Chile - Daten & Fakten

Daten & Fakten
Flagge:    Chile Chile
Capital
name: Santiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature

geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W

time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in August; ends second Sunday in May; note - Punta Arenas observes DST throughout the year

time zone note: Chile has three time zones: the continental portion at UTC-3; the southern Magallanes region, which does not use daylight savings time and remains at UTC-3 for the summer months; and Easter Island at UTC-5


etymology: Santiago is named after the biblical figure Saint James (ca. A.D. 3-44), patron saint of Spain, but especially revered in Galicia; "Santiago" derives from the local Galician evolution of the Vulgar Latin "Sanctu Iacobu"; Valparaiso derives from the Spanish "Valle Paraiso" meaning "Paradise Valley"
Citizenship
citizenship by birth: yes

citizenship by descent only: yes

dual citizenship recognized: yes

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Legal system
civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Tribunal
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Area
total: 756,102 sq km

land: 743,812 sq km

water: 12,290 sq km

note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez
Land use
agricultural land: 21.1% (2018 est.)

arable land: 1.7% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 18.8% (2018 est.)

forest: 21.9% (2018 est.)

other: 57% (2018 est.)
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
Age structure
0-14 years: 19.34% (male 1,829,801/female 1,758,137)

15-64 years: 67.56% (male 6,259,566/female 6,273,074)

65 years and over: 13.09% (2023 est.) (male 1,024,692/female 1,404,187)
Birth rate
12.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Languages
Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, Indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)

major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 80.02 years

male: 77.04 years

female: 83.13 years (2023 est.)
Major urban areas - population
6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)
Median age
total: 35.5 years

male: 34.3 years

female: 36.7 years (2020 est.)
Net migration rate
0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
90% of the population is located in the middle third of the country around the capital of Santiago; the far north (anchored by the Atacama Desert) and the extreme south are relatively underpopulated
Population growth rate
0.63% (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.75 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 88% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.78% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Education expenditures
5.6% of GDP (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Industrial production growth rate
5.06% (2021 est.)
Labor force
8.684 million (2021 est.)
Population below poverty line
8.6% (2017 est.)
Unemployment rate
9.13% (2021 est.)

11.18% (2020 est.)

7.29% (2019 est.)
Public debt
23.6% of GDP (2017 est.)

21% of GDP (2016 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
4.52% (2021 est.)

3.05% (2020 est.)

2.56% (2019 est.)
Exports
$100.634 billion (2021 est.)

$79.733 billion (2020 est.)

$77.255 billion (2019 est.)

note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
Exports - partners
China 32%, United States 14%, Japan 9%, South Korea 7% (2019)
Imports
$102.086 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$68.118 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$82.324 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Imports - partners
China 24%, United States 20%, Brazil 8%, Germany 5%, Argentina 5% (2019)
Airports
481 (2021)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 3,763,826 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2020 est.)
Internet users
total: 17.1 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 90% (2021 est.)
Railways
total: 7,281.5 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,853.5 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge: 3,428 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified)
Roadways
total: 77,801 km (2016)
Telephones - fixed lines
total subscriptions: 2,510,972 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 26,571,823 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 136 (2021 est.)
Disputes - international

Chile and Peru rebuff Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, but Chile has offered instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile to Bolivian natural gas; Chile rejects Peru's unilateral legislation to change its latitudinal maritime boundary with Chile to an equidistance line with a southwestern axis favoring Peru; in October 2007, Peru took its maritime complaint with Chile to the ICJ; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims; the joint boundary commission, established by Chile and Argentina in 2001, has yet to map and demarcate the delimited boundary in the inhospitable Andean Southern Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur)


Länderstatistik

Branche
Land
Unterschied in %
gesamt
Chile
2 718 650 000 EUR
2 792 477 000 EUR
2.72 %
Bekleidung
Chile
17 671 000 EUR
17 031 000 EUR
-3.62 %
Chemische Erzeugnisse
Chile
216 092 000 EUR
271 356 000 EUR
25.57 %
Datenverarbeitungsgeräte, elektr. u. opt. Erzeugn.
Chile
109 800 000 EUR
118 051 000 EUR
7.51 %
Elektrische Ausrüstungen
Chile
122 262 000 EUR
128 211 000 EUR
4.87 %
Energieversorgung
Chile
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erdöl und Erdgas
Chile
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erze
Chile
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erzeugnisse der Landwirtschaft und Jagd
Chile
4 579 000 EUR
5 509 000 EUR
20.31 %
Fische und Fischereierzeugnisse
Chile
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Forstwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse
Chile
10 000 EUR
22 000 EUR
120.00 %
Getränke
Chile
41 544 000 EUR
33 468 000 EUR
-19.44 %
Glas und -waren, Keramik, Steine und Erden
Chile
20 536 000 EUR
23 416 000 EUR
14.02 %
Gummi- und Kunststoffwaren
Chile
118 829 000 EUR
104 274 000 EUR
-12.25 %
Holz und Holz- Kork- Korb- Flechtwaren ohne Möbel
Chile
43 905 000 EUR
26 285 000 EUR
-40.13 %
Kohle
Chile
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Kokereierzeugnisse und Mineralölerzeugnisse
Chile
26 480 000 EUR
29 764 000 EUR
12.40 %
Kraftwagen und Kraftwagenteile
Chile
326 546 000 EUR
362 092 000 EUR
10.89 %
Leder und Lederwaren
Chile
9 593 000 EUR
9 223 000 EUR
-3.86 %
Maschinen
Chile
508 344 000 EUR
618 057 000 EUR
21.58 %
Metalle
Chile
36 874 000 EUR
52 094 000 EUR
41.28 %
Metallerzeugnisse
Chile
104 451 000 EUR
94 029 000 EUR
-9.98 %
Möbel
Chile
7 136 000 EUR
8 034 000 EUR
12.58 %
Nahrungsmittel und Futtermittel
Chile
209 680 000 EUR
139 916 000 EUR
-33.27 %
Papier, Pappe und Waren daraus
Chile
45 672 000 EUR
53 933 000 EUR
18.09 %
Pharmazeutische und ähnliche Erzeugnisse
Chile
205 700 000 EUR
207 991 000 EUR
1.11 %
Sonstige Fahrzeuge
Chile
428 882 000 EUR
362 362 000 EUR
-15.51 %
Sonstige Waren
Chile
98 490 000 EUR
110 137 000 EUR
11.83 %
Steine und Erden, sonstige Bergbauerzeugnisse
Chile
2 359 000 EUR
1 865 000 EUR
-20.94 %
Tabakerzeugnisse
Chile
281 000 EUR
177 000 EUR
-37.01 %
Textilien
Chile
12 934 000 EUR
15 180 000 EUR
17.37 %