Demographics of Chile

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Chile is projected at 19.21 million, up by 0.50% compared with 19.12 million in 2020. Chile is ranked 62nd in terms of population and 155th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.23 million births in Chile in 2021. That is 617 per day, which is ranked 82nd. The crude birth rate is 11.82 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Chile in 2021. That is 336 per day, which is ranked 67th. The crude death rate is 6.45 per 1000 people.

16.34 million people are living in urban areas, which is 87.82% of Chile population. Chile is ranked 42nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Chile in 2021 is 97.31 males per 100 females. There are 9.48 million males and 9.74 million females in Chile. The percentage of female population is 50.68% compare to 49.32% male population. Chile has 0.26 million more females than males. Chile is at 70th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Chile population

Year Population Growth (%)
19506,598,518-
19557,322,6552.16
19608,132,9882.10
19658,989,6071.90
19709,783,1341.64
197510,592,3101.57
198011,419,3501.46
198512,257,2381.48
199013,274,6171.65
199514,380,8641.51
200015,342,3501.18
200516,182,7131.05
201017,062,5311.04
201517,969,3561.18
201618,209,0721.33
201718,470,4351.44
201818,729,1661.40
201918,952,0351.19
202019,116,2090.87
202119,212,3620.50
  • Total
  • Crude

Chile death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195090,557251,97413.5737.80
195592,336271,85812.5837.04
196093,674289,61611.5035.56
196592,096292,73610.2632.61
197086,410282,2158.8228.82
197579,295273,2647.4825.78
198073,422268,8696.4323.55
198571,325279,2835.8022.71
199073,662296,3695.5422.29
199577,409284,3275.3919.82
200081,758253,8205.3316.56
200588,119243,5005.4415.02
201096,022249,4725.6314.61
2015106,821241,1115.9213.37
2020120,142227,0406.3511.99
2021122,708225,2866.4511.82
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Chile

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,615,2512,573,033-58.421
19554,368,8402,537,9983.7763.254
19605,234,6142,482,0113.6267.836
19656,178,1032,438,9743.2871.696
19707,194,6212,369,2442.9175.227
19758,179,9992,255,5352.4478.386
19809,153,0512,113,1752.2281.243
198510,064,4042,116,6241.7982.624
199011,026,7992,215,3331.8283.271
199512,087,0362,209,5771.8484.545
200013,137,1472,125,6071.5886.073
200514,012,9652,134,0991.1586.783
201014,796,8642,196,4901.0487.074
201515,517,4782,245,2030.9187.360
202016,205,5742,267,0650.8487.727
202116,338,3162,266,6300.8287.817
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Chile population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 577,453 556,020 1,133,473 5.90 103.855
05-09 641,520 619,007 1,260,527 6.56 103.637
10-14 640,491 618,542 1,259,033 6.55 103.549
15-19 628,132 607,340 1,235,472 6.43 103.423
20-24 689,856 669,223 1,359,079 7.07 103.083
25-29 792,003 768,457 1,560,460 8.12 103.064
30-34 791,666 767,795 1,559,461 8.12 103.109
35-39 717,871 702,407 1,420,278 7.39 102.202
40-44 669,150 665,585 1,334,735 6.95 100.536
45-49 627,245 636,681 1,263,926 6.58 98.518
50-54 599,447 621,684 1,221,131 6.36 96.423
55-59 560,042 595,395 1,155,437 6.01 94.062
60-64 481,352 527,986 1,009,338 5.25 91.168
65-69 391,219 448,131 839,350 4.37 87.300
70-74 278,123 333,836 611,959 3.19 83.311
75-79 184,101 243,243 427,344 2.22 75.686
80-84 112,331 171,048 283,379 1.47 65.672
85-89 60,057 107,748 167,805 0.87 55.738
90-94 26,214 56,492 82,706 0.43 46.403
95-99 6,209 17,207 23,416 0.12 36.084
100+ 858 3,195 4,053 0.02 26.854
Total 9,475,340 9,737,022 19,212,362 97.313