Lo Espejo: population and official figures
In depth
- Poverty and living standards in Lo Espejo: An estimated 22.0% of people in Lo Espejo comuna were in income poverty in 2024 (95% interval 17.3% to 26.7%), 7th highest of 63 Chilean cities on this site and 139th highest of 345 comunas in the ministry's estimates. The estimate combines the direct Casen 2024 survey estimate for the comuna with a statistical model (Fay-Herriot).
What is the population of Lo Espejo?
Lo Espejo comuna had a projected 100,694 residents on 30 June 2024 according to INE, the smallest of 63 Chilean cities on this site; INE projected 103,454 for 2017 and 118,886 for 2002. The projections are based on the 2017 census, and the figure covers the comuna as an administrative area.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyIs the population of Lo Espejo growing?
Between 2017 and 2024 the projected population of Lo Espejo comuna changed by -2.7%, a loss of 2,760 people, the slowest-growing of 63 Chilean cities on this site; Chile as a whole changed by +9.1% on the same projections.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWhat will the population of Lo Espejo be in 2035?
INE projects 90,612 residents for Lo Espejo comuna in 2035, a decrease of 10,082 (-10.0%) from 2024, 2nd lowest of 63 Chilean cities on this site for projected change; the national projection is +5.2%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many women and men live in Lo Espejo?
Women and girls make up 50.2% of the projected 2024 population of Lo Espejo comuna (50,515 women, 50,179 men), 11th lowest of 63 Chilean cities on this site for the female share.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many older people live in Lo Espejo?
People aged 65 and over are 13.9% of the projected 2024 population of Lo Espejo comuna (13,983), 32nd highest of 63 Chilean cities on this site; children under 15 are 18.4% (18,540).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow old is the population of Lo Espejo?
Lo Espejo comuna has 75 people aged 65 or over for every 100 children under 15 in the 2024 projection, 30th lowest of 63 Chilean cities on this site; the national figure is 75.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWho runs Lo Espejo?
In Chile, cities and towns are run by municipalities: Mayor (alcalde) and municipal council (concejo) directly elected for four years. Local services, primary education and health in many communes, urban planning, waste; advised by a civil society council (COSOC).
How local power works in Chile
Cities of a similar size in Chile
- Lo Barnechea 131,053
- Coronel 128,941
- Ovalle 124,401
- La Granja 119,321
- Huechuraba 118,327
- Buin 117,982
- Peñaflor 106,840
- Pedro Aguirre Cerda 104,462
- Linares 103,958
- San Joaquín 103,118
- Lo Prado 102,078
- La Cisterna 101,401
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Sources
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia: Estimaciones de inseguridad alimentaria moderada-severa por comuna 2024 (small-area estimation applied to Casen 2024), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c7b37113503d…)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia: Estimaciones de tasa de pobreza por ingresos por comuna 2024 (small-area estimation applied to Casen 2024), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 44b0f2a534ca…)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia: Estimaciones del indice de pobreza multidimensional (H) por comuna 2024 (small-area estimation applied to Casen 2024), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5f5fc8bc7a23…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE): Estimaciones y proyecciones de poblacion 2002-2035, comunas (base: Censo 2017), by sex and single year of age, read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 de4ed9522031…)
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