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Chile — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Chile, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.48%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -76.9% since 1961
Population growth for Chile was 0.48% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.08% in 1961. The lowest was 0.44% in 2021 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.27% per year.
Chile ranks 136 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Chile sits level with it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 53%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.48%
First (1961)
2.08%
Change
-76.9%
Highest
2.08%
in 1961
Lowest
0.44%
in 2021
Average
1.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.27%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.48% |
| 2024 | 0.54% |
| 2023 | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.44% |
| 2020 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.79% |
| 2017 | 1.58% |
| 2016 | 1.21% |
| 2015 | 1.02% |
| 2014 | 1% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.