| 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: 45e) | 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.
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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 |
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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 |