Population of South America today

438,779,388
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 438,779,388 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population438,779,388
Growth Rate0.554%
Male216,719,072 (49.391%)
Female222,060,317 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 5,806
Births today13,442
Deaths today7,224
Births in 20255,104,305
Deaths in 20252,742,999
Change in 2025+ 2,204,556 (0.505%)

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 Argentina45,914,38910.485%
2BO Bolivia12,650,0822.863%
3BR Brazil213,131,73248.657%
4CL Chile19,896,6134.539%
5CO Colombia53,639,62612.177%
6EC Ecuador18,352,8194.172%
7GY Guyana837,9880.191%
8PY Paraguay7,046,8821.597%
9PE Peru34,719,8717.88%
10SR Suriname642,0800.146%
11UY Uruguay3,383,8430.776%
12VE Venezuela28,563,4646.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata