Population of South America today

438,148,531
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 438,148,531 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population438,148,531
Growth Rate0.554%
Male216,407,482 (49.391%)
Female221,741,048 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 4,108
Births today9,513
Deaths today5,112
Births in 20253,643,652
Deaths in 20251,958,060
Change in 2025+ 1,573,699 (0.36%)

Population chart for South America

Population History of South America

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
2024434,023,7852,540,9040.585%436,564,689
2023431,410,8082,603,0710.603%434,013,879
2022428,971,1562,430,1840.567%431,401,340
2021427,098,5631,864,8520.437%428,963,415
2020424,743,3472,343,8750.552%427,087,222
2019421,774,9702,938,8870.697%424,713,857
2018418,536,7743,189,9420.762%421,726,716
2017414,994,5083,512,9120.846%418,507,420
2016411,245,9853,728,2890.907%414,974,274
2015407,454,2953,773,8230.926%411,228,118

Population of South America Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent South America
1AR Argentina45,874,37010.485%
2BO Bolivia12,606,5062.863%
3BR Brazil212,928,83148.657%
4CL Chile19,873,2914.539%
5CO Colombia53,503,24112.177%
6EC Ecuador18,312,7514.172%
7GY Guyana836,7150.191%
8PY Paraguay7,025,3221.597%
9PE Peru34,628,5677.88%
10SR Suriname640,6600.146%
11UY Uruguay3,384,3740.776%
12VE Venezuela28,533,9026.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata