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Migration

Where the people who live in each territory are from: those born outside Chile, from the census, and those who moved within it, from Casen.

Lives in the commune where they were born
50.5%
Chile
Came from another commune of the same region
23.9%
Chile
Came from another region
17.2%
Chile
Foreign-born share
8.7%
Chile

Foreign-born share

346/346 communes
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0102030Tarapacá23.0%Antofagasta19.5%Arica y Parinacota14.8%Metropolitana13.0%Atacama8.4%Magallanes6.6%Coquimbo5.4%Valparaíso5.3%O'Higgins5.0%Los Lagos4.0%Aysén3.9%Maule3.8%Biobío2.9%Ñuble2.1%Araucanía2.1%Los Ríos1.9%
0102030Tarapacá23.0%Antofagasta19.5%Arica y Parinacota14.8%Metropolitana13.0%Atacama8.4%Magallanes6.6%Coquimbo5.4%Valparaíso5.3%O'Higgins5.0%Los Lagos4.0%Aysén3.9%Maule3.8%Biobío2.9%Ñuble2.1%Araucanía2.1%Los Ríos1.9%
By region, highest first.
Highest — communes
Independencia44.4%Colchane42.8%Santiago40.3%Estación Central38.3%Sierra Gorda31.8%Mejillones29.8%San Pedro de Atacama27.8%Quinta Normal27.5%Pica26.9%Alto Hospicio26.5%General Lagos26.2%San Miguel26.0%
Independencia44.4%Colchane42.8%Santiago40.3%Estación Central38.3%Sierra Gorda31.8%Mejillones29.8%San Pedro de Atacama27.8%Quinta Normal27.5%Pica26.9%Alto Hospicio26.5%General Lagos26.2%San Miguel26.0%
Lowest — communes
Antártica0.0%Lumaco0.3%Quilleco0.3%Galvarino0.3%Mulchén0.4%Purén0.4%Tortel0.4%Tirúa0.4%Saavedra0.4%Ercilla0.4%Pemuco0.4%San Rosendo0.4%
Antártica0.0%Lumaco0.3%Quilleco0.3%Galvarino0.3%Mulchén0.4%Purén0.4%Tortel0.4%Tirúa0.4%Saavedra0.4%Ercilla0.4%Pemuco0.4%San Rosendo0.4%

Every region

RegionForeign-born populationForeign-born shareAverage age, foreign-bornWomen among foreign-bornForeign-born of working ageArrived since 2020Foreign-born share of working-age population
Arica y Parinacota36,18814.8%33.9 yrs52.9%80.1%32.2%17.5%
Tarapacá84,93523.0%31.7 yrs53.2%82.3%36.2%27.5%
Antofagasta124,00619.5%31.9 yrs53.6%83.7%34.9%23.1%
Atacama25,1678.4%31.0 yrs52.5%81.3%41.8%10.1%
Coquimbo44,5785.4%32.1 yrs51.7%81.4%43.5%6.5%
Valparaíso100,6555.3%33.1 yrs50.6%81.3%37.1%6.5%
Metropolitana964,83513.0%34.2 yrs51.7%84.0%32.1%15.7%
O'Higgins49,2725.0%32.0 yrs50.2%81.3%43.5%6.1%
Maule42,3493.8%32.6 yrs49.6%81.0%41.5%4.6%
Ñuble10,9342.1%33.6 yrs51.0%80.4%38.3%2.6%
Biobío46,9332.9%32.0 yrs50.7%80.4%42.0%3.5%
Araucanía21,0772.1%34.9 yrs51.0%82.3%28.9%2.6%
Los Ríos7,5081.9%35.0 yrs50.0%82.8%28.0%2.3%
Los Lagos35,2854.0%33.0 yrs50.0%81.6%40.3%4.7%
Aysén3,9313.9%35.2 yrs52.2%82.3%31.2%4.7%
Magallanes10,9976.6%33.4 yrs54.0%82.8%35.5%7.9%
Chile1,608,6508.7%33.5 yrs51.7%83.1%34.4%10.6%

Indicators

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Every indicator of this subject, with the field it is measured over: the lowest territory and the highest, the middle half of them as a band, the median as a notch and Chile as a dot. A national figure on its own cannot say whether the country agrees with itself, and in a site about places that is the part worth reading.

IndicatorChileAcross the countrySource
Foreign-born population
1,608,650Antártica0
Santiago176,956Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Foreign-born share
8.7%Antártica0.0%
Independencia44.4%Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Average age, foreign-born
33.5 yrsColchane26.2 yrs
345 of 346 communes		Lago Verde52.6 yrsCenso de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Women among foreign-born
51.7%San Gregorio25.0%
345 of 346 communes		Río Hurtado65.8%Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Foreign-born of working age
83.1%Lago Verde58.6%
345 of 346 communes		Tortel100.0%Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Arrived since 2020 · Share of the migrant population that arrived in the country in 2020 or later.
34.4%Juan Fernández0.0%
345 of 346 communes		Laguna Blanca87.5%Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Foreign-born share of working-age population · Foreign-born people aged 15 to 64, over everyone aged 15 to 64 in the comuna.
10.6%Antártica0.0%
Colchane54.2%Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Average schooling, foreign-born
12.9 yrsOllagüe8.0 yrs
345 of 346 communes		Providencia16.2 yrsCenso de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Lives in the commune where they were born · Casen 2024 asks in which comuna each person's mother lived when they were born. It is lifetime migration, not last year's, and it measures origin, not moves: someone born here who left and came back counts as living where they were born.
50.5%Cabo de Hornos2.6%
335 of 346 communes		Alto Biobío90.6%Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Came from another commune of the same region · Of those who live here, the ones born in another comuna of this same region. It is the short move: within the metropolitan area, the valley or the neighbouring province.
23.9%Navidad0.0%
335 of 346 communes		Laguna Blanca48.4%Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Came from another region · Of those who live here, the ones born in a comuna of another region.
17.2%Colchane0.0%
335 of 346 communes		Cabo de Hornos74.4%Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Net internal migration · People who arrived from another comuna minus people born here who live in another comuna. It is a lifetime balance, not a year's. Chile adds to zero by construction: nobody leaves the country in this count.
0Santiago-592,234
335 of 346 communes		Maipú250,422Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Net internal migration per 100 residents · The balance above, over the population living in the territory.
0.0San Gregorio-534.1
335 of 346 communes		Cabo de Hornos93.7Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia

Chile is not the median of its territories and the two marks rarely meet: the country is a sum weighted by people and the median commune is one commune. Where the dot sits well to the right of the notch, most communes are below a figure a few large ones carry.