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Chile
Community
Area 756,102 square kilometres (land area 743,812 square kilometres)
Population,
1,439,120 (1850)
1,558,319 (1858)
2.527,320 (1885)
2,712,145 (1895)
3,110,000 (1900)
4,287,445 (1930)
5,023,539 (1940) +17.2%
5,800,000 (1950) +15.5%
7,716,000 (1960) +38.0%
9,564,000 (1970) +24.0%
11,266,000 (1980) +17.8%
13,232,000 (1990) +17.5%
15,263,000 (2000) +15.3%
16,993,000 (2010) +11.3%
19,116,000 (2020) +12.5%
Ethnicity %
|
|
Chilean-born |
European born |
Indigenous Indian |
Mixed race |
USA born |
Total White |
|
1895 |
97.3 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
60.0 |
1.1 |
35.0 |
|
1970 |
|
|
5.0 |
72.5 |
|
20.0 |
Religion, %
|
|
Animist |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
Jewish |
None |
|
1900 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
96.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
1947 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1970 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
84.3 |
0.3 |
3.4 |
|
1980 |
|
11.0 |
89.0 |
|
|
|
1990 |
|
|
79.0 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
16.1 |
70.0 |
0.1 |
8.3 |
|
2010 |
|
20.0 |
58.0 |
|
20.0 |
|
2015 |
|
13.0 |
55.0 |
|
|
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
45.7 |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
49.4 |
|
1952 |
|
37.0 (+23.0) |
126.0 |
14.0 |
36.8 |
4.3 |
54.3 |
|
1962 |
5.0 |
37.0 (+25.0) |
116.5 |
12.0 |
39.6 |
4.9 |
69.4 |
|
1972 |
3.6 |
27.6 (+18.7) |
65.6 |
8.9 |
37.9 |
5.2 |
76.5 |
|
1980 |
2.7 |
23.0 (+16.2) |
28.2 |
6.8 |
33.7 |
5.6 |
81.2 |
|
1990 |
2.6 |
22.4 (+16.7) |
16.0 |
5.7 |
30.0 |
6.2 |
83.3 |
|
2000 |
2.1 |
17.2 (+11.9) |
9.2 |
5.3 |
27.1 |
7.5 |
86.1 |
|
2010 |
1.9 |
14.3 (+8.5) |
7.5 |
5.8 |
22.5 |
9.2 |
87.1 |
|
2015 |
1.8 |
13.4 (+7.3) |
6.7 |
6.1 |
20.8 |
10.4 |
87.4 |
|
2017 |
1.7 |
12.7 (+6.5) |
6.3 |
6.2 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
6.2 |
|
19.8 |
11.5 |
87.6 |
Life expectancy,
51.9 (1952); 49.8 (M), 53.9 (F)
57.3 (1960); 54.6 (M), 60.1 (F)
62.3 (1970); 59.2 (M), 65.5 (F)
69.0 (1980); 65.7 (M), 72.4 (F)
73.5 (1990); 70.6 (M), 76.7 (F)
76.6 (2000); 73.7 (M), 79.7 (F)
78.3 (2010); 75.7 (M), 81.0 (F)
80.3 (2020); 77.9 (M), 82.5 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan area
|
|
Antofagasta1 |
Concepcion2 |
Puntas Arenas |
SANTIAGO3 |
Valparaiso4 |
|
1700 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
1800 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
1825 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
1850 |
|
10 |
|
100 |
80 |
|
1900 |
17 |
55 |
|
320 |
143 |
|
1940 |
51 |
92 |
25 |
640 |
216 |
|
1952 |
62 |
134 |
34 |
1,350 |
222 |
|
1966 |
75 |
159 |
45 |
2,500 |
262 |
|
1975 |
150 |
160 |
68 |
3,186 |
250 |
|
1987 |
205 |
294 |
111 |
4,300 |
280 |
|
2002 |
297 |
|
119 |
4,700 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
|
5,883 |
865 MA |
|
2006 |
|
1,323 MA |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
|
|
127 |
|
930 MA |
|
2015 |
402 |
|
|
7,314 |
|
1Antofagasta was formerly a Bolivian town, captured by Chile in 1879.
2Concepction was founded by Pedro de Valdivia in 1550
3Santiago was founded in 1541 as Santiago de Nueva Estremadura by Pedro de Valdivia. It is named after the Spanish for �St James�, San Iago. Santiago was made the capital of Chile 1818.
