Chile
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 19.9M (2025). World rank 65 of 216; in Americas, 9 of 46. Area: 756,102 km². World rank 39 of 249; in Americas, 11 of 56. Life expectancy: 81.4 years (2024). World rank 43 of 216 (1 = best); in Americas, 4 of 46. From 2015 to 2025: population 18M → 19.9M, GDP $242.5B → $357.4B, and GDP per person $13,434 → $17,995. Better than all its neighbours (Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Chile
- Local name
- Chile
- Capital
- Santiago
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- José Antonio Kast
- Head of government
- José Antonio Kast
- Independence
- September 18, 1810
- Women in parliament
- 33.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 19,859,921 2025
- Area
- 756,102 km²
- GDP
- $357.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $17,995 2025
- Life expectancy
- 81.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Chilean Peso (CLP)
- Time zones
- UTC−5, UTC−3
- Calling code
- +56
- Emergency numbers
- 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, L
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 6,435
- Neighbours
- Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
- Agricultural land
- 14.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Ojos del Salado, 6,893 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,871
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 15
- Warmest month in the capital
- January, 22°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 8°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,522 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 26.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 89.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +51.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 7.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 68.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 57%, no religion 25.7%, Protestant 16.2%, and folk religions 1.3% (2024)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 69.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 70.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 73.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 66.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 76.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $37,774 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $16,960 2025
- Inflation
- +4.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 48 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 3.5% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 31.4% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 55.5% 2025
- Unemployment
- 9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 21.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 52.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 34.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 30.4% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -1.2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +4.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 18.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 43 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.4% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 96.4% 2017
- Primary school enrolment
- 99.5% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 106% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 110% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.9% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 10.5% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $1,760 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 39.1% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 93% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 5.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 6.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 10 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.7% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 12.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 78.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 26.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 96% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 6.4 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 14.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 68.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 23.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.9 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 24.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 37.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 45,262 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 9% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 95.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 133 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 23.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .cl
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,348 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 24.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 48.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 31.8% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 21,323,388 2023
- Airports
- 379 2025
- Railways, km
- 7,281 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2022
- Researchers per million people
- 707 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,573 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 390 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 8.6% 2024