Population in Chile

The population of Chile was 19,859,921 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2025 19,859,921 People
Change from 2024 +0.5% 2024: 19,764,771 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 65th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Chile over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period ChileWorld
2025 19,859,921 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 19,764,771 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 19,658,835 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 19,553,036 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 19,456,334 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 19,370,624 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 19,197,744 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 18,893,191 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 18,558,868 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 18,267,221 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 18,047,625 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 17,864,195 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 17,687,006 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 17,519,119 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 17,351,816 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 17,181,464 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 17,009,731 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 16,838,988 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 16,671,581 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 16,509,195 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 16,348,778 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 16,187,322 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 16,024,752 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 15,857,925 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 15,683,849 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5% from 19,764,771 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18,047,625 people, the figure has changed by +10.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Chile has the 65th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Chile
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects