Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Chile

Population in cities over 1 million in Chile in 2025 — 6,999,457 people. Ranked 42 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 253.5%.

2025 7M people +0.7% vs 2024
World rank 42of 121
Period maximum 7M people2025
Period minimum 1.98M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Chile, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,979,927 people1962: 2,106,056 people1964: 2,229,343 people1966: 2,359,661 people1968: 2,497,794 people1970: 2,646,661 people1972: 2,833,339 people1974: 3,032,899 people1976: 3,246,819 people1978: 3,475,502 people1980: 3,720,640 people1982: 3,970,906 people1984: 4,123,282 people1986: 4,281,283 people1988: 4,445,568 people1990: 4,615,919 people1992: 4,794,775 people1994: 4,997,312 people1996: 5,208,702 people1998: 5,428,725 people2000: 5,658,363 people2002: 5,883,580 people2004: 5,977,798 people2006: 6,073,393 people2008: 6,170,651 people2010: 6,269,330 people2012: 6,369,726 people2014: 6,471,588 people2016: 6,575,151 people2018: 6,680,371 people2020: 6,767,223 people2022: 6,856,939 people2024: 6,950,952 people2025: 6,999,457 people
Change over the period: +5.02M (+253.52%) Average annual rate: 1.96 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Chile 7M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
South America computed 183M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7M +48,505 +0.7%
2024 6.95M +47,560 +0.69%
2023 6.9M +46,453 +0.68%
2022 6.86M +45,344 +0.67%
2021 6.81M +44,372 +0.66%
2020 6.77M +43,707 +0.65%
2019 6.72M +43,145 +0.65%
2018 6.68M +52,819 +0.8%
2017 6.63M +52,401 +0.8%
2016 6.58M +51,987 +0.8%
2015 6.52M +51,576 +0.8%
2014 6.47M +51,168 +0.8%
2013 6.42M +50,694 +0.8%
2012 6.37M +50,432 +0.8%
2011 6.32M +49,964 +0.8%
2010 6.27M +49,569 +0.8%
2009 6.22M +49,110 +0.8%
2008 6.17M +48,855 +0.8%
2007 6.12M +48,403 +0.8%
2006 6.07M +48,020 +0.8%
2005 6.03M +47,575 +0.8%
2004 5.98M +47,328 +0.8%
2003 5.93M +46,890 +0.8%
2002 5.88M +107,027 +1.85%
2001 5.78M +118,190 +2.09%
2000 5.66M +116,087 +2.09%
1999 5.54M +113,551 +2.09%
1998 5.43M +111,225 +2.09%
1997 5.32M +108,798 +2.09%
1996 5.21M +106,862 +2.09%
1995 5.1M +104,528 +2.09%
1994 5M +102,386 +2.09%
1993 4.89M +100,151 +2.09%
1992 4.79M +91,188 +1.94%
1991 4.7M +87,668 +1.9%
1990 4.62M +86,035 +1.9%
1989 4.53M +84,316 +1.9%
1988 4.45M +82,972 +1.9%
1987 4.36M +81,313 +1.9%
1986 4.28M +79,798 +1.9%
1985 4.2M +78,203 +1.9%
1984 4.12M +76,958 +1.9%
1983 4.05M +75,418 +1.9%
1982 3.97M +121,557 +3.16%
1981 3.85M +128,709 +3.46%
1980 3.72M +124,741 +3.47%
1979 3.6M +120,397 +3.46%
1978 3.48M +116,366 +3.46%
1977 3.36M +112,317 +3.46%
1976 3.25M +108,856 +3.47%
1975 3.14M +105,064 +3.46%
1974 3.03M +101,546 +3.46%
1973 2.93M +98,014 +3.46%
1972 2.83M +94,993 +3.47%
1971 2.74M +91,685 +3.46%
1970 2.65M +76,949 +2.99%
1969 2.57M +71,918 +2.88%
1968 2.5M +70,096 +2.89%
1967 2.43M +68,037 +2.88%
1966 2.36M +66,129 +2.88%
1965 2.29M +64,189 +2.88%
1964 2.23M +62,563 +2.89%
1963 2.17M +60,724 +2.88%
1962 2.11M +59,022 +2.88%
1961 2.05M +67,107 +3.39%
1960 1.98M

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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