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Chile
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Chile · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
19,859,921
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 19859921 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$357.37 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 357371159574.862 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$17,995
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 17994.5911957485 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Chile at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 19,091,343 (2025 est.) male: 9,379,883 female: 9,711,460
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
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$596.556 billion (2024 est.) $581.187 billion (2023 est.) $578.173 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$330.267 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
2.6% (2024 est.) 0.5% (2023 est.) 2.2% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$30,200 (2024 est.) $29,600 (2023 est.) $29,600 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
4.3% (2024 est.) 7.6% (2023 est.) 11.6% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
9.1% (2024 est.) 9.1% (2023 est.) 8.3% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
10.088 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Budget
revenues: $77.003 billion (2023 est.) expenditures: $85.024 billion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
-$4.853 billion (2024 est.) -$10.497 billion (2023 est.) -$26.656 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$111.123 billion (2024 est.) $103.256 billion (2023 est.) $107.039 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$99.239 billion (2024 est.) $100.082 billion (2023 est.) $118.928 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$44.403 billion (2024 est.) $46.377 billion (2023 est.) $39.102 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 95% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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 Ays n and Magallanes regions, which do not use daylight savings time and remain at UTC-3 year-round; and Easter Island at UTC-5 etymology: Santiago is named after Saint James, the patron saint of Spain (Santo Iago in Spanish); Valparaiso derives from the Spanish words valle (valley) and para so (paradise)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
export-driven economy; leading copper producer; though hit by COVID-19, fairly quick rebound from increased liquidity and rapid vaccine rollouts; decreasing poverty but still lingering inequality; public debt rising but still manageable; recent political violence has had negative economic consequences
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
grapes, milk, apples, wheat, tomatoes, potatoes, chicken, maize, sugar beets, pork (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
copper, lithium, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
China 39%, USA 16%, Japan 7%, S. Korea 6%, Brazil 4% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
copper ore, refined copper, fish, carbonates, pitted fruits (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
China 23%, USA 20%, Brazil 10%, Argentina 7%, Germany 5% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, crude petroleum, cars, garments, trucks (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
low coastal mountains, fertile central valley, rugged Andes in east
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 14.4% (2023 est.) arable land: 1.9% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.7% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 11.8% (2023 est.) forest: 24.5% (2023 est.) other: 61.1% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis volcanism: significant volcanic activity due to more than three-dozen active volcanoes along the Andes Mountains; Lascar (5,592 m), which last erupted in 2007, is the most active volcano in the northern Chilean Andes; Llaima (3,125 m) in central Chile, which last erupted in 2009, is another of the country's most active; Chaiten's 2008 eruption forced major evacuations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Cerro Hudson, Calbuco, Copahue, Guallatiri, Llullaillaco, Nevados de Chillan, Puyehue, San Pedro, and Villarrica; see note 2 under "Geography - note"
2007, 2009, 2008 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, Indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2012 est.) major-language sample(s): La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de informaci n b sica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2012 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Catholic 57%, none 25.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.2%, other Christians and traditions related to Christ 1.3%; less than 1%: Buddhist, Catholic Orthodox, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Islam, Judaism, other religions, no religion (2024)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 19.2% (male 1,822,908/female 1,751,528) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 6,274,620/female 6,278,467) 65 years and over: 13.6% (2024 est.) (male 1,072,208/female 1,464,921)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 88% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.78% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 80.3 years (2024 est.) male: 77.3 years female: 83.3 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Literacy
total population: 96.4% (2017 est.) male: 96.5% (2017 est.) female: 96.3% (2017 est.)
2017 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 39.238 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 83.295 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 4.384 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 35.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 20.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 10.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 26.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) geothermal: 0.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 5.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 11,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 404,000 bbl/day (2024 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 150 million barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2024, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 1.362 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 6.5 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) exports: 39.009 million cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 5.196 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 97.976 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
83.058 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 14.773 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 55.504 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 12.781 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 26.2 million (2024 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 133 (2024 est.)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 4.52 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
379 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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)
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 39 (2024) large: 0 medium: 2 small: 10 very small: 27 ports with oil terminals: 25 key ports: Antofagasta, Bahia de Valdivia, Bahia de Valparaiso, Coronel, Iquique, Mejillones, Puerto Montt, Puerto San Antonio, Rada de Arica, Rada Punta Arenas, Talcahuano, Tocopilla
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 3.9% (2024 est.) industry: 30.1% (2024 est.) services: 56.1% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0% of GDP (2024 est.) 0% of GDP (2023 est.) 0% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Chilean Peso
CLP per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 CLP = US$0.001024307
925.68–985.25 CLP per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | CLP per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 976.27 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 983.68 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 985.25 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 983.17 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 976.37 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 972.06 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 969.42 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 964.84 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 963.99 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 963.99 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 961.84 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 950.97 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 948.71 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 956.36 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 958.8 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 958.2 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 956.18 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 955.08 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 955.23 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 946.23 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 940.49 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 939.03 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 930.77 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 925.68 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 931.21 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 933.97 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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