What is Chiles population today?

Answer 1

DemographicsChile has a population of 17,031,83 February 2010 estimate.

Its growth has been declining since 1990, because of a decreasing Birth Rate. By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million.

The main agglomerations according to the 2002 census are Greater Santiago with 5.6 million people, Greater Concepcion with 861,000 and Greater Valparaiso with 824,000.

About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater Santiago.

Ethnic structure

Chile has white-mediterranean majority that would exceed 60% to 90% of the Chilean population because most show varying degrees of mixed ancestry.

The white segment of Chile's populace consists mainly of people descended from colonial Spanish settlers (predominately Basque), and to a lesser extent, of people of German, Italian, Irish, French, English, Swiss and Croat ancestry, singly or combined with each other. The mestizo segment, in this respect, derives its European component from colonial Spanish settlers (mainly Andalusians and Castilians), while its Am

erindian component derives from various tribes or nations, mainly Picunches and Mapuches.

The Afro-Chilean population has always been negligible, reaching a high of 2,500 during the colonial period; their racial contribution is less than 1%.

The current non-mestizo Native American population is relatively small. According to the Census 2002, 4.6% of the Chilean population considered themselves indigenous, although most show varying degrees of mixed ancestry.

Answer 2

The current population in Chile as of July 2014 is 17.6 million. The last census was conducted in 2012 and the population stood at 17.4 million.