Urban population, male in Chile

Chile: Urban population, male was 0.9% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
8th
of 99 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2017
All-time low
0.8%
in 1987
Years of data
14
1987–2017

Urban population, male in Chile, 1987–2017

00.20.40.60.81987200220171987: 0.791 % of male population1990: 0.817 % of male population1992: 0.827 % of male population1994: 0.837 % of male population1996: 0.842 % of male population1998: 0.85 % of male population2000: 0.857 % of male population2003: 0.862 % of male population2006: 0.866 % of male population2009: 0.866 % of male population2011: 0.865 % of male population2013: 0.865 % of male population2015: 0.866 % of male population2017: 0.867 % of male population

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male population.

Analysis

In 2017, urban population, male in Chile stood at 0.9%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban population, male in Chile peaked at 0.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1987.

That places Chile 8th out of 99 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Urban population, male in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Urban population, male (% of male population) in Chile, 1987 to 2017.
Year % of male population Change
1987 0.8%
1990 0.8% +3.3%
1992 0.8% +1.2%
1994 0.8% +1.2%
1996 0.8% +0.6%
1998 0.9% +1.0%
2000 0.9% +0.8%
2003 0.9% +0.6%
2006 0.9% +0.5%
2009 0.9% -0.0%
2011 0.9% -0.2%
2013 0.9% +0.0%
2015 0.9% +0.1%
2017 0.9% +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 1
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 5
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 4
2010s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 4

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 5 Uruguay 0.9% compare
  2. 6 Djibouti 0.9% compare
  3. 7 Jordan 0.9% compare
  4. 9 Germany 0.9% compare
  5. 10 Brazil 0.9% compare
  6. 11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% compare

See the full ranking of 99 places →

More reference data data for Chile

All data for Chile →

Frequently asked questions

What is urban population, male in Chile?
Urban population, male in Chile was 0.9% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest urban population, male recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
What is the lowest urban population, male recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1987.
How does Chile rank for urban population, male?
Chile ranks 8th out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
Is urban population, male rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Urban population, male (% of male population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Urban population, male in Chile. Statizoid. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/urban-population-male-percent-of-male-population/chile/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/urban-population-male-percent-of-male-population/chile/">Urban population, male in Chile</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Urban population, male (% of male population)
Unit
% of male population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,378 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed