2017 Chilean census

XIX National Population Census and VIII Housing Census
19 April 2017
Census questionnaire
General information
CountryChile
Results
Total population17 574 003 ( 5,6%)
Most populous RegionSantiago Metropolitan Region
Least populous RegionAysén Region

The 2017 Chilean Population and Housing Census (Spanish: Censo Chileno de Población y Vivienda 2017), officially the XIX National Population Census and VIII Housing Census (Spanish: XIX Censo Nacional de Población y VIII de Vivienda), took place on 19 April 2017, and was organized by the National Statistics Institute.

Census

The census took place on 19 April 2017, starting at 08:00 in the morning, and by 10:00 in the morning, according to a joint statement by Minister of Economy Luis Felipe Céspedes and the director of the National Statistics Institute Ximena Clark, over 75% of local people were entered into the system.[1] People who were not censed by the end of the day could fill up the questionnaire either in physical form or via a digital platform in later dates.[2][3]

Multiple attacks against census workers were reported in cities like Santiago and Coquimbo.[4][5] The most severe of these was an attack against census workers in Temucuicui, where the census was suspended due to the attack.[6][7][8] Due to heavy rain in Northern Chile, census data forms related to 72,000 homes in the Atacama Region, amounting to 60% of the region's total population and 72% of the region's housing, were damaged, which caused the National Statistics Institute to consider reconducting the census in the affected communes.[9][10][11][12]

Questionnaire

The census questionnaire consisted of 21 questions among four sections; the A section, which is filled in by the censist and consists of housing identification, the B section, which consists of the data of the housing itself, with the first two questions being filled by the censist, the C section, which consists of two questions identifying the people living in the housing, and the D section, which asks about the personal information of the residents of the housing.[13]

The census was translated into six languages aside from Spanish: Mapudungun, English, French, German, Portuguese and Haitian Creole.[14]

Results

In late August 2017, the preliminary results of the census were published, showing a population of 17,574,003 people between 6,499,355 homes (or approximately 2.7 people per home), a 5.6% increase in population since the 2012 census.[15]

Results by region
Region Population
Arica and Parinacota 226,068
Tarapacá 330,558
Antofagasta 607,534
Atacama 286,168
Coquimbo 757,586
Valparaíso 1,815,902
Santiago Metropolitan 7,112,808
O'Higgins 914,555
Maule 1,044,915
Ñuble 480,609
Biobío 1,556,805
Araucanía 957,224
Los Ríos 384,837
Los Lagos 828,708
Aysén 103,158
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica 166,533
Chile (Total) 17,574,003

References

  1. ^ "Censo 2017: Pese a algunos retrasos autoridades realizan positivo primer balance - LA TERCERA". La Tercera (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  2. ^ "Balance del Censo: A pesar de "exceso" de censistas hubo sectores que reclamaron no haber sido encuestados". The Clinic (in Spanish). 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  3. ^ "Censo 2017: Lanzan plataforma web para viviendas que no fueron encuestadas por falta de moradores". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  4. ^ "Dos censistas fueron asaltados esta mañana en Santiago y Recoleta". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  5. ^ "Voluntario del Censo es asaltado en Tierras Blancas". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 2017-04-19. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  6. ^ León, F. Palomera y C. (2017-04-19). "Gobierno decide no realizar censo en Temucuicui en esta jornada tras ataques a censistas". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  7. ^ "Temucuicui: Gobierno no realizará Censo en la zona por ataques a censistas". T13 (in Spanish). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  8. ^ Medrano, Claudio (2017-04-20). "Problemas en la organización y protestas marcan proceso de Censo 2017". Diario y Radio Universidad Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  9. ^ "Aluviones dañan parte de los cuestionarios del Censo en Atacama y evalúan realizar nuevo proceso". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  10. ^ "INE confirma daños en documentos del Censo 2017 en Atacama producto de las lluvias". T13. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  11. ^ "INE analiza repetir censo en Atacama por destrucción de información por aluviones y lluvias". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  12. ^ Radio, V. L. N. (2017-05-17). "Estudian repetir censo en Atacama, formularios se dañaron tras aluvión". VLN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  13. ^ "¿Qué preguntan en el Censo 2017?: esto es lo que deberás responder al encuestador". T13 (in Spanish). 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  14. ^ Retamal, Rodrigo (2017-04-18). "Conoce el cuestionario que deberás responder en el Censo". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  15. ^ "WEB DISEMINACIÓN CENSO 2017 WEB DISEMINACIÓN CENSO 2017". resultados.censo2017.cl. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
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