
Chile

(CBS)
Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions.
It was not until the 1880s that the Araucanian Indians were completely subjugated.
A three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador Aallende was overthrown in 1973 by a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990.
Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, have contributed to steady growth, reduced poverty rates by over half, and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government.
Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation.
Source: CIA World Fact Book

(AP)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.1% (male 2,010,576/female 1,920,951) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 5,480,703/female 5,492,988) 65 years and over: 8.5% (male 576,698/female 802,825) (2007 est.)
Median age: total: 30.7 years male: 29.8 years female: 31.7 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.916% (2007 est.)
Birth rate: 15.03 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate: 5.87 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.047 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.998 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.718 male(s)/female total population: 0.982 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 8.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.96 years male: 73.69 years female: 80.4 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.97 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 26,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,400 (2003 est.)
Nationality: noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean
Ethnic groups: white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%
Religions: Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
Languages: Spanish
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)

(AP)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $202.7 billion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $111.8 billion (2006)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.2% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $12,700 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5.9% industry: 49.3% services: 44.7% (2006 est.)
Labor force: 6.94 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 13.6% industry: 23.4% services: 63% (2003)
Unemployment rate: 7.8% (2006)
Population below poverty line: 18.2% (2005)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 47% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 53.8 (2003)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.6% (2006)
Investment (gross fixed): 21% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget: revenues: $36.71 billion expenditures: $26.68 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.33 billion (2006 est.)
Public debt: 3.9% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products: grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic, asparagus, beans; