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How many babies are born in Chile?

169 thousand babies born in Chile in 2026. That is 0.13% of all births worldwide, and the 92nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Chile: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Chile’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.1K ~200K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~16K ~400K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1500 ~24K ~600K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~32.1K ~771K 41.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~120K ~3.14M 38.1 Historical reconstruction
1950 249K 6.63M 37.5 UN estimate
2000 253K 15.5M 16.3 UN estimate
2023 176K 19.7M 9.0 UN estimate
2026 169K 19.9M 8.5 UN projection
2050 144K 20.3M 7.1 UN projection
2075 106K 17.5M 6.0 UN projection
2100 80K 13.4M 6.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Chile among estimates through 2023 were in 1991, at about 298K. That is roughly 37 times the estimated ~8.14K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.12 children per woman, fertility in Chile is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Chile each year?

An estimated 169 thousand babies are born in Chile in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 463 a day and 0.13% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Chile?

Chile has an estimated 8.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.12 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.