Chile: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 6.63 million people, so the population is now 3.0 times as large.

The UN projects 169,000 births and 135,000 deaths in 2026, 34,100 more births than deaths.

The UN projects the first year with more deaths than births in 2036.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 48,100.

The median age is 37.4, which is 6.3 years above the world’s 31.1.

16% of the people are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

The UN projects that people aged 65 and over will outnumber children under 15 from 2028.

Women have 1.1 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 4.8 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 81.7 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 53.2.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 20.3 million people, 1.9% more than now, with a median age of 48.9.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 81.2 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 21.5 more years for women and 19.6 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 21.5 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 42.5.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 13.4 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 5.59 million to 29.5 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 1.54 million international migrants lived here, 7.8% of the population.

In mid-2024, 444,000 people from here lived in other countries.