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Chile demographics
Republic of Chile is located in the Southwest of America. It has an area of 1.250.000 square kilometers. Chile is long and wide, having 4,300 kilometers from north to south and 175 kilometers from east to west. This makes Chile a country with different climate. In the north is located the Desierto de Atacama, the world’s driest desert. In the centre you can find a Mediterranean climate and in the south a snow-prone Alpine climate, with lakes, fjord, glaciers and ice fields.
The capital is Santiago de Chile with proximally the 40% of the total population. Other important cities are Valparaiso and Concepcion.
Population size (estimated 2007) 16.598.074
Estimated population in 2050 20.2 million
Age structure (estimated 2007)
0-14 years: 23.8%
15-59 years: 64.1%
60 years and over: 12.1%
Gender ratio 97.1 males per 100 females
Languages spoken Spanish Others Indigenous language: Mapudungun, Quechua and Rapa Nui
Religion (over 14 years)
Catholic: 70%
Evangelic: 15.1%
Atheist: 8.3%
Others religions: 4.4%
Life expectancy 77.74 years
Birth rate 15.6 births / 1000 population
Death rate 5.3 deaths / 1000 population
The capital is Santiago de Chile with proximally the 40% of the total population. Other important cities are Valparaiso and Concepcion.
Population size (estimated 2007) 16.598.074
Estimated population in 2050 20.2 million
Age structure (estimated 2007)
0-14 years: 23.8%
15-59 years: 64.1%
60 years and over: 12.1%
Gender ratio 97.1 males per 100 females
Languages spoken Spanish Others Indigenous language: Mapudungun, Quechua and Rapa Nui
Religion (over 14 years)
Catholic: 70%
Evangelic: 15.1%
Atheist: 8.3%
Others religions: 4.4%
Life expectancy 77.74 years
Birth rate 15.6 births / 1000 population
Death rate 5.3 deaths / 1000 population
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