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Population and territory

How many people live where, in what households, and at what ages.

Census population

18,480,432

Chile

Population density

24.7/km²

Chile

Average age

38.1 yrs

Chile

Ageing index

79.0

Chile

Census population

346/346 communes

By region, highest first.

Highest — communes

Lowest — communes

Every region

Region	Census population	Households	Dwellings	People per household	Average age	Women	Men per 100 women
Arica y Parinacota	244,569	80,620	88,501	3.03	36.5 yrs	50.8%	96.9
Tarapacá	369,806	121,511	143,253	3.04	34.0 yrs	50.4%	98.3
Antofagasta	635,416	213,747	231,829	2.97	35.1 yrs	50.6%	97.7
Atacama	299,180	103,057	139,531	2.90	36.8 yrs	50.4%	98.2
Coquimbo	832,864	292,567	372,785	2.85	38.0 yrs	51.4%	94.4
Valparaíso	1,896,053	701,072	914,075	2.70	39.5 yrs	51.8%	93.0
Metropolitana	7,400,741	2,599,621	2,764,749	2.85	37.7 yrs	51.6%	93.8
O'Higgins	987,228	350,372	407,970	2.82	38.8 yrs	51.0%	96.2
Maule	1,123,008	406,964	486,650	2.76	38.8 yrs	51.4%	94.4
Ñuble	512,289	190,402	234,845	2.69	40.0 yrs	51.9%	92.7
Biobío	1,613,059	579,170	660,778	2.79	38.6 yrs	51.9%	92.6
Araucanía	1,010,423	373,360	481,228	2.71	38.6 yrs	51.8%	92.9
Los Ríos	398,230	148,643	183,479	2.68	39.0 yrs	51.6%	93.8
Los Lagos	890,284	332,395	404,142	2.68	38.2 yrs	50.9%	96.5
Aysén	100,745	39,964	52,294	2.52	37.4 yrs	50.5%	97.9
Magallanes	166,537	63,062	76,607	2.64	38.9 yrs	50.5%	98.1
Chile	18,480,432	6,596,527	7,642,716	2.80	38.1 yrs	51.5%	94.3

Indicators

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.

Indicator	Chile	Across the country			Source
Census population	18,480,432	Antártica60		Puente Alto568,086	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Households	6,596,527	Antártica0		Santiago206,458	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Dwellings	7,642,716	Antártica4		Santiago239,265	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
People per household	2.80	Río Verde1.62	345 of 346 communes	Lo Barnechea3.47	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Average age	38.1 yrs	Alto Hospicio30.4 yrs		Río Verde47.9 yrs	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Women	51.5%	Antártica6.7%		Vitacura53.8%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Men per 100 women	94.3	Vitacura85.8		Antártica1,400.0	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Under 15	17.7%	Antártica0.0%		Cabo de Hornos25.5%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
65 and over	14.0%	Antártica0.0%		Camarones26.5%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Ageing index · People aged 65 or over per 100 under 15.	79.0	Alto Hospicio21.3	345 of 346 communes	Río Verde283.3	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Dependency ratio · Population outside working age per 100 of working age.	46.5	Antártica0.0		General Lagos88.8	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
One-person households	21.8%	Colina12.7%	345 of 346 communes	Río Verde60.3%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Households with children	33.2%	Río Verde6.3%	345 of 346 communes	Alto Hospicio50.7%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Indigenous peoples	11.4%	Vitacura1.0%		General Lagos93.3%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE
Female-headed households	49.9%	Río Verde14.3%	345 of 346 communes	Sierra Gorda57.6%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (tabla comunal ampliada)
Population density · Inhabitants per square kilometre, over the area of the census cartography.	24.7/km²	Río Verde0.0/km²		Santiago18,953.8/km²	Censo 2024 (INE) y geometría censal
Land area	748,041 km²	Antártica3 km²		Natales47,023 km²	Cartografía censal 2024 (INE), área geodésica

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.