Urban population in Chile

Urban population in Chile: 58.2% in 1950 and 89.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025: 89.2%
Since 1950: +31 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 37 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2050: 94.9%; UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 94.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Chile
2025	89.2
2024	89
2023	88.8
2022	88.6
2021	88.5
2020	88.3
2019	88.1
2018	88
2017	87.8
2016	87.6
2015	87.5
2014	87.3
2013	87.2
2012	87.1
2011	87
2010	87
2009	86.9
2008	86.9
2007	86.8
2006	86.8
2005	86.8
2004	86.7
2003	86.7
2002	86.6
2001	86.5
2000	86.3
1999	86
1998	85.6
1997	85.2
1996	84.8
1995	84.4
1994	84.1
1993	83.7
1992	83.5
1991	83.3
1990	83.2
1989	83.1
1988	83
1987	82.9
1986	82.8
1985	82.7
1984	82.6
1983	82.4
1982	82.3
1981	82
1980	81.7
1979	81.3
1978	80.7
1977	80.1
1976	79.5
1975	78.8
1974	78.1
1973	77.4
1972	76.7
1971	75.9
1970	75.3
1969	74.6
1968	73.9
1967	73.2
1966	72.5
1965	71.8
1964	71
1963	70.3
1962	69.5
1961	68.7
1960	67.8
1959	67
1958	66.1
1957	65.2
1956	64.3
1955	63.3
1954	62.3
1953	61.3
1952	60.3
1951	59.2
1950	58.2

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Chile
2026	89.4
2027	89.6
2028	89.7
2029	89.9
2030	90.1
2031	90.3
2032	90.5
2033	90.8
2034	91
2035	91.2
2036	91.4
2037	91.6
2038	91.8
2039	92.1
2040	92.3
2041	92.5
2042	92.8
2043	93
2044	93.3
2045	93.5
2046	93.8
2047	94.1
2048	94.3
2049	94.6
2050	94.9

Good to know

The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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