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Chile People 2014

SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Chile People 2014
SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Nationality: noun: Chilean(s)
adjective: Chilean

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

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

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

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.

Chile has historically been a country of emigration but has slowly become more attractive to immigrants since transitioning to democracy in 1990 and improving its economic stability (other regional destinations have concurrently experienced deteriorating economic and political conditions). Most of Chile's small but growing foreign-born population consists of transplants from other Latin American countries, especially Peru.

Population:
17,216,945 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 21% (male 1,846,433/female 1,771,225)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 16.6% (male 1,457,772/female 1,398,684)
25-54 years: 43.2% (male 3,694,178/female 3,738,355)
55-64 years: 9.6% (male 771,790/female 872,824)
65 years and over: 9.7% (male 694,570/female 971,114) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 45 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 30.6 %
elderly dependency ratio: 14.5 %
potential support ratio: 6.9 (2013)

Median age:
total: 33 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 31.8 years
female: 34.3 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.86% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
14.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 89% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
SANTIAGO (capital) 6.034 million; Valparaiso 865,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
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: 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
23.7 (2004 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
25 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.19 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 160
male: 7.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.27 years
country comparison to the world: 53
male: 75.25 years
female: 81.42 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.85 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
64.2%
note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
7.5% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
1.03 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:

urban: 99.5% of population
rural: 90.1% of population
total: 98.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0.5% of population
rural: 9.9% of population
total: 1.5% of population (2011 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:

urban: 99.8% of population
rural: 89.4% of population
total: 98.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0.2% of population
rural: 10.6% of population
total: 1.3% of population (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
40,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
29.4% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
0.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
4.2% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 98.6%
female: 98.5% (2009 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2011)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 82,882
[see also: Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number country ranks ]
percentage: 3 % (2003 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 16.3%
country comparison to the world: 80
male: 14.3%
female: 19.1% (2012)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile People 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile People 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
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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