Chile
population: Natl annual projection (30 Jun 2025) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 21 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography21 metros
Chile metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 21 tracked metros
Show all 21 rows
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #97 | Santiago▲ Largest | Región Metropolitana de Santiago | 8.3M | 29.2 | Major Metro |
| #616 | Valparaíso★ Capital | Valparaíso | 1.6M | 3.6 | Emerging Metro |
| #783 | Concepcion | Biobío | 1.1M | 2.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #982 | Antofagasta | Antofagasta | 469K | 1.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #1246 | Rancagua | O'Higgins | 719K | 1.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1300 | Puerto Montt | Los Lagos | 451K | 1.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1432 | Easter Island | Valparaíso | 9K | 0.9 | Local Metro |
| #1527 | Coquimbo | Coquimbo | 859K | 0.8 | Local Metro |
| #1569 | Temuco | La Araucanía | 808K | 0.7 | Local Metro |
| #1572 | Calama | Antofagasta | 206K | 0.7 | Local Metro |
| #1614 | Talca | Maule | 459K | 0.7 | Local Metro |
| #2091 | Chillan | Ñuble | 346K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2362 | Punta Arenas | Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena | 145K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2803 | El Salvador | Atacama | 27K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3017 | Los Ángeles (Chile) | Biobío | 427K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3051 | Iquique | Tarapacá | 366K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3092 | Curicó | Maule | 319K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3099 | Linares (Chile) | Maule | 313K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3101 | Valdivia | Los Ríos | 311K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3165 | Arica | Arica y Parinacota | 254K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3170 | Osorno | Los Lagos | 249K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Regions
16 entries listed under Chile. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Chilean peso ($)
- Government
- Democratic republic
- Legislature
- National Congress of Chile
- Constitution
- 1980, 30 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Chilean
- Time zones
- UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00, UTC−06:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +56
- Internet TLD
- .cl
- ISO 3166
- CL
- Established
- 1810
- Highest point
- Ojos del Salado (6,893 m (22,615 ft))
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Chile
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations5 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History37 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Return to Democracy
José Antonio Kast✦ Current
2026–PresentPresident
Gabriel Boric
2022–2026President
Sebastián Piñera
2018–2022President
Michelle Bachelet
2014–2018President
Sebastián Piñera
2010–2014President
Michelle Bachelet
2006–2010President
Ricardo Lagos
2000–2006President
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
1994–2000President
Patricio Aylwin
1990–1994President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| José Antonio Kast✦ Current | President | 2026–Present |
| Gabriel Boric | President | 2022–2026 |
| Sebastián Piñera | President | 2018–2022 |
| Michelle Bachelet | President | 2014–2018 |
| Sebastián Piñera | President | 2010–2014 |
| Michelle Bachelet | President | 2006–2010 |
| Ricardo Lagos | President | 2000–2006 |
| Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | President | 1994–2000 |
| Patricio Aylwin | President | 1990–1994 |
Military Dictatorship
⚠️ Augusto Pinochet
1973–1990President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Augusto Pinochet | President | 1973–1990 |
Presidential Republic
Salvador Allende
1970–1973President
Eduardo Frei Montalva
1964–1970President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Salvador Allende | President | 1970–1973 |
| Eduardo Frei Montalva | President | 1964–1970 |
Republic of Chile
Jorge Alessandri
1958–1964President
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
1952–1958President
Gabriel González Videla
1946–1952President
Juan Antonio Ríos
1942–1946President
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
1938–1942President
Arturo Alessandri
1932–1938President
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
1927–1932President
Emiliano Figueroa
1925–1927President
Arturo Alessandri
1920–1925President
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
1915–1920President
Ramón Barros Luco
1910–1915President
Pedro Montt
1906–1910President
Show all 25 leaders
Germán Riesco
1901–1906President
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
1896–1901President
Jorge Montt
1891–1896President
José Manuel Balmaceda
1886–1891President
Domingo Santa María
1881–1886President
Aníbal Pinto
1876–1881President
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
1871–1876President
José Joaquín Pérez
1861–1871President
Manuel Montt
1851–1861President
Manuel Bulnes
1841–1851President
José Joaquín Prieto
1831–1841President
Ramón Freire
1823–1831Supreme Director
Bernardo O'Higgins
1817–1823Supreme Director
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Alessandri | President | 1958–1964 |
| Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | President | 1952–1958 |
| Gabriel González Videla | President | 1946–1952 |
| Juan Antonio Ríos | President | 1942–1946 |
| Pedro Aguirre Cerda | President | 1938–1942 |
| Arturo Alessandri | President | 1932–1938 |
| Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | President | 1927–1932 |
| Emiliano Figueroa | President | 1925–1927 |
| Arturo Alessandri | President | 1920–1925 |
| Juan Luis Sanfuentes | President | 1915–1920 |
| Ramón Barros Luco | President | 1910–1915 |
| Pedro Montt | President | 1906–1910 |
| Germán Riesco | President | 1901–1906 |
| Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | President | 1896–1901 |
| Jorge Montt | President | 1891–1896 |
| José Manuel Balmaceda | President | 1886–1891 |
| Domingo Santa María | President | 1881–1886 |
| Aníbal Pinto | President | 1876–1881 |
| Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | President | 1871–1876 |
| José Joaquín Pérez | President | 1861–1871 |
| Manuel Montt | President | 1851–1861 |
| Manuel Bulnes | President | 1841–1851 |
| José Joaquín Prieto | President | 1831–1841 |
| Ramón Freire | Supreme Director | 1823–1831 |
| Bernardo O'Higgins | Supreme Director | 1817–1823 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19457 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| War of the Pacific● | 1879–1883 | Peru,Bolivia | — |
| Chincha Islands War | 1864–1866 | Spain | — |
| War of the Confederation | 1836–1839 | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | — |
| Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 | 1829–1830 | — | |
| Peruvian War of Independence | 1811–1826 | Spanish Empire Spain | — |
| Argentine War of Independence | 1810–1818 | Spanish Empire Spain | — |
| Chilean War of Independence | 1810–1826 | Spanish Empire Spain,Mapuche allies | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Chile: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires6 · $69.4B combined · click to expand
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Iris Fontbona & family(inherited) | $50.5B | Metals & Mining |
| 429 | Jean Salata | $8.8B | Finance & Investments |
| 1074 | Julio Ponce Lerou | $4.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 1644 | Luis Enrique Yarur Rey(inherited) | $2.6B | Finance & Investments |
| 2218 | Roberto Angelini Rossi(inherited) | $1.9B | Diversified |
| 2649 | Patricia Angelini Rossi(inherited) | $1.5B | Diversified |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Chile on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Chile's national teams, newest first. 2 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-06-26 | Chile | Copa América |
| 2015 | 2015-07-04 | Chile | Copa América |
