This is a list of South American countries and dependencies by population in South America, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure.
Country / dependency | % total | South America population [1] |
% change |
Official figure |
Official date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | 49.2% | 216,422,446 | 0.5% | 216,284,269 | 1 Jul 2023 [2] |
2 | Colombia | 11.8% | 52,085,168 | 0.4% | 52,215,503 | 17 Mar 2023 [3] |
3 | Argentina | 10.4% | 45,773,884 | 0.6% | 46,044,703 | 18 May 2022 [4] |
4 | Peru | 7.8% | 34,352,719 | 0.9% | 33,725,844 | 30 Jun 2023 [5] |
5 | Venezuela | 6.6% | 28,838,499 | 1.9% | 32,219,500 | 30 Jun 2019 [6] |
6 | Chile | 4.5% | 19,629,590 | 0.1% | 19,960,889 | 30 Jun 2023 [7] |
7 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 18,190,484 | 1.1% | 17,510,643 | 1 Jul 2020 [8] |
8 | Bolivia | 2.8% | 12,388,571 | 1.4% | 12,006,031 | 1 Jul 2022 [9] |
9 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 6,861,524 | 1.2% | 7,453,695 | 1 Jul 2023 [10] |
10 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 3,423,109 | 0.0% | 3,566,549 | 1 Jul 2023 [11] |
11 | Guyana | 0.2% | 813,834 | 0.6% | 743,699 | 1 Jul 2019 [12] |
12 | Suriname | 0.1% | 623,237 | 0.8% | 598,000 | 1 Jul 2019 [13] |
French Guiana (France) | 0.1% | 312,155 | 2.5% | 301,099 | 1 Jan 2023 [14] | |
Falkland Islands (UK) | 0.001% | 3,791 | 0.3% | 3541 | 10 Oct 2021 [15] | |
Total | 100% | 439,719,011 | 0.3% | 442,633,965 |
This is a list of South American countries and dependencies by population in South America, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure.
Country / dependency | % total | South America population [1] |
% change |
Official figure |
Official date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | 49.2% | 216,422,446 | 0.5% | 216,284,269 | 1 Jul 2023 [2] |
2 | Colombia | 11.8% | 52,085,168 | 0.4% | 52,215,503 | 17 Mar 2023 [3] |
3 | Argentina | 10.4% | 45,773,884 | 0.6% | 46,044,703 | 18 May 2022 [4] |
4 | Peru | 7.8% | 34,352,719 | 0.9% | 33,725,844 | 30 Jun 2023 [5] |
5 | Venezuela | 6.6% | 28,838,499 | 1.9% | 32,219,500 | 30 Jun 2019 [6] |
6 | Chile | 4.5% | 19,629,590 | 0.1% | 19,960,889 | 30 Jun 2023 [7] |
7 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 18,190,484 | 1.1% | 17,510,643 | 1 Jul 2020 [8] |
8 | Bolivia | 2.8% | 12,388,571 | 1.4% | 12,006,031 | 1 Jul 2022 [9] |
9 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 6,861,524 | 1.2% | 7,453,695 | 1 Jul 2023 [10] |
10 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 3,423,109 | 0.0% | 3,566,549 | 1 Jul 2023 [11] |
11 | Guyana | 0.2% | 813,834 | 0.6% | 743,699 | 1 Jul 2019 [12] |
12 | Suriname | 0.1% | 623,237 | 0.8% | 598,000 | 1 Jul 2019 [13] |
French Guiana (France) | 0.1% | 312,155 | 2.5% | 301,099 | 1 Jan 2023 [14] | |
Falkland Islands (UK) | 0.001% | 3,791 | 0.3% | 3541 | 10 Oct 2021 [15] | |
Total | 100% | 439,719,011 | 0.3% | 442,633,965 |