List of South American countries by population

This is a list of South American countries and dependencies by population in South America, total projected population from the United Nations and the latest official figure.

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Country / dependency % total SouthAmericapopulation %change Officialfigure Officialdate 1 49.2% 216,422,446 0.5% 216,284,269 1 Jul 2023Official projection 2 11.8% 52,085,168 0.4% 52,215,503 17 Mar 2023Official projection 3 10.4% 45,773,884 0.6% 46,044,703 18 May 20222022 census result 4 7.8% 34,352,719 0.9% 33,725,844 30 Jun 2023Official projection 5 6.6% 28,838,499 1.9% 32,219,500 30 Jun 2019Official projection 6 4.5% 19,629,590 0.1% 19,960,889 30 Jun 2023Official projection 7 4.1% 18,190,484 1.1% 17,510,643 1 Jul 2020Official projection 8 2.8% 12,388,571 1.4% 12,006,031 1 Jul 2022Official projection 9 1.6% 6,861,524 1.2% 7,453,695 1 Jul 2023Official projection 10 0.8% 3,423,109 0.0% 3,566,549 1 Jul 2023Official projection 11 0.2% 813,834 0.6% 743,699 1 Jul 2019Official estimate 12 0.1% 628,785 0.8% 598,000 1 Jul 2023Official estimate (France) 0.1% 312,155 2.5% 301,099 1 Jan 2023Official estimate (UK) 0.001% 3,791 0.3% 3541 10 Oct 20212021 census result Total 100% 439,719,011 0.3% 442,633,965

See also

Demographics of South America List of South American countries by area List of South American countries by life expectancy

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