Chile vs Syria: Urban population

Chile
17.71 million
in 2025
Syria
18.47 million
in 2025
Chile rank
49th
Syria rank
46th

Urban population over time

  • Chile
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 18.47 million against 17.71 million in Chile, a difference of 757,600.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 49th and Syria ranks 46th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.