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Most commercial and administrative centers are located in the region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. With an area of 15,403.2 km 2 (5,947 sq mi) and population over seven million, it is Chile's most populated and most densely populated region.
Chile's 2017 census reported a population of 17,574,003 people. Its rate of population growth has been decreasing since 1990, due to a declining birth rate . [ 6 ] By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million people, at which point it is projected to either stagnate or begin declining. [ 7 ]
According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Florida spans an area of 70.8 km 2 (27 sq mi) and has 382,701 inhabitants. 100% lived in urban areas and 52.1% were women. It currently has 402,433 inhabitants, [4] which makes it the fourth most populous commune in Chile, after Puente Alto, Maipú and Santiago.
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune has an area of 22.4 km 2 (9 sq mi) and a population of 200,792 (99,155 men and 101,637 women), giving it a population density of 8,963.9/km 2 (23,216/sq mi). The population shrank by 13.1% (30,185 persons) in the ten years since the 1992 population of 230,977. [4]
6xx Southern Chile (Regions of Aysén, and Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena) 7xx Eastern Santiago (communes of Providencia, Las Condes, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea, Ñuñoa, La Reina, Macul and Peñalolén) 8xx Metropolitan Santiago (all communes from the Santiago Province not listed above, in addition to Puente Alto and San Bernardo).
The population density is the highest in Chile, with 2,999.4 inhabitants/km 2; the most densely populated comuna is that of Lo Prado and the most populous is La Florida, a suburb of the capital. In 2002, there were 4,658,687 persons living in urban areas and 9,786 persons living in rural areas , classifying 99.79% of the population as urban. [ 1 ]
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Bernardo spans an area of 155.1 km 2 (60 sq mi) and has 246,762 inhabitants (121,535 men and 125,227 women). Of these, 241,138 (97.7%) lived in urban areas and 5,624 (2.3%) in rural areas. The population grew by 29.3% (55,905 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. [2]
According to the 1999 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lo Espejo spans an area of 7.2 km 2 (3 sq mi) and has 112,800 inhabitants (55,478 men and 57,322 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 6.1% (7,275 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. [3]