Demographics of Chile

Chile's 2017 census reported a population of 17,574,003 people. Its rate of population growth has been decreasing since 1990, due to a declining birth rate. By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million people, at which point it is projected to either stagnate or begin declining. About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater Santiago alone. The largest agglomerations according to the 2002 census are Greater Santiago with 5.6 million people, Greater Concepción with 861,000 and Greater Valparaíso with 824,000.
According to the 2024 Census, the population of Chile was 18,480,432, meaning a growth of 5.2% since the 2017 Census, however, since the 2024 was a de jure census, growth between 2017 and 2024 can differ, according to the Chilean National Institute of Statistics, comparing both census by de jure results, the population growth between both censuses was 6.7%.

Population size and structure

According to the total population was in, compared to only 6,143,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 20.1%, 69.0% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 10.9% was 65 years or older.

Structure of the population

Age group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	8 688 067	8 868 748	17 556 815	100
0–4	639 270	615 764	1 255 034	7.15
5–9	633 287	610 458	1 243 745	7.08
10–14	648 484	625 765	1 274 249	7.26
15–19	707 959	684 424	1 392 383	7.93
20–24	749 460	727,530	1 476 990	8.41
25–29	710 354	693 723	1 404 077	8.00
30–34	634 056	624 375	1 258 431	7.17
35–39	598 029	595 813	1 193 842	6.80
40–44	612 898	617 259	1 230 157	7.01
45–49	610 366	621 300	1 231 666	7.02
50–54	574 320	592 349	1 166 669	6.65
55–59	468 437	492 763	961 200	5.47
60–64	359 065	390 681	749 746	4.27
65–69	276 510	317 107	593 617	3.38
70–74	200 585	247 698	448 283	2.55
75–79	133 715	183 899	317 614	1.81
80+	131 272	227 840	359 112	2.05
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 921 041	1 851 987	3 773 028	21.49
15–64	6 024 944	6 040 217	12 065 161	68.72
65+	742 082	976 544	1 718 626	9.79

Age group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	9 708 512	9 969 851	19 678 363	100
0–4	600 632	578 263	1 178 895	5.99
5–9	651 336	627 814	1 279 150	6.50
10–14	655 232	632 388	1 287 620	6.54
15–19	631 851	610 954	1 242 805	6.32
20–24	719 079	697 050	1 416 129	7.20
25–29	827 115	802 756	1 629 871	8.28
30–34	842 111	817 367	1 659 478	8.43
35–39	738 934	722 171	1 461 105	7.42
40–44	683 807	678 365	1 362 172	6.92
45–49	644 339	651 942	1 296 281	6.59
50–54	602 079	622 931	1 225 010	6.23
55–59	566 471	601 133	1 167 604	5.93
60–64	483 184	530 360	1 013 544	5.15
65-69	393 552	450 783	844 335	4.29
70-74	278 885	336 455	615 340	3.13
75-79	184 713	246 241	430 954	2.19
80-84	113 029	174 032	287 061	1.46
85-89	59 048	109 156	168 204	0.85
90-94	26 017	57 951	83 968	0.43
95-99	6 154	17 742	23 896	0.12
100+	944	3 997	4 941	0.03
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 907 200	1 838 465	3 745 665	19.03
15–64	6 738 970	6 735 029	13 473 999	68.47
65+	1 062 342	1 396 357	2 458 699	12.49

