Chile's population rose from 14.7M in 1996 to 19.9M in 2025.
Chile · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Chile's population growth fell from 1.4 % in 1996 to 0.5 % in 2025.
Chile's population density rose from 19.3 in 1994 to 26.5 in 2023.
Chile's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Chile's urbanisation rose from 84.8 % in 1996 to 89.2 % in 2025.
Chile's urban population rose from 12.5M in 1996 to 17.7M in 2025.
Chile's rural population fell from 2.24M in 1996 to 2.15M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.3 %204th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.7 %175th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.3 %137th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −14.3 %37th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs76th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts158th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.0 pts39th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts69th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts179th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts71st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −11.3 %21st of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts94th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.5 %114th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs43rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs47th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs41st of 217