Countries in South America by population (2024)

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# Country (or dependency) Population
(2024)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Land Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Med.
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Brazil 211,998,573 0.41 % 857,844 25 8,358,140 -225,510 1.6 34 91 % 2.60 %
2 Colombia 52,886,363 1.08 % 565,211 48 1,109,500 141,643 1.6 32 81 % 0.65 %
3 Argentina 45,696,159 0.35 % 157,758 17 2,736,690 3,454 1.5 33 95 % 0.56 %
4 Peru 34,217,848 1.10 % 372,231 27 1,280,000 18,406 2.0 30 80 % 0.42 %
5 Venezuela 28,405,543 0.37 % 104,689 32 882,050 -105,297 2.1 29 N.A. 0.35 %
6 Chile 19,764,771 0.54 % 105,936 27 743,532 58,316 1.1 36 85 % 0.24 %
7 Ecuador 18,135,478 0.86 % 155,395 73 248,360 -19,704 1.8 29 65 % 0.22 %
8 Bolivia 12,413,315 1.38 % 169,156 11 1,083,300 -3,000 2.5 25 70 % 0.15 %
9 Paraguay 6,929,153 1.24 % 85,007 17 397,300 -12,451 2.4 27 68 % 0.08 %
10 Uruguay 3,386,588 -0.04 % -1,493 19 175,020 -1,348 1.4 36 N.A. 0.04 %
11 Guyana 831,087 0.57 % 4,734 4 196,850 -5,407 2.4 26 27 % 0.01 %
12 Suriname 634,431 0.88 % 5,545 4 156,000 -1,166 2.2 28 62 % 0.01 %
13 French Guiana 308,522 1.69 % 5,120 4 82,200 -1,018 3.3 25 94 % 0.00 %
14 Falkland Islands 3,470 -0.20 % -7 0 12,170 -13 1.7 42 68 % 0.00 %

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).