Vital statistics

Official statistics

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change	Crude migration change	Total fertility rate
1950	6,081,000	206,582	91,180	115,402	34.0	15.0	19.0
1951	6,218,000	209,794	92,728	117,066	33.7	14.9	18.8	3.3
1952	6,354,000	225,758	81,966	143,792	35.5	12.9	22.6	-1.3
1953	6,491,000	222,956	80,068	142,888	34.3	12.4	21.9	-0.9
1954	6,627,000	220,968	84,519	136,449	33.3	12.8	20.5	-0.1
1955	6,764,000	237,213	87,843	149,370	35.1	13.0	22.1	-1.9
1956	6,940,000	249,756	84,199	165,557	36.0	12.1	23.9	1.5
1957	7,116,000	262,746	91,506	171,240	36.9	12.9	24.0	0.7
1958	7,291,000	263,418	88,930	174,488	36.1	12.2	23.9	0.1
1959	7,467,000	267,657	94,491	173,166	35.8	12.7	23.1	0.4
1960	7,643,000	282,681	95,486	187,195	37.0	12.5	24.5	-1.5
1961	7,843,000	290,412	91,348	199,064	37.0	11.6	25.4	0.1
1962	8,044,000	304,930	94,874	210,056	37.9	11.8	26.1	-1.2
1963	8,245,000	309,908	98,293	211,615	37.6	11.9	25.7	-1.3
1964	8,445,000	306,050	94,058	211,992	36.2	11.1	25.1	-1.5
1965	8,646,000	308,014	91,648	216,366	35.6	10.6	25.0	-1.8
1966	8,831,000	295,761	95,450	200,311	33.5	10.8	22.7	-1.8
1967	9,015,000	277,009	86,840	190,169	30.7	9.6	21.1	-0.7
1970	9,569,000	261,609	83,014	178,595	27.3	8.7	18.6	0.6
1971	9,738,000	273,518	83,456	190,062	28.1	8.6	19.5	-2.2
1972	9,907,000	277,891	87,429	190,462	28.0	8.8	19.2	-2.2
1973	10,076,000	276,650	80,994	195,656	27.5	8.0	19.5	-2.7
1974	10,244,000	267,977	78,493	189,484	26.2	7.7	18.5	-2.1
1975	10,413,000	256,543	74,481	182,062	24.6	7.2	17.4	-1.3
1976	10,565,000	247,722	80,537	167,185	23.4	7.6	15.8	-1.5
1977	10,717,000	240,463	73,446	167,017	22.4	6.8	15.6	-1.4
1978	10,869,000	236,780	72,436	164,344	21.8	6.7	15.1	-1.2
1979	11,021,000	241,077	74,528	166,549	21.9	6.8	15.1	-1.3
1980	11,174,000	247,013	74,109	172,904	22.1	6.6	15.5	-1.8
1981	11,359,000	264,809	69,971	194,838	23.3	6.2	17.1	-0.9
1982	11,545,000	270,003	69,887	200,116	23.4	6.1	17.3	-1.2
1983	11,731,000	256,539	74,296	182,243	21.9	6.3	15.6	0.3
1984	11,916,000	265,016	74,669	190,347	22.2	6.3	15.9	-0.5
1985	12,047,000	261,978	73,534	188,444	21.7	6.1	15.6	-4.8
1986	12,248,000	272,997	72,209	200,788	22.3	5.9	16.4	0
1987	12,454,000	279,762	70,559	209,203	22.5	5.7	16.8	-0.3
1988	12,667,000	296,581	74,435	222,146	23.4	5.9	17.5	-0.7
1989	12,883,000	303,798	75,453	228,345	23.6	5.9	17.7	-1.0
1990	13,179,000	307,522	78,434	229,118	23.3	6.0	17.3	5.2
1991	13,422,000	299,456	74,862	224,594	22.3	5.6	16.7	1.4
1992	13,665,000	293,787	74,090	219,697	21.5	5.4	16.1	1.7	2.54
1993	13,908,000	290,438	76,261	214,177	20.9	5.5	15.4	2,1	2.48
1994	14,152,000	288,175	75,445	212,730	20.4	5.3	15.1	2,2	2.36
1995	14,395,000	279,928	78,517	201,411	19.4	5.5	13.9	2.9	2.28
1996	14,596,000	278,729	79,123	199,606	19.1	5.4	13.7	0.1	2.26
1997	14,796,000	273,641	78,472	195,169	18.5	5.3	13.2	0.3	2.21
1998	14,997,000	270,637	80,257	190,380	18.0	5.4	12.6	0.7	2.17
1999	15,197,000	263,867	81,984	181,883	17.4	5.4	12.0	1.2	2.11
2000	15,398,000	261,993	78,814	183,179	17.0	5.1	11.9	1.2	2.09
2001	15,572,000	259,069	81,871	177,198	16.6	5.3	11.3	-0.2	2.05
2002	15,746,000	251,559	81,080	170,479	16.0	5.1	10.9	0.2	1.99
2003	15,919,000	246,827	83,672	163,155	15.5	5.3	10.2	0.6	1.94
2004	16,093,000	242,476	86,138	156,338	15.1	5.4	9.7	1.1	1.90
2005	16,267,000	242,980	86,102	156,878	14.9	5.3	9.6	1.1	1.89
2006	16,433,000	243,561	85,639	157,922	14.8	5.2	9.6	0.5	1.88
2007	16,598,000	242,054	93,000	149,054	14.6	5.6	9.0	1.0	1.94
2008	16,763,000	248,366	90,168	158,198	14.8	5.4	9.4	0.4	1.97
2009	16,929,000	253,584	91,965	161,619	15.0	5.4	9.6	0.3	2.00
2010	17,094,000	251,199	97,930	153,269	14.7	5.7	9.0	0.7	1.97
2011	17,248,000¹	247,358	94,985	152,373	14.4	5.5	8.9	0.1	1.94
2012	17,445,000	243,635	98,711	144,924	14.0	5.7	8.3	3.0	1.90
2013	17,612,000	242,862	99,770	143,092	13.8	5.7	8.1	1.4	1.85
2014	17,787,000	252,194	101,960	150,234	14.2	5.7	8.5	1.4	1.91
2015	17,971,000	245,406	103,327	142,079	13.6	5.7	7.9	2.4	1.86
2016	18,167,000	232,616	104,026	128,590	12.8	5.7	7.1	3.8	1.75
2017	18,419,192	219,494	106,388	113,106	11.9	5.8	6.1	7.7	1.65
2018	18,751,405	221,724	106,786	114,938	11.8	5.7	6.1	11.8	1.62
2019	19,107,216	210,188	109,658	100,530	11.0	5.7	5.3	13.5	1.50
2020	19,458,310	194,978	126,169	68,809	10.0	6.5	3.5	14.8	1.30
2021	19,678,363	177,273	137,629	39,644	9.0	6.9	2.1	9.3	1.17
2022	19,828,563	189,310	136,958	52,352	9.6	6.8	2.8	5.0	1.32
2023	19,960,889	173,920	121,270	52,650	8.7	6.0	2.7	4.1	1.16
2024		154,441	126,883	27,558	7.7	6.3	1.4		1.03
2025			124,406

¹This estimate and those of previous years were made before the 2012 census results were known.
= preliminary figures.| 2020¹