Population of Countries in South America 2023

Population of Countries in South America 2023

Explore current and projected population estimates, historical data, and country lists for South American nations by clicking on each country.

# Country (or dependency) Population
(2020)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Land Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Med.
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Brazil 212,559,417 0.72 % 1,509,890 25 8,358,140 21,200 1.7 33 88 % 2.73 %
2 Colombia 50,882,891 1.08 % 543,448 46 1,109,500 204,796 1.8 31 80 % 0.65 %
3 Argentina 45,195,774 0.93 % 415,097 17 2,736,690 4,800 2.3 32 93 % 0.58 %
4 Peru 32,971,854 1.42 % 461,401 26 1,280,000 99,069 2.3 31 79 % 0.42 %
5 Venezuela 28,435,940 -0.28 % -79,889 32 882,050 -653,249 2.3 30 N.A. 0.36 %
6 Chile 19,116,201 0.87 % 164,163 26 743,532 111,708 1.7 35 85 % 0.25 %
7 Ecuador 17,643,054 1.55 % 269,392 71 248,360 36,400 2.4 28 63 % 0.23 %
8 Bolivia 11,673,021 1.39 % 159,921 11 1,083,300 -9,504 2.8 26 69 % 0.15 %
9 Paraguay 7,132,538 1.25 % 87,902 18 397,300 -16,556 2.4 26 62 % 0.09 %
10 Uruguay 3,473,730 0.35 % 11,996 20 175,020 -3,000 2.0 36 96 % 0.04 %
11 Guyana 786,552 0.48 % 3,786 4 196,850 -6,000 2.5 27 27 % 0.01 %
12 Suriname 586,632 0.90 % 5,260 4 156,000 -1,000 2.4 29 65 % 0.01 %
13 French Guiana 298,682 2.70 % 7,850 4 82,200 1,200 3.4 25 87 % 0.00 %
14 Falkland Islands 3,480 3.05 % 103 0 12,170   N.A. N.A. 66 % 0.00 %

Source: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division provided an in-depth analysis of data in their report titled “World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision” using the medium-fertility variant. 

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