Ovalle has a population of 77,138, making it the 43rd largest place we list in Chile. It is in Coquimbo Region.
Ovalle holds 0.39% of Chile's 19,945,850 people. Santiago, the largest place we list there, is 63 times its size. The World Gazetteer published 77,138 for Ovalle in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Hualpén | Biobio | 86,639 |
| Peñaflor | Santiago Metropolitan | 85,671 |
| Chiguayante | Biobio | 84,718 |
| Padre Las Casas | Araucania | 72,892 |
| Paine | Santiago Metropolitan | 72,759 |
| Linares | Maule Region | 69,535 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.