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This work studies the morphological features of the modern Chilean and Peruvian populations to identify their anthropological components. The work was carried out in the field of biological anthropology, the dimensional characteristics of the face and ethnically diagnostic descriptive traits were studied, and questionnaires were conducted. The study examined groups from the central and northern regions of Chile (the cities of Santiago and Arica) and natives of the city of Cuzco, Peru. A comparative analysis of state population censuses conducted in Chile and Peru in 2017 was carried out, including the issue of ethnic self-identification - a person's perception of themselves, taking into account their customs, ancestors and the feeling of themself a part of an ethnic group. A comparison of the census results and the original data obtained from a random sample of mainly young people in these countries is of interest as an indicator of changes in ethnic self-identification between generations. Intragroup statistical analysis revealed a high homogeneity of the morphological appearance of the studied groups. This uniformity is visualized using the generalized portrait method. The analysis of the general data set showed that in central Chile the population is the most Europeanized and it differs from the Peruvians according to the set of morphological features. According to the dimensional characteristics of a person, the population of the northern region of Chile occupies an intermediate position between the groups of Peru and central Chile, which reflects the historical context of the development of the region, since this territory belonged to Peru until 1883.