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 | 1.75 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
| 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 |
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| 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.