Chile December 21, 2018 Americas , Amerindians , Amérique hispanique , Andes , Antarctica , Antofagasta , Atacama , Cap Horn , Chile , colony , Concepción , Coquimbo , Cordillère des Andes , cuivre , desert , Désert d'Atacama , Détroit de Magellan , dictatorship , earthquakes , hispanité , human rights , Île de Pâques , Latin America , mines , mountains , OECD , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , Pâques , Pinochet , Punta Arenas , Republic , Republic of Chile , República de Chile , Ring of Fire , Santiago , South America , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Tabula Magellanica , Terre de Feu , Territoire chilien de l'Antarctique , UNASUR , Union des nations sud-américaines , Valparaiso , volcano Official name Republic of Chile Name in local language República de Chile (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 64e ) 19,107,216 inhabitants (2019) Population growth 1.90 % / year Area 756,950 km² Density 25.24 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 42e )277.076 billions $USD (2017) GDP/capita (ranking ) 15,346 $USD (2017) GDP growth 1.50 % / year (2017) Life expectancy (ranking ) 80.40 years (2018) Birth rate 12.30 ‰ (2018) Fertility rate 1.60 children / woman (2018) Death rate (ranking ) 6.00 ‰ (2018) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.20 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 97.51 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso (CLP) HDI (ranking: 63e )0.843 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )57.49 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Sebastián Piñera National Day 18 September (Government Junta of Chile, 1810) ISO Codes CL, CHL Demonym Chilean Tourists (ranking ) 6,450,000 people (2017)
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 7,482,635 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 Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - XI 110,288 inhabitants 107,153 km² Antofagasta - II 640,950 inhabitants 126,049 km² Araucanie - IX 1,001,975 inhabitants 32,472 km² Arica et Parinacota - XV 247,129 inhabitants 16,873 km² Atacama - III 320,799 inhabitants 75,176 km² Biobío - VIII 2,141,039 inhabitants 36,007 km² Coquimbo - IV 794,359 inhabitants 39,647 km² Les Fleuves - XIV 410,097 inhabitants 18,429 km² Les Lacs - X 853,663 inhabitants 69,039 km² Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - VI 934,671 inhabitants 15,950 km² Magallanes et Antarctique chilien - XII 166,395 inhabitants 126,456 km² Maule - VII 1,057,533 inhabitants 30,518 km² Région métropolitaine de Santiago - RM 7,482,635 inhabitants 15,782 km² Tarapacá - I 352,712 inhabitants 58,073 km² Valparaiso - V 1,859,672 inhabitants 16,396 km²
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