Chile - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Chile was 16,770,080 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,770,080 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5,517,094 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5,517,094
1961 5,701,392
1962 5,885,932
1963 6,072,574
1964 6,259,547
1965 6,445,189
1966 6,629,133
1967 6,811,422
1968 6,993,125
1969 7,175,375
1970 7,359,558
1971 7,544,831
1972 7,732,140
1973 7,921,009
1974 8,111,314
1975 8,302,888
1976 8,495,996
1977 8,690,708
1978 8,886,413
1979 9,082,123
1980 9,277,423
1981 9,471,544
1982 9,656,547
1983 9,807,273
1984 9,963,497
1985 10,127,420
1986 10,299,550
1987 10,479,080
1988 10,665,400
1989 10,857,440
1990 11,053,910
1991 11,254,770
1992 11,464,830
1993 11,699,240
1994 11,931,320
1995 12,158,300
1996 12,378,990
1997 12,593,730
1998 12,802,520
1999 13,006,350
2000 13,205,620
2001 13,400,180
2002 13,583,640
2003 13,736,100
2004 13,888,980
2005 14,043,840
2006 14,202,580
2007 14,364,750
2008 14,529,330
2009 14,693,850
2010 14,857,030
2011 15,015,970
2012 15,171,200
2013 15,330,440
2014 15,504,110
2015 15,698,030
2016 15,918,740
2017 16,159,780
2018 16,400,010
2019 16,610,130
2020 16,770,080

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Chile was 87.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.73 in 2020, while its lowest value was 67.84 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 67.84
1961 68.66
1962 69.44
1963 70.20
1964 70.96
1965 71.70
1966 72.43
1967 73.15
1968 73.85
1969 74.55
1970 75.23
1971 75.88
1972 76.53
1973 77.16
1974 77.78
1975 78.39
1976 78.98
1977 79.57
1978 80.14
1979 80.70
1980 81.24
1981 81.78
1982 82.23
1983 82.36
1984 82.49
1985 82.62
1986 82.76
1987 82.89
1988 83.01
1989 83.14
1990 83.27
1991 83.40
1992 83.56
1993 83.90
1994 84.22
1995 84.55
1996 84.86
1997 85.17
1998 85.48
1999 85.78
2000 86.07
2001 86.36
2002 86.61
2003 86.67
2004 86.73
2005 86.78
2006 86.84
2007 86.90
2008 86.96
2009 87.02
2010 87.07
2011 87.13
2012 87.19
2013 87.25
2014 87.30
2015 87.36
2016 87.42
2017 87.49
2018 87.56
2019 87.64
2020 87.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization