Chile
Population 2026
19,945,850
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.43%
- Density
- 27 per km²
- Land area
- 742,032 km²
- Capital
- Santiago
- Currency
- Peso (CLP)
- Official languages
- ES-CL
- Urban population
- 89.2%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 169,0962026
- Deaths
- 134,9502026
- Birth rate
- 8.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.14
- Life expectancy
- 81.4At birth, years
- Median age
- 37.4
- Net migration
- 51,712
Age distribution
- 0–1416.5%
- 15–6468.9%
- 65+14.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $357B
- GDP per capita
- $18.0K
- GDP growth
- +2.5%
- Inflation
- 4.2%
- Unemployment
- 9.0%
- Exports
- $124B
- Imports
- $109B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.3%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture3.5%
- Industry31.4%
- Manufacturing9.0%
- Services55.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture6.1%
- Industry21.5%
- Services72.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SantiagoSantiago Metropolitan | 4,837,2952025 |
| 2 | Puente AltoSantiago Metropolitan | 568,1062022 |
| 3 | MaipúSantiago Metropolitan | 503,6352026 |
| 4 | AntofagastaAntofagasta | 401,0962026 |
| 5 | Viña del MarValparaiso | 334,2482025 |
| 6 | ValparaísoValparaiso | 282,4482026 |
| 7 | San BernardoSantiago Metropolitan | 249,8582018 |
| 8 | Puerto MonttLos Lagos Region | 245,9022026 |
| 9 | AricaArica y Parinacota Region | 241,6532026 |
| 10 | PeñalolénSantiago Metropolitan | 241,5992025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19,945,850 | 169K | 135K |
| 2020 | 19,370,621 | 196K | 143K |
| 2010 | 17,181,463 | 244K | 99.0K |
| 2000 | 15,503,638 | 253K | 77.7K |
| 1990 | 13,437,181 | 297K | 70.5K |
| 1980 | 11,508,553 | 267K | 69.1K |
| 1970 | 9,845,347 | 283K | 82.9K |
| 1960 | 8,153,356 | 288K | 89.4K |
| 1950 | 6,628,577 | 249K | 99.2K |