Population of South America today

437,848,920
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Today's South America Population

Today's South America population is 437,848,920 with an annual growth rate of 0.554%.

Population437,848,920
Growth Rate0.554%
Male216,259,501 (49.391%)
Female221,589,419 (50.609%)
Today Change+ 2,521
Births today5,838
Deaths today3,137
Births in 20252,949,951
Deaths in 20251,585,273
Change in 2025+ 1,274,088 (0.292%)

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 Argentina45,855,36310.485%
2BO Bolivia12,585,8112.863%
3BR Brazil212,832,46948.657%
4CL Chile19,862,2144.539%
5CO Colombia53,438,46912.177%
6EC Ecuador18,293,7214.172%
7GY Guyana836,1110.191%
8PY Paraguay7,015,0831.597%
9PE Peru34,585,2047.88%
10SR Suriname639,9860.146%
11UY Uruguay3,384,6250.776%
12VE Venezuela28,519,8636.519%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata