List of South American countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	07 May 2020

UN (Population)
Country/Region	Population			Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2020)
Country/Region	2019	2020	Change	S. America	World	S. America	World	%	W rank
Argentina	44,780,677	45,195,774	415,097	10.5	0.580	3	32	0.93	123
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11,513,100	11,673,021	159,921	2.71	0.150	8	80	1.39	83
Brazil	211,049,527	212,559,417	1,509,890	49.3	2.73	1	6	0.72	142
Chile	18,952,038	19,116,201	164,163	4.44	0.245	6	63	0.87	131
Colombia	50,339,443	50,882,891	543,448	11.8	0.653	2	29	1.08	108
Ecuador	17,373,662	17,643,054	269,392	4.10	0.226	7	67	1.55	73
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,377	3,480	103	0.00081	0.00004	14	232	3.05	8
French Guiana	290,832	298,682	7,850	0.0693	0.00383	13	182	2.70	21
Guyana	782,766	786,552	3,786	0.183	0.0101	11	164	0.48	161
Paraguay	7,044,636	7,132,538	87,902	1.66	0.0915	9	106	1.25	93
Peru	32,510,453	32,971,854	461,401	7.65	0.423	4	43	1.42	80
Suriname	581,372	586,632	5,260	0.136	0.00753	12	171	0.90	127
Uruguay	3,461,734	3,473,730	11,996	0.806	0.0446	10	134	0.35	174
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28,515,829	28,435,940	-79,889	6.60	0.365	5	50	-0.28	219
South America	427,199,446	430,759,766	3,560,320		5.53			0.83

UN (Demographics)
Country/Region	Density (2020)			Sex ratio (2020)		Fert. rate (2015-20)		Med. age (2020)		Life exp. (2015-20)
Country/Region	P/sq km	P/sq mile	rank	M/100 F	rank	births/W	rank	years	rank	years	rank
Brazil	25.43	65.87	188	96.589	54	1.74	151	33.481	77	75.56	87
Colombia	45.86	118.8	168	96.472	53	1.82	140	31.307	94	77.02	65
Argentina	16.52	42.77	207	95.259	43	2.27	100	31.532	92	76.45	74
Peru	25.76	66.72	186	98.706	99	2.27	98	30.984	95	76.41	76
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	32.24	83.50	181	96.775	61	2.28	97	29.592	104	72.13	121
Chile	25.71	66.59	187	97.267	71	1.65	160	35.339	69	79.96	39
Ecuador	71.04	184.0	142	100.052	126	2.44	84	27.930	118	76.70	69
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	10.78	27.91	216	100.740	140	2.75	75	25.560	133	71.08	132
Paraguay	17.95	46.50	204	103.312	176	2.45	83	26.308	128	74.08	102
Uruguay	19.85	51.41	197	93.480	27	1.98	124	35.760	67	77.70	57
Guyana	3.996	10.35	225	101.161	150	2.47	80	26.687	125	69.71	141
Suriname	3.760	9.738	227	101.031	146	2.43	86	28.988	108	71.49	127
French Guiana	3.634	9.412	228	97.892	83	3.36	56	25.081	135	79.73	42
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.286	0.741	234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South America	24.7	63.9		96.985		1.95		32.099		75.63

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