Population of South America today

438,480,191
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 438,480,191 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population438,480,191
Growth Rate0.554%
Male216,571,294 (49.391%)
Female221,908,897 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 4,631
Births today10,723
Deaths today5,763
Births in 20254,411,560
Deaths in 20252,370,725
Change in 2025+ 1,905,359 (0.436%)

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 Argentina45,895,40910.485%
2BO Bolivia12,629,4152.863%
3BR Brazil213,035,50248.657%
4CL Chile19,885,5524.539%
5CO Colombia53,574,94312.177%
6EC Ecuador18,333,8164.172%
7GY Guyana837,3850.191%
8PY Paraguay7,036,6571.597%
9PE Peru34,676,5687.88%
10SR Suriname641,4070.146%
11UY Uruguay3,384,0950.776%
12VE Venezuela28,549,4446.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata