Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Chile

Urban population share in Chile in 2025 — 89.2%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 21.3 pp.

2025 89.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 34of 217
Period maximum 89.2%2025
Period minimum 67.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Chile, 1960–20256070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.8%1962: 69.5%1964: 71%1966: 72.5%1968: 73.9%1970: 75.3%1972: 76.7%1974: 78.1%1976: 79.5%1978: 80.7%1980: 81.7%1982: 82.3%1984: 82.6%1986: 82.8%1988: 83%1990: 83.2%1992: 83.5%1994: 84%1996: 84.8%1998: 85.6%2000: 86.3%2002: 86.6%2004: 86.7%2006: 86.8%2008: 86.9%2010: 87%2012: 87.1%2014: 87.3%2016: 87.6%2018: 88%2020: 88.3%2022: 88.6%2024: 89%2025: 89.2%
Change over the period: +21.3 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chile

Chile 89.2%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 89.2 +0.2 pp
2024 89 +0.2 pp
2023 88.8 +0.2 pp
2022 88.6 +0.2 pp
2021 88.5 +0.2 pp
2020 88.3 +0.2 pp
2019 88.1 +0.2 pp
2018 88 +0.2 pp
2017 87.8 +0.2 pp
2016 87.6 +0.2 pp
2015 87.5 +0.2 pp
2014 87.3 +0.1 pp
2013 87.2 +0.1 pp
2012 87.1 +0.1 pp
2011 87 +0.1 pp
2010 87 +0 pp
2009 86.9 +0 pp
2008 86.9 +0 pp
2007 86.8 +0 pp
2006 86.8 +0 pp
2005 86.8 +0 pp
2004 86.7 +0.1 pp
2003 86.7 +0.1 pp
2002 86.6 +0.1 pp
2001 86.5 +0.2 pp
2000 86.3 +0.3 pp
1999 86 +0.4 pp
1998 85.6 +0.4 pp
1997 85.2 +0.4 pp
1996 84.8 +0.4 pp
1995 84.4 +0.4 pp
1994 84 +0.3 pp
1993 83.7 +0.2 pp
1992 83.5 +0.2 pp
1991 83.3 +0.1 pp
1990 83.2 +0.1 pp
1989 83.1 +0.1 pp
1988 83 +0.1 pp
1987 82.9 +0.1 pp
1986 82.8 +0.1 pp
1985 82.7 +0.1 pp
1984 82.6 +0.1 pp
1983 82.4 +0.2 pp
1982 82.3 +0.2 pp
1981 82 +0.3 pp
1980 81.7 +0.4 pp
1979 81.2 +0.5 pp
1978 80.7 +0.6 pp
1977 80.1 +0.6 pp
1976 79.5 +0.7 pp
1975 78.8 +0.7 pp
1974 78.1 +0.7 pp
1973 77.4 +0.7 pp
1972 76.7 +0.7 pp
1971 75.9 +0.7 pp
1970 75.3 +0.7 pp
1969 74.6 +0.7 pp
1968 73.9 +0.7 pp
1967 73.2 +0.7 pp
1966 72.5 +0.7 pp
1965 71.8 +0.7 pp
1964 71 +0.8 pp
1963 70.3 +0.8 pp
1962 69.5 +0.8 pp
1961 68.7 +0.8 pp
1960 67.8

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.