Population of South America today

436,835,530
Sunday, February 9, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 436,835,530 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population436,835,530
Growth Rate0.554%
Male215,758,973 (49.391%)
Female221,076,556 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 2,411
Births today5,582
Deaths today3,000
Births in 2025603,604
Deaths in 2025324,371
Change in 2025+ 260,698 (0.06%)

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 Argentina45,791,07810.485%
2BO Bolivia12,515,8132.863%
3BR Brazil212,506,53648.657%
4CL Chile19,824,7504.539%
5CO Colombia53,219,38612.177%
6EC Ecuador18,229,3564.172%
7GY Guyana834,0670.191%
8PY Paraguay6,980,4501.597%
9PE Peru34,438,5367.88%
10SR Suriname637,7050.146%
11UY Uruguay3,385,4770.776%
12VE Venezuela28,472,3776.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata