Chile - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Chile was 19,116,210 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,116,210 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8,132,988 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 8,132,988
1961 8,303,804
1962 8,476,895
1963 8,650,390
1964 8,821,855
1965 8,989,607
1966 9,152,848
1967 9,312,091
1968 9,468,851
1969 9,625,304
1970 9,783,134
1971 9,942,716
1972 10,103,680
1973 10,265,830
1974 10,428,800
1975 10,592,310
1976 10,756,880
1977 10,922,780
1978 11,089,170
1979 11,254,880
1980 11,419,350
1981 11,582,020
1982 11,743,910
1983 11,907,960
1984 12,078,140
1985 12,257,240
1986 12,445,830
1987 12,642,920
1988 12,847,710
1989 13,058,760
1990 13,274,620
1991 13,495,260
1992 13,719,820
1993 13,944,930
1994 14,166,350
1995 14,380,860
1996 14,587,370
1997 14,786,230
1998 14,977,740
1999 15,162,800
2000 15,342,350
2001 15,516,110
2002 15,684,410
2003 15,849,650
2004 16,014,970
2005 16,182,710
2006 16,354,510
2007 16,530,200
2008 16,708,260
2009 16,886,180
2010 17,062,530
2011 17,233,580
2012 17,400,360
2013 17,571,510
2014 17,758,970
2015 17,969,360
2016 18,209,070
2017 18,470,440
2018 18,729,170
2019 18,952,040
2020 19,116,210

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population