Chile vs Portugal: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Chile

2.69 million people

in 2023

Portugal

2.51 million people

in 2023

Chile rank

42nd

Portugal rank

45th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Chile currently reports 2.69 million people against 2.51 million people in Portugal, a difference of 174,820 people.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Chile ranks 42nd and Portugal ranks 45th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.