Demographics of Chile
| Demographics of Chile | |
|---|---|
Chile population pyramid in 2024 | |
| Population | 19,493,184 |
| Growth rate | 0.61% (2024 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.4 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 80.3 years (2024 est.) |
| • male | 77.3 years (2024 est.) |
| • female | 83.3 years (2024 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 1.03 children born/woman (2024) |
| Infant mortality rate | 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 19.2% (male 1,829,801/female 1,758,137) (2024 est.) |
| 15–64 years | 67.3% (male 6,259,566/female 6,273,074) (2024 est.) |
| 65 and over | 13.6% (male 1,024,692/female 1,404,187) (2024 est.) |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| At birth | 1.04 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Under 15 | 1.04 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| 15–64 years | 1 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| 65 and over | 0.73 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Major ethnic | |
| Minor ethnic | |
| Language | |
| Official | Spanish (de facto) |
| Spoken | Languages 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%.