Countries in South America by Population

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# Country (or dependency) Population (2026) Yearly Change Net Change Density (P/Km²) Land Area (Km²) Migrants (net) Fert. Rate Median Age Urban Pop % World Share
1 Brazil 213,562,666 0.35% 750,261 26 8,358,140 −205,642 1.6 35 92% 2.57%
2 Colombia 53,936,226 0.96% 510,591 49 1,109,500 115,815 1.6 33 80% 0.65%
3 Argentina 46,003,734 0.33% 152,356 17 2,736,690 2,316 1.5 33 97% 0.55%
4 Peru 34,922,148 1% 345,483 27 1,280,000 6,707 1.9 31 81% 0.42%
5 Venezuela 28,633,711 0.41% 116,815 32 882,050 −92,869 2 30 0.34%
6 Chile 19,945,850 0.43% 85,929 27 743,532 48,106 1.1 37 85% 0.24%
7 Ecuador 18,444,506 0.85% 154,610 74 248,360 −13,851 1.8 30 66% 0.22%
8 Bolivia 12,749,291 1.33% 167,448 12 1,083,300 −3,157 2.5 25 71% 0.15%
9 Paraguay 7,095,279 1.17% 82,201 18 397,300 −12,243 2.4 27 68% 0.085%
10 Uruguay 3,382,537 −0.06% −2,151 19 175,020 −1,413 1.4 37 0.041%
11 Guyana 840,890 0.59% 4,904 4 196,850 −4,787 2.3 27 27% 0.010%
12 Suriname 645,256 0.84% 5,406 4 156,000 −965 2.2 29 62% 0.0078%
13 French Guiana 318,872 1.66% 5,206 4 82,200 −765 3.2 25 95% 0.0038%
14 Falkland Islands 3,465 −0.12% −4 0 12,170 −16 1.7 43 68% 0.000042%

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).