Population of South America

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The population of South America is projected to be around 431 million or 430,759,766 people as of July 1, 2020. The total population in South America is estimated close to 427 million or 427,199,446 people in 2019. South America ranks fifth among continents behind Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.

South America accounts for 5.53 percent of the world population and 65.87 percent of Latin America and the Caribbean. South America's population is 16 mn less than North America, making up 42.11 percent of the total Americas population. South America will add 62 mn more before reaching a peak in 2055 with home to 492.8 mn people. Its global share was maximum in 2004 (5.69%) and is projected to decline below 4% at the end of the century.

South America has the 4th highest population growth rate of 0.83% for 2020 below Africa, Oceania, and the Asia continent. South America had the highest population growth rate during 1950-1966 and will have the lowest growth after 2073. The population growth reached a peak in 1953, with an annual growth rate of 2.73%.

South America will add 3.6 million in 2020, which is 4.38% of the total global population increment. The net increase of the population per year peaked in 1984 with almost 5.44 million.

Population
Growth rate
Annual Change

South America population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	113,765,206	-	-	4.49
1951	116,853,677	3,088,471	2.71	4.52
1952	120,043,209	3,189,532	2.73	4.56
1953	123,321,739	3,278,530	2.73	4.61
1954	126,681,738	3,359,999	2.72	4.65
1955	130,120,202	3,438,464	2.71	4.69
1956	133,638,907	3,518,705	2.70	4.73
1957	137,244,219	3,605,312	2.70	4.78
1958	140,946,104	3,701,885	2.70	4.82
1959	144,756,643	3,810,539	2.70	4.86
1960	148,685,693	3,929,050	2.71	4.90
1961	152,735,914	4,050,221	2.72	4.94
1962	156,898,854	4,162,940	2.73	4.98
1963	161,152,909	4,254,055	2.71	5.02
1964	165,468,563	4,315,654	2.68	5.05
1965	169,823,181	4,354,618	2.63	5.09
1966	174,212,418	4,389,237	2.58	5.11
1967	178,638,491	4,426,073	2.54	5.14
1968	183,094,354	4,455,863	2.49	5.16
1969	187,573,635	4,479,281	2.45	5.17
1970	192,073,935	4,500,300	2.40	5.19
1971	196,589,322	4,515,387	2.35	5.21
1972	201,125,777	4,536,455	2.31	5.22
1973	205,707,827	4,582,050	2.28	5.24
1974	210,369,132	4,661,305	2.27	5.25
1975	215,134,411	4,765,279	2.27	5.27
1976	220,007,810	4,873,399	2.27	5.30
1977	224,983,292	4,975,482	2.26	5.32
1978	230,061,551	5,078,259	2.26	5.34
1979	235,240,513	5,178,962	2.25	5.37
1980	240,515,250	5,274,737	2.24	5.40
1981	245,886,775	5,371,525	2.23	5.42
1982	251,346,380	5,459,605	2.22	5.44
1983	256,866,416	5,520,036	2.20	5.47
1984	262,410,946	5,544,530	2.16	5.49
1985	267,951,848	5,540,902	2.11	5.50
1986	273,476,269	5,524,421	2.06	5.51
1987	278,983,205	5,506,936	2.01	5.52
1988	284,470,905	5,487,700	1.97	5.53
1989	289,942,187	5,471,282	1.92	5.54
1990	295,398,205	5,456,018	1.88	5.55
1991	300,829,454	5,431,249	1.84	5.56
1992	306,228,619	5,399,165	1.79	5.57
1993	311,601,616	5,372,997	1.75	5.58
1994	316,958,269	5,356,653	1.72	5.60
1995	322,302,312	5,344,043	1.69	5.61
1996	327,635,144	5,332,832	1.65	5.62
1997	332,943,512	5,308,368	1.62	5.64
1998	338,199,103	5,255,591	1.58	5.65
1999	343,364,542	5,165,439	1.53	5.66
2000	348,411,883	5,047,341	1.47	5.67
2001	353,333,532	4,921,649	1.41	5.68
2002	358,133,209	4,799,677	1.36	5.68
2003	362,809,703	4,676,494	1.31	5.69
2004	367,365,317	4,555,614	1.26	5.69
2005	371,804,655	4,439,338	1.21	5.68
2006	376,122,787	4,318,132	1.16	5.68
2007	380,325,060	4,202,273	1.12	5.67
2008	384,439,482	4,114,422	1.08	5.66
2009	388,503,339	4,063,857	1.06	5.65
2010	392,543,709	4,040,370	1.04	5.64
2011	396,571,764	4,028,055	1.03	5.63
2012	400,581,583	4,009,819	1.01	5.62
2013	404,561,963	3,980,380	0.99	5.61
2014	408,493,769	3,931,806	0.97	5.60
2015	412,362,681	3,868,912	0.95	5.59
2016	416,164,856	3,802,175	0.92	5.58
2017	419,903,918	3,739,062	0.90	5.56
2018	423,581,078	3,677,160	0.88	5.55
2019	427,199,446	3,618,368	0.85	5.54

