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Source: The World Factbook
| Area | 756950 sq km |
| Population | 15,665,216 [03] |
| GDP in US$ billion | 64.15 [02] |
| GDP: PPP in US$ billion | 154.60 [03] |
| GDP - PPP per capita in US$ | 9,900 [03] |
| Reserves including Gold in US$ billion in 2002 | 17.50 |
| Capital | Santiago |
| Monetary unit | Peso |
| Local currency to US$ on 9 Feb 2004 | 0.001680 |
| Literacy (percentage) | 96 |
| Location | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and PeruSituated south of Peru and west of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile fills a narrow 1,800-mile (2,897 km) strip between the Andes and the Pacific. |
| Geographic coordinates | 30 00 S, 71 00 W |
| Climate | temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south |
| Government | Republic. |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Ethnicity/race | European and European-Indian 95%, Indian 3%, other 2% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic, 89%; Protestant, 11%; small Jewish and Muslim populations |
| Industries | copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. |
| Natural resources | copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower. |
| Exports (billion US$) | 20.44 [03] |
| copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals. | |
| Imports (billion US$) | 17.40 [03] |
| consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food. | |
| Foreign direct investment US$ millions Year 2001 | 5,508 |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 589 [02] |
| R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars in 1999 | 93 |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports 2000 | 3.00 |
| Infrastructure | |
| Total Road network in 1995-99 | 79,353 |
| International arrivals in million | 1.41 [02] |
| Energy use in million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 | 24.403 |
| R&D expenditure | |
| Total R&D Expenditure in national currencies | |
| GERD/GDP as % | 0.54 [00] |
| Business Expenditure on R&D | |
| Industry financed GERD as Percentage | |
| Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP 1998-2000 | 4.20 |
| Human Resources Development | |
| Labor force in million (2002) | 5.90 |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | 6,800 [97] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 400 [97] |
| Researchers as % of labour force | |
| Information & Communication Technology | |
| Television equipped households in million | 4.05 [01] |
| Fixed phones Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 3.47 [23.0%] |
| Mobile phone Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 6.45 [42.8%] |
| Internet users in million in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 3.58 [23.8%] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 1.80 [11.9%] |
| Internet hosts - 2002 | 135,155 |