Chile: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Provinces

The population of the regions and provinces of Chile according to official estimates and projections.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, country of birth).

Name	Status	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Projection 2023-07-01
Antofagasta	Region	502,741	539,071	578,137	623,851	714,142	→
Antofagasta	Province	320,716	347,593	376,070	408,981	472,591	→
El Loa	Province	146,870	157,834	168,947	181,333	206,626	→
Tocopilla	Province	35,155	33,644	33,120	33,537	34,925	→
Arica y Parinacota	Region	195,426	206,494	222,202	237,082	259,802	→
Arica	Province	192,343	203,428	219,067	233,846	256,439	→
Parinacota	Province	3,083	3,066	3,135	3,236	3,363	→
Atacama	Region	263,924	276,858	291,941	304,580	319,048	→
Chañaral	Province	35,745	30,699	28,690	27,617	27,081	→
Copiapó	Province	159,544	173,543	186,773	197,589	209,519	→
Huasco	Province	68,635	72,616	76,478	79,374	82,448	→
Aysén (Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo)	Region	93,039	97,265	102,053	105,382	108,306	→
Aysén	Province	29,730	30,005	31,140	31,943	32,653	→
Capitán Prat	Province	3,977	4,293	4,594	4,804	4,985	→
Coyhaique (Coihaique)	Province	52,170	55,696	58,789	60,924	62,800	→
General Carrera	Province	7,162	7,271	7,530	7,711	7,868	→
Biobío	Region	1,483,036	1,532,144	1,587,457	1,636,209	1,681,430	→
Arauco	Province	163,756	167,492	171,308	174,586	177,618	→
Biobío (Bío Bío)	Province	367,620	385,904	402,302	415,868	428,300	→
Concepción	Province	951,660	978,748	1,013,847	1,045,755	1,075,512	→
Coquimbo	Region	628,489	674,245	730,943	793,049	869,103	→
Choapa	Province	83,267	85,151	88,346	92,039	96,424	→
Elqui	Province	382,843	422,946	470,387	521,954	585,664	→
Limarí	Province	162,379	166,148	172,210	179,056	187,015	→
La Araucanía	Region	904,700	930,314	963,294	994,888	1,028,201	→
Cautín	Province	695,522	721,813	752,618	781,572	812,032	→
Malleco	Province	209,178	208,501	210,676	213,316	216,169	→
Los Lagos	Region	742,689	788,306	834,466	870,227	907,429	→
Chiloé	Province	160,342	167,655	174,034	178,342	183,347	→
Llanquihue	Province	332,820	367,329	400,812	428,074	455,001	→
Osorno	Province	230,086	234,939	241,017	244,903	249,728	→
Palena	Province	19,441	18,383	18,603	18,908	19,353	→
Los Ríos	Region	369,407	375,988	387,211	398,493	411,205	→
Ranco	Province	100,390	97,816	97,372	97,550	98,141	→
Valdivia	Province	269,017	278,172	289,839	300,943	313,064	→
Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena	Region	152,394	157,141	163,877	171,293	182,217	→
Antártica Chilena	Province	2,293	2,146	2,092	2,086	2,121	→
Magallanes	Province	123,565	127,049	132,078	137,663	146,053	→
Tierra del Fuego	Province	6,666	6,965	7,431	7,910	8,527	→
Última Esperanza	Province	19,870	20,981	22,276	23,634	25,516	→
Maule	Region	943,174	984,607	1,035,111	1,092,575	1,162,641	→
Cauquenes	Province	59,123	59,126	59,680	60,673	62,028	→
Curicó	Province	253,026	267,408	283,342	300,829	322,473	→
Linares	Province	263,521	273,621	285,423	298,858	315,332	→
Talca	Province	367,504	384,452	406,666	432,215	462,808	→
Ñuble	Region	455,240	468,014	484,129	500,517	519,437	→
Diguillín	Province	295,943	307,327	320,384	333,394	348,258	→
Itata	Province	57,058	56,034	56,025	56,270	56,669	→
Punilla	Province	102,239	104,653	107,720	110,853	114,510	→
O'Higgins (Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins)	Region	808,184	852,115	902,274	954,279	1,017,701	→
Cachapoal	Province	562,376	597,027	636,396	676,775	725,440	→
Cardenal Caro	Province	41,272	43,065	45,064	47,123	49,663	→
Colchagua	Province	204,536	212,023	220,814	230,381	242,598	→
Región Metropolitana de Santiago	Region	6,305,647	6,672,285	7,065,046	7,508,690	8,367,790	→
Chacabuco	Province	136,678	181,376	230,451	280,670	355,122	→
Cordillera	Province	539,951	580,035	617,698	650,294	716,112	→
Maipo	Province	391,355	438,758	482,077	523,184	578,554	→
Melipilla	Province	145,920	165,854	183,625	199,887	220,878	→
Santiago	Province	4,866,805	5,049,000	5,263,646	5,538,171	6,143,444	→
Talagante	Province	224,938	257,262	287,549	316,484	353,680	→
Tarapacá	Region	246,265	275,014	308,251	342,129	401,588	→
Iquique	Province	227,236	254,814	285,020	315,989	370,877	→
Tamarugal	Province	19,029	20,200	23,231	26,140	30,711	→
Valparaíso	Region	1,597,346	1,688,072	1,787,099	1,885,948	2,010,849	→
Isla de Pascua [Easter Island]	Province	3,952	5,291	6,563	7,648	8,743	→
Los Andes	Province	93,947	99,733	105,925	111,997	119,516	→
Marga Marga	Province	287,611	310,101	333,985	358,067	388,865	→
Petorca	Province	73,230	75,691	78,400	81,004	84,288	→
Quillota	Province	182,408	191,112	201,040	211,219	224,340	→
San Antonio	Province	141,247	151,653	162,806	173,601	186,762	→
San Felipe de Aconcagua	Province	135,948	143,553	151,953	160,456	171,347	→
Valparaíso	Province	679,003	710,938	746,427	781,956	826,988	→
Chile	Republic	15,691,701	16,517,933	17,443,491	18,419,192	19,960,889

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas.

Explanation: All tabulated population figures consider the results of the 2017 census.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males	9,848,466
Females	10,112,423

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-17 years	4,468,283
18-64 years	12,828,478
65+ years	2,664,128

Age Distribution (P 2023)
80+ years	613,792
70-79 years	1,154,005
60-69 years	1,959,528
50-59 years	2,425,263
40-49 years	2,729,645
30-39 years	3,224,573
20-29 years	2,895,857
10-19 years	2,533,363
0-9 years	2,424,863

Urbanization (C 2017)
Rural	2,149,740
Urban	15,424,263

Country of Birth (C 2017)
Chile	16,828,287
South America	567,819
Central America & Caribbean	92,081
North America	14,283
Europe	45,258
Other country & undeclared	26,275