Chile June 8, 2022 Altiplano , Americas , Amerindians , Andean Mountains , Andes , Antarctica , Antofagasta , Atacama , Cape Horn , Chile , Chilean Antarctic Territory , colony , Concepción , Coquimbo , cuivre , desert , Désert d'Atacama , dictatorship , earthquakes , Easter , Easter island , Hispanic America , hispanité , human rights , Latin America , mines , mountains , OECD , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , Pinochet , Punta Arenas , Republic , Republic of Chile , República de Chile , Ring of Fire , Santiago , South America , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Strait of Magellan , Tabula Magellanica , Tierra del Fuego , UNASUR , Union of South American Nations , Valparaiso , volcano Official name Republic of Chile Name in local language República de Chile (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 63e ) 19,828,563 inhabitants (2022) Population growth 0.76 % / year Area 756,950 km² Density 26.20 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 44e )252.940 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 13,232 $USD (2020) GDP growth -5.80 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 81.20 years (2022) Birth rate 12.00 ‰ (2022) Fertility rate 1.40 children / woman (2019) Death rate (ranking ) 5.70 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.20 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 97.51 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso (CLP) HDI (ranking: 57e )0.851 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )57.49 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Gabriel Boric National Day 18 September (Government Junta of Chile, 1810) ISO Codes CL, CHL Demonym Chilean Tourists (ranking ) 5,723,000 people (2018)
Chile is a country in South America whose territory forms a narrow band from the Atacama Desert in the north to Cape Horn in the far south. It shares borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast and Argentina to the east.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Santiago – panorama. Photo: Wikipedia Santiago, capital of Chile. Photo: Rawderson Rangel
Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Santiago 8,310,984 inhabitants Valparaiso 1,132,086 inhabitants Concepción 1,127,682 inhabitants Coquimbo 457,820 inhabitants Antofagasta 384,065 inhabitants Temuco 379,397 inhabitants Iquique 318,042 inhabitants Puerto Montt 289,412 inhabitants Arica 239,710 inhabitants Talca 234,760 inhabitants Rancagua 234,048 inhabitants Los Ángeles 196,454 inhabitants Copiapó 193,054 inhabitants Chillán 180,348 inhabitants Calama 179,200 inhabitants Valdivia 169,735 inhabitants Osorno 157,855 inhabitants Curicó 145,344 inhabitants Punta Arenas 128,810 inhabitants Ovalle 121,868 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Antofagasta - II 709,637 inhabitants 126,049 km² Araucanía - IX 1,024,029 inhabitants 32,472 km² Arica and Parinacota - XV 257,722 inhabitants 16,873 km² Atacama - III 318,004 inhabitants 75,176 km² Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - XI 108,047 inhabitants 107,153 km² Biobío - VIII 1,676,269 inhabitants 23,890 km² Coquimbo - IV 858,769 inhabitants 39,647 km² Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - VI 1,009,552 inhabitants 15,950 km² Los Lagos - X 902,510 inhabitants 69,039 km² Los Ríos - XIV 409,559 inhabitants 18,429 km² Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica - XII 175,984 inhabitants 126,456 km² Maule - VII 1,153,043 inhabitants 30,296 km² Ñuble - XVI 517,060 inhabitants 13,178 km² Santiago Metropolitan Region - RM (XIII) 8,310,984 inhabitants 15,782 km² Tarapacá - I 396,697 inhabitants 58,073 km² Valparaíso - V 1,995,538 inhabitants 16,396 km²
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