Population:
16,601,707 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,966,017/female 1,877,963)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,625,963/female 5,628,146)
65 years and over: 9.1% (male 627,746/female 875,872) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 31.4 years
male: 30.4 years
female: 32.4 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.881% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
14.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
5.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
NA (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 88% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.34 years
male: 74.07 years
female: 80.77 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.92 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.3% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
31,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,100 (2007 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Chilean(s)
adjective: Chilean

Ethnic groups:
white and white-Amerindian 95.4%, Mapuche 4%, other indigenous groups 0.6% (2002 census)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)

Languages:
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.7%
male: 95.8%
female: 95.6% (2002 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
3.2% of GDP (2006)