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Population history

GET/v1/population/{iso}/history

One population field for a country, year by year from 1960: the total when no field is named.

On every plan, Free includedKey requiredJSON or CSVCached until the next release
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
isorequiredstring
path
ISO 3166 two-letter country code
e.g. CL
fieldoptionalstring
query
One population field, such as total, female, older_pct or life_expectancy (total when left out)
e.g. total
fromoptionalinteger
query
First year
e.g. 2000
tooptionalinteger
query
Last year
e.g. 2024
Request
# One population figure, year by year
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/population/CL/history" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"
Ready
Example response
{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_25c337fd4d",
        "data_as_of": "2026-10-21T17:42:33Z",
        "count": 66,
        "iso": "CL",
        "field": "total",
        "label": "Population",
        "unit": "people"
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "year": 1960,
            "value": 8153350
        },
        {
            "year": 1961,
            "value": 8324802
        },
        {
            "year": 1962,
            "value": 8497059
        }
    ]
}
Response fields
FieldTypeExample
yearnumber1960
valuenumber8153350