This statistic shows the biggest cities in Chile in 2017. In 2017, approximately 6.16 million people lived in Santiago, making it the biggest city in Chile.
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Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Chile was reported at 39.91 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Chile - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.
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Chile CL: Population in Largest City data was reported at 6,950,952.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,903,392.000 Person for 2023. Chile CL: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 4,794,775.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,950,952.000 Person in 2024 and a record low of 1,979,927.000 Person in 1960. Chile CL: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;;
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Population in largest city in Chile was reported at 6950952 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Chile - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.
In 2025, approximately 23 million people lived in the São Paulo metropolitan area, making it the biggest in Latin America and the Caribbean and the sixth most populated in the world. The homonymous state of São Paulo was also the most populous federal entity in the country. The second place for the region was Mexico City with 22.75 million inhabitants. Brazil's cities Brazil is home to two large metropolises, only counting the population within the city limits, São Paulo had approximately 11.45 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro around 6.21 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller, but well known cities such as Brasília, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country's population is primarily urban, with nearly 88 percent of inhabitants living in cities. Mexico City Mexico City's metropolitan area ranks sevenths in the ranking of most populated cities in the world. Founded over the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521 after the Spanish conquest as the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the city still stands as one of the most important in Latin America. Nevertheless, the preeminent economic, political, and cultural position of Mexico City has not prevented the metropolis from suffering the problems affecting the rest of the country, namely, inequality and violence. Only in 2023, the city registered a crime incidence of 52,723 reported cases for every 100,000 inhabitants and around 24 percent of the population lived under the poverty line.
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Chile CL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 39.911 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 39.899 % for 2023. Chile CL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 40.945 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.840 % in 2002 and a record low of 35.483 % in 1966. Chile CL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;Weighted average;
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最大城市人口在12-01-2024达6,950,952.000人,相较于12-01-2023的6,903,392.000人有所增长。最大城市人口数据按年更新,12-01-1960至12-01-2024期间平均值为4,794,775.000人,共65份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2024,达6,950,952.000人,而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960,为1,979,927.000人。CEIC提供的最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态,数据来源于World Bank,数据归类于全球数据库的智利 – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics。
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This statistic shows the biggest cities in Chile in 2017. In 2017, approximately 6.16 million people lived in Santiago, making it the biggest city in Chile.