Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Chile

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Chile in 2025 — 35.24%. Ranked 28 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.96 pp.

2025 35.24% +0.08 pp vs 2024
World rank 28of 121
Period maximum 37.1%2002
Period minimum 24.28%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Chile, 1960–2025202530354019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.28%1962: 24.79%1964: 25.21%1966: 25.7%1968: 26.25%1970: 26.88%1972: 27.85%1974: 28.87%1976: 29.96%1978: 31.11%1980: 32.33%1982: 33.51%1984: 33.78%1986: 34.01%1988: 34.2%1990: 34.35%1992: 34.53%1994: 34.91%1996: 35.35%1998: 35.89%2000: 36.5%2002: 37.1%2004: 36.93%2006: 36.79%2008: 36.65%2010: 36.49%2012: 36.36%2014: 36.23%2016: 35.99%2018: 35.36%2020: 34.94%2022: 35.07%2024: 35.17%2025: 35.24%
Change over the period: +10.96 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chile 35.24%
World 25.29%
South America computed 41.93%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.24 +0.08 pp
2024 35.17 +0.05 pp
2023 35.12 +0.05 pp
2022 35.07 +0.06 pp
2021 35.01 +0.07 pp
2020 34.94 −0.09 pp
2019 35.02 −0.34 pp
2018 35.36 −0.35 pp
2017 35.71 −0.28 pp
2016 35.99 −0.15 pp
2015 36.14 −0.08 pp
2014 36.23 −0.07 pp
2013 36.3 −0.06 pp
2012 36.36 −0.06 pp
2011 36.42 −0.07 pp
2010 36.49 −0.08 pp
2009 36.57 −0.08 pp
2008 36.65 −0.07 pp
2007 36.72 −0.07 pp
2006 36.79 −0.07 pp
2005 36.86 −0.07 pp
2004 36.93 −0.08 pp
2003 37.01 −0.09 pp
2002 37.1 +0.27 pp
2001 36.83 +0.33 pp
2000 36.5 +0.32 pp
1999 36.18 +0.29 pp
1998 35.89 +0.28 pp
1997 35.61 +0.26 pp
1996 35.35 +0.23 pp
1995 35.12 +0.21 pp
1994 34.91 +0.2 pp
1993 34.71 +0.18 pp
1992 34.53 +0.11 pp
1991 34.43 +0.08 pp
1990 34.35 +0.07 pp
1989 34.28 +0.08 pp
1988 34.2 +0.09 pp
1987 34.11 +0.1 pp
1986 34.01 +0.11 pp
1985 33.9 +0.12 pp
1984 33.78 +0.13 pp
1983 33.65 +0.14 pp
1982 33.51 +0.55 pp
1981 32.96 +0.63 pp
1980 32.33 +0.62 pp
1979 31.71 +0.6 pp
1978 31.11 +0.58 pp
1977 30.52 +0.57 pp
1976 29.96 +0.55 pp
1975 29.4 +0.54 pp
1974 28.87 +0.52 pp
1973 28.35 +0.5 pp
1972 27.85 +0.49 pp
1971 27.36 +0.47 pp
1970 26.88 +0.34 pp
1969 26.55 +0.29 pp
1968 26.25 +0.28 pp
1967 25.97 +0.27 pp
1966 25.7 +0.25 pp
1965 25.45 +0.24 pp
1964 25.21 +0.22 pp
1963 24.99 +0.21 pp
1962 24.79 +0.2 pp
1961 24.59 +0.31 pp
1960 24.28

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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