Population of South America today

438,278,232
Monday, September 15, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 438,278,232 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population438,278,232
Growth Rate0.554%
Male216,471,544 (49.391%)
Female221,806,688 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 1,355
Births today3,137
Deaths today1,686
Births in 20253,943,955
Deaths in 20252,119,440
Change in 2025+ 1,703,400 (0.39%)

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 Argentina45,882,59710.485%
2BO Bolivia12,615,4652.863%
3BR Brazil212,970,54748.657%
4CL Chile19,878,0864.539%
5CO Colombia53,531,28112.177%
6EC Ecuador18,320,9894.172%
7GY Guyana836,9770.191%
8PY Paraguay7,029,7551.597%
9PE Peru34,647,3387.88%
10SR Suriname640,9520.146%
11UY Uruguay3,384,2650.776%
12VE Venezuela28,539,9806.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata