Population of South America 2023, by country

Published by
Jose Sanchez,
Jan 6, 2025

As of 2023, Brazil's population was almost the populations of all other South American countries combined. The only Portuguese-speaking country in the region had around 216 million inhabitants, more than four times the second place, Colombia, who had around 52 million inhabitants in the same year.

Population of South America in 2023, by country (in million inhabitants)

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2024

Region

Central and South America

Survey time period

2023

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Values were rounded.

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