South America population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	430,759,766	3,560,320	0.83	5.53
2021	434,260,151	3,500,385	0.81	5.51
2022	437,694,443	3,434,292	0.79	5.50
2023	441,054,253	3,359,810	0.77	5.49
2024	444,328,927	3,274,674	0.74	5.48
2025	447,509,559	3,180,632	0.72	5.47
2026	450,592,391	3,082,832	0.69	5.46
2027	453,574,723	2,982,332	0.66	5.44
2028	456,450,041	2,875,318	0.63	5.43
2029	459,211,476	2,761,435	0.60	5.42
2030	461,853,870	2,642,394	0.58	5.40
2031	464,373,800	2,519,930	0.55	5.39
2032	466,771,029	2,397,229	0.52	5.37
2033	469,047,792	2,276,763	0.49	5.36
2034	471,208,301	2,160,509	0.46	5.34
2035	473,256,073	2,047,772	0.43	5.32
2036	475,191,841	1,935,768	0.41	5.31
2037	477,015,493	1,823,652	0.38	5.29
2038	478,729,259	1,713,766	0.36	5.27
2039	480,335,605	1,606,346	0.34	5.26
2040	481,836,850	1,501,245	0.31	5.24
2041	483,234,303	1,397,453	0.29	5.22
2042	484,529,418	1,295,115	0.27	5.20
2043	485,724,979	1,195,561	0.25	5.18
2044	486,824,138	1,099,159	0.23	5.16
2045	487,829,396	1,005,258	0.21	5.14
2046	488,742,413	913,017	0.19	5.13
2047	489,563,682	821,269	0.17	5.11
2048	490,292,938	729,256	0.15	5.09
2049	490,929,208	636,270	0.13	5.07
2050	491,471,897	542,689	0.11	5.05
2051	491,921,470	449,573	0.09	5.03
2052	492,278,818	357,348	0.07	5.01
2053	492,544,108	265,290	0.05	4.99
2054	492,717,377	173,269	0.04	4.97
2055	492,798,912	81,535	0.02	4.95
2056	492,789,361	-9,551	0.00	4.93
2057	492,689,193	-100,168	-0.02	4.91
2058	492,498,675	-190,518	-0.04	4.89
2059	492,217,871	-280,804	-0.06	4.87
2060	491,847,231	-370,640	-0.08	4.85
2061	491,387,728	-459,503	-0.09	4.82
2062	490,840,624	-547,104	-0.11	4.80
2063	490,207,092	-633,532	-0.13	4.78
2064	489,488,463	-718,629	-0.15	4.76
2065	488,686,263	-802,200	-0.16	4.74
2066	487,802,167	-884,096	-0.18	4.71
2067	486,838,104	-964,063	-0.20	4.69
2068	485,796,639	-1,041,465	-0.21	4.67
2069	484,680,650	-1,115,989	-0.23	4.65
2070	483,492,895	-1,187,755	-0.25	4.62
2071	482,236,145	-1,256,750	-0.26	4.60
2072	480,912,972	-1,323,173	-0.27	4.58
2073	479,525,642	-1,387,330	-0.29	4.55
2074	478,076,484	-1,449,158	-0.30	4.53
2075	476,568,196	-1,508,288	-0.32	4.51
2076	475,003,319	-1,564,877	-0.33	4.48
2077	473,385,424	-1,617,895	-0.34	4.46
2078	471,719,260	-1,666,164	-0.35	4.43
2079	470,010,210	-1,709,050	-0.36	4.41
2080	468,263,110	-1,747,100	-0.37	4.39
2081	466,481,353	-1,781,757	-0.38	4.36
2082	464,667,580	-1,813,773	-0.39	4.34
2083	462,824,718	-1,842,862	-0.40	4.32
2084	460,955,389	-1,869,329	-0.40	4.29
2085	459,062,166	-1,893,223	-0.41	4.27
2086	457,147,812	-1,914,354	-0.42	4.25
2087	455,214,888	-1,932,924	-0.42	4.22
2088	453,265,688	-1,949,200	-0.43	4.20
2089	451,302,423	-1,963,265	-0.43	4.18
2090	449,327,152	-1,975,271	-0.44	4.16
2091	447,341,846	-1,985,306	-0.44	4.13
2092	445,348,457	-1,993,389	-0.45	4.11
2093	443,348,750	-1,999,707	-0.45	4.09
2094	441,344,505	-2,004,245	-0.45	4.07
2095	439,337,230	-2,007,275	-0.45	4.05
2096	437,328,346	-2,008,884	-0.46	4.03
2097	435,319,201	-2,009,145	-0.46	4.01
2098	433,310,907	-2,008,294	-0.46	3.99
2099	431,304,441	-2,006,466	-0.46	3.97
2100	429,300,722	-2,003,719	-0.46	3.95