Nationality:
noun: Chilean(s)
adjective:
Chilean
Ethnic groups:
white and non-indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3% (2012 est.)
Languages:
Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%
note:
shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)
Demographic profile:
Chile is in the advanced stages of demographic transition and is becoming an aging society - with fertility below replacement level, low mortality rates, and life expectancy on par with developed countries. Nevertheless, with its dependency ratio nearing its low point, Chile could benefit from its favorable age structure. It will need to keep its large working-age population productively employed, while preparing to provide for the needs of its growing proportion of elderly people, especially as women - the traditional caregivers - increasingly enter the workforce. Over the last two decades, Chile has made great strides in reducing its poverty rate, which is now lower than most Latin American countries. However, its severe income inequality ranks as the worst among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Unequal access to quality education perpetuates this uneven income distribution.
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
17,363,894 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
20.7% (male 1,834,247/female 1,760,315)
15-24 years:
16.3% (male 1,442,610/female 1,383,738)
25-54 years:
43.2% (male 3,733,261/female 3,766,912)
55-64 years:
9.9% (male 806,044/female 910,818)
65 years and over:
9.7% (male 720,681/female 1,005,268) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
45.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
30.2 %
elderly dependency ratio:
14.9 %
potential support ratio:
6.7 (2014 est.)
total:
33.3 years
male:
32.2 years
female:
34.6 years (2014 est.)
0.84% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
13.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
89.2% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.09% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
SANTIAGO (capital) 6.034 million; Valparaiso 883,000; Concepcion 770,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
23.7 (2004 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
25 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
7.02 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 161
male:
7.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
78.44 years
country comparison to the world: 52
male:
75.42 years
female:
81.59 years (2014 est.)
1.84 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
64.2%
note:
percent of women aged 15-44 (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
7.5% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.03 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
38,700 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
29.4% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
0.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 135
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
4.5% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98.6%
male:
98.6%
female:
98.5% (2009 est.)
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2012)
total number:
82,882
percentage:
3 % (2003 est.)
total:
16.3%
country comparison to the world: 80
male:
14.3%
female:
19.1% (2012)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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