This document addresses the current advances and challenges of the institution regarding the use of administrative records in the production of population statistics. The first part covers the background, methodology, and published results of statistics of vital events, specifically those that mark the beginning and end of life and changes in marital status. In addition, international mobility and migration statistics are addressed while commenting on the complementarity between the census data and administrative records in estimating the number of habitual foreign residents in Chile at the end of each year. The second part discusses the Statistical Population Register project, which seeks to address the use of administrative records with an integrated approach that collects population data for enumeration, location, and basic demographic characterization. The final part of this document presents the main conclusions drawn.
