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Chile

30.0S 71.0W · 25 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE SEALED AT THE BATTLE OF MAIPU · 5 APRIL 1818
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1990 - present · Return to Democracy and Modern Chile
4 EVENTS
11 March 1990 · Return to democracy 2 REFS
September 2022 · New constitution rejected 2 REFS
1970 - 1990 · The 1973 Coup and the Pinochet Dictatorship
4 EVENTS
11 September 1973 · The military coup 3 REFS
1974-1990 · The Pinochet dictatorship 3 REFS
1879 - 1970 · The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century
5 EVENTS
1879-1883 · The War of the Pacific 2 REFS
1880-1883 · Pacification of Araucania 2 REFS
1810 - 1879 · Independence and the Building of a Republic
4 EVENTS
12 February 1817 · Crossing the Andes and Chacabuco 2 REFS
5 April 1818 · The Battle of Maipu 2 REFS
1540 - 1810 · Conquest, Santiago, and the Long Arauco War
4 EVENTS
12 February 1541 · Founding of Santiago 2 REFS
1550 CE · Conquest reaches the Biobio 2 REFS
Pre-1500 - 1536 · Indigenous Peoples and the World of Rapa Nui
4 EVENTS
by c. 10,000 BCE · Ancient peopling of the land 2 REFS
late 15th century · Inca expansion reaches the Maule 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Santiago
Population
18 m
Area
756,102 km²
Region
South America
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Chilean peso ($)
Demonym
Chilean
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$357 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$17,995’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
65.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
20 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
81.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
89.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
96.4%’17 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
74.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
68.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
70.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
67.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
68.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
70.2’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
10.5%’24 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.33’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
6.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
93.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
97.8%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
96.4%’17 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.9%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
99.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
105.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
110.2%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.4%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
707’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
95.6%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
133’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
8.3%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
742,832 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
25.0%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
14.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
24.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
16.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
16.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.6%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.0%’24 WB-WDI
Copper (mined)
5.3 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Iron ore
19 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Lithium (mined)
56.0 kt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
1.6%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$5.1 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
114,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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