Urban population growth in Chile

The urban population of Chile changed by 0.68% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2025 0.68% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 0.74%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 0.69% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 144th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Chile over time

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

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period ChileWorld
2025 0.68% 1.36%
2024 0.74% 1.40%
2023 0.74% 1.35%
2022 0.69% 1.33%
2021 0.63% 1.48%
2020 1.09% 1.52%
2019 1.79% 1.74%
2018 1.97% 1.85%
2017 1.78% 1.90%
2016 1.40% 2.02%
2015 1.20% 2.14%
2014 1.15% 2.09%
2013 1.07% 2.20%
2012 1.04% 2.13%
2011 1.05% 2.56%
2010 1.05% 1.97%
2009 1.05% 2.22%
2008 1.04% 2.19%
2007 1.02% 2.34%
2006 1.02% 2.31%
2005 1.04% 2.27%
2004 1.07% 2.32%
2003 1.12% 2.41%
2002 1.24% 2.41%
2001 1.41% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 0.74% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.20%, the figure has changed by −0.51 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Chile has the 144th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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 Urbanization Prospects