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.
Press
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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
Chile in the News
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Chile’s bitter legacy of political repression during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet has re-emerged to cast a shadow over the nation’s democratic government. Press reports have exposed the continued existence of a feared death squad, Comando Conjunto (Joint Command). Robert Taylor reviews the Chilean press.
world press review
Chilean reaction to the terrorist attacks on the United States
World Press Review - The Chilean press responds to President Ricardo Lagos' stymied quest for historic constitutional reform.
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