single year of age

Chile: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	86,898	83,303
1	88,262	84,660
2	90,242	86,622
3	94,810	91,074
4	95,120	91,394
5	96,778	93,061
6	105,708	101,764
7	113,342	109,221
8	116,580	112,491
9	119,816	115,774
10	124,488	120,218
11	126,418	121,820
12	126,908	122,200
13	126,559	121,902
14	126,770	121,963
15	127,233	122,403
16	127,272	122,580
17	126,678	121,968
18	125,171	120,447
19	123,170	118,514
20	123,158	118,456
21	124,932	120,376
22	127,427	123,294
23	131,296	127,505
24	136,416	132,920
25	141,314	137,976
26	144,756	141,486
27	148,994	145,805
28	153,748	150,378
29	158,290	154,702
30	162,546	159,120
31	164,517	161,360
32	165,722	162,508
33	167,245	163,850
34	169,158	165,594
35	170,027	166,135
36	168,310	164,404
37	165,553	161,966
38	162,368	159,016
39	158,844	155,856
40	155,093	152,612
41	151,556	149,296
42	148,284	146,055
43	145,259	143,077
44	142,640	140,594
45	140,406	138,538
46	138,352	136,655
47	136,578	135,132
48	134,992	133,838
49	133,300	132,453
50	131,649	131,157
51	130,151	130,084
52	128,971	129,260
53	127,855	128,522
54	126,489	127,680
55	125,130	126,798
56	123,616	125,762
57	121,769	124,480
58	119,737	123,019
59	117,434	121,299
60	114,838	119,357
61	112,027	117,260
62	109,165	114,970
63	106,188	112,368
64	102,924	109,575
65	99,650	106,709
66	96,446	103,703
67	93,010	100,447
68	89,303	96,959
69	85,532	93,477
70	81,462	89,653
71	77,188	85,540
72	73,172	81,688
73	69,209	77,894
74	65,274	74,158
75	61,443	70,594
76	57,004	66,375
77	52,284	61,708
78	47,284	56,770
79	41,996	51,577
80	37,182	46,768
81	33,416	42,502
82	30,093	38,679
83	26,672	35,122
84	23,612	31,831
85	20,908	28,836
86	18,502	26,102
87	16,315	23,557
88	14,303	21,176
89	12,452	18,949
90	10,721	16,824
91	9,087	14,748
92	7,556	12,716
93	6,187	10,826
94	5,014	9,117
95	4,006	7,556
96	3,144	6,140
97	2,430	4,906
98	1,813	3,786
99	1,276	2,768
100+	2,117	5,444

CHL · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Chile, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

CHL · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Chile

On the UN's projection, Chile will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2032: 13,899,800 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 13,549,300.

100 aged 15–64

25 children

20 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 34 years: 2005–2038.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

CHL · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Chile, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Chile gains 56,942 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 10,353 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 237,807 (2018) and the most it lost was 38,224 (1968).

In 2024, 1,538,324 people living in Chile had been born in another country, 8 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

CHL · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Chile

Of every 100 babies born in Chile in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 29 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 14 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.

1950
14 · 68 · 18

2023
2 · 69 · 29

2050 · projected
0 · 52 · 48

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 176,196
Average age when women have a baby: 31.2 years; 29.6 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 7; 99 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Chile by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	559	832	1,069	41	1	1
15–19	34,698	48,571	39,411	3,867	342	170
20–24	67,981	85,241	58,248	25,166	8,382	5,212
25–29	58,137	67,169	64,652	43,634	22,066	13,962
30–34	42,333	39,695	51,647	52,491	44,791	24,365
35–39	30,546	20,971	30,025	37,558	44,786	23,212
40–44	12,479	7,855	7,404	12,663	22,247	12,447
45–49	1,844	1,545	588	776	1,201	725
50–54	55	55	0	0	0	0
All babies	248,632	271,934	253,044	176,196	143,816	80,094

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

CHL · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Chile

Of the 79.0 years a baby born in Chile in 2021 could expect, about 67.7 would be lived in full health (95% range 66.8–68.4). The years in less than full health come to 11.3, above the world's 9.5.

Women

68.3 in full health, 13.1 not: 81.4 years

Men

67.1 in full health, 9.6 not: 76.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 68.3 healthy years of 81.4. Men: 67.1 of 76.7. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 69.4.

CHL · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Chile

At the end of 2025, Chile was hosting 674,696 people who had crossed a border into it, about 34 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad674,696
Chile nationals abroad28,415

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Chile living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 544 people asked for asylum in Chile for the first time; 6,267 people from Chile asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Chile whose claims were decided that year, 48 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

CHL · of every 100 people

How people live in Chile

Of every 100 people in Chile in 2025, 65 lived in a city, 17 in a town or suburb and 18 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 4.4 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

CHL · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Chile went in school

Of every 100 adults in Chile in 2020, 2 never went to school and 63 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 7 some primary 9 finished primary 19 finished lower secondary 35 finished upper secondary 28 studied after school

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2030; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2040.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

CHL · cities · 2025

Cities in Chile

Chile had 36 cities in 2025, home to 13.0 million people. The largest, Santiago, holds 34 of every 100 people in Chile.

Santiago6,726,045
Valparaíso861,145
Concepción516,741
La Serena473,325
Antofagasta385,812
Temuco352,200
Iquique315,904
Rancagua277,848
Talca265,820
Puerto Montt224,918

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Chile are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.