4Valparaiso was founded in 1536
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
1,013 |
0.45 |
180 |
11.80 |
|
1956 |
2,045 |
0.57 |
|
|
|
1960 |
4,110 |
0.76 |
532 |
17.69 |
|
1965 |
6,026 |
0.81 |
700 |
18.29 |
|
1970 |
9,126 |
0.88 |
954 |
18.18 |
|
1975 |
8,870 |
0.54 |
730 |
9.34 |
|
1980 |
28,380 |
1.02 |
2,600 |
20.64 |
|
1985 |
16,460 |
0.39 |
1,510 |
8.27 |
|
1990 |
30,320 |
0.52 |
2,558 |
10.68 |
|
1995 |
65,220 |
0.88 |
5,071 |
16.87 |
|
2000 |
70,020 |
0.70 |
4,927 |
13.52 |
|
2005 |
115,200 |
0.88 |
7,615 |
17.19 |
|
2010 |
213,000 |
1.42 |
12,860 |
26.58 |
|
2015 |
242,500 |
1.34 |
13,650 |
24.29 |
|
2016 |
247,000 |
1.33 |
13,800 |
24.01 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1930 |
|
34.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
|
35.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
30.0 |
|
20.0 |
|
50.0 |
|
1970 |
|
23.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
9.3 |
13.8 |
36.0 |
19.0 |
53.5 |
60.0 |
|
1990 |
9.4 |
17.0 |
37.1 |
44.0 |
|
|
|
2000 |
8.2 |
14.0 |
39.0 |
25.0 |
56.6 |
56.0 |
|
2010 |
5.1 |
13.2 |
41.8 |
23.0 |
53.1 |
63.9 |
|
2013 |
|
9.2 |
|
23.7 |
|
61.7 |
|
2016 |
4.3 |
|
31.3 |
|
64.4 |
|
Communications
Language, %. �Official;
Spanish
|
|
Araucanian |
Spanish |
|
1990 |
5.0 |
94.5 |
Literacy
14.0% (1855)
25.0% (1900)
80.0% (1952)
84.0% (1960)
88.0% (1970)
91.1% (1980); 91.5% (M), 90.8% (F)
95.2% (1990); 95.4% (M), 95.0% (F)
95.7% (2000); 95.8% (M), 95.6% (F)
96.5% (2010); 96.6% (M), 96.5% (F)
97.5% (2015); 97.6% (M), 97.4% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
37,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
|
|
|
33,704 |
16,464 |
|
1950 |
|
|
|
40,098 |
27,507 |
|
1956 |
|
|
104,600 |
|
|
|
1960 |
56,970 |
|
|
55,000 |
|
|
1961 |
56,976 |
|
|
58,800 |
76,200 |
|
1964 |
|
|
190,400 |
90,000 |
90,000 |
|
1977 |
74,898 |
|
|
294,600 |
164,600 |
|
1986 |
|
|
938,400 |
660,000 |
256,000 |
|
1988 |
79,222 |
10,320 |
|
|
|
|
2001 |
79,605 |
16,000 |
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
2004 |
80,505 |
16,745 |
|
1,303,554 |
633,853 |
|
2010 |
|
18,119 |
3,190,000 |
|
|
|
2013 |
|
|
4,012,000 |
|
|
Railways;� First railway opened 1851
|
|
Length km |
% electrified |
|
1860 |
438 |
|
|
1870 |
797 |
|
|
1880 |
1,782 |
|
|
1890 |
2,748 |
|
|
1900 |
4,358 |
|
|
1910 |
5,978 |
|
|
1920 |
8,205 |
|
|
1930 |
8,934 |
|
|
1940 |
8,614 |
|
|
1950 |
8,486 |
|
|
1961 |
8,408 |
7.5 |
|
1985 |
7,205 |
24.8 |
|
2014 |
7,282 |
23.2 |
Urban metro systems
|
|
Santiago Metro km Opened 1975 |
Valparaiso Metro (km) Opened 2005 |
|
1992 |
27.0 |
|
|
2001 |
40.0 |
|
|
2010 |
119.3 |
43.3 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1959 (colour
from 1978)
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
70,867 |
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
|
1941 |
90,943 |
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
550,000 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
166,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
700,000 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
|
|
1,016,000 |
3,000 |
|
|
|
1962 |
203,315 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
294,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
1,800,000 |
710,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
363,000 |
|
2,600,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
1989 |
|
4,886 |
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
864,155 |
13,921 |
4,500,000 |
2,700,000 |
123,000 |
|
|
1995 |
|
197,300 |
4,950,000 |
3,050,000 |
474,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
2000 |
3,302,506 |
3,401,500 |
5,200,000 |
4,200,000 |
1,420,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,575,000 |
|
2005 |
|
10,569,600 |
|
|
2,300,000 |
5,000,000 |
|
2010 |
3,575,000 |
16,450,000 |
|
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
2016 |
3,464,107 |
22,975,000 |
|
|
|
11,650,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Chile,
261,214 (1968)
168,741 (1973)
326,415 (1980)
251,434 (1985)
943,000 (1990)
1,540,000 (1995)
1,742,000 (2000)
2,027,082 (2005)
2,801,000 (2010)
4,478,000 (2015)