Chile 
Facts
Population:
15,328,467 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
27.25% (male 2,135,755; female 2,041,552)
15-64 years:
65.39% (male 4,993,416; female 5,029,739)
65 years and over:
7.36% (male 467,477; female 660,528) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.13% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
16.8 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.55 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
9.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.94 years
male:
72.63 years
female:
79.42 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.16 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.19% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
15,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Chilean(s)
adjective:
Chilean
Ethnic groups:
white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL%
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
95.2%
male:
95.4%
female:
95% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $153.1 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $10,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
8%
industry:
38%
services:
54% (2000)
Population below poverty line:
22% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.2%
highest 10%:
41.3% (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
5.8 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:
9% (December 2000)
Budget:
revenues:
$16 billion
expenditures:
$17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
38.092 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
61%
hydro:
35%
nuclear:
0%
other:
4% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
35.426 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
Exports:
$18 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals
Exports - partners:
EU 27%, US 16%, Japan 14%, Brazil 6%, Argentina 5% (1998)
Imports:
$17 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food
Imports - partners:
US 24%, EU 23%, Argentina 11%, Brazil 6%, Japan 6%, Mexico 5% (1998)
Debt - external:
$39 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)
Currency:
Chilean peso (CLP)
Currency code:
CLP
Exchange rates:
Chilean pesos per US dollar - 571.12 (January 2001), 535.47 (2000), 508.78 (1999), 460.29 (1998), 419.30 (1997), 412.27 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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América Economía
(Busines-oriented monthly), Santiago
Caras
(Lifestyle magazine), Santiago
Clinic, The
(Left of center), Santiago
(Lifestyle magazine), Santiago
http://www.cosas.cl/
(Business-oriented), Santiago
http://www.eldiario.cl/
(Conservative), Santiago
http://www.emol.com/
El Metropolitano
(Independent), Santiago
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Home to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the largest in the world outside of Antarctica and Greenland, the remote region of Aysén also boasts one of Chile's most powerful rivers, the Pascua.
Chile's Senate passed a resolution on last Wednesday formally protesting the United States government's construction of a wall along the United States-Mexico border.
Chilean civil society organizations have criticized President Michelle Bachelet's campaign to get Chile a seat in the United Nation's Human Rights Council.
Chile's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Peru's request that former head of state Alberto Fujimori be sent home to face human rights and corruption charges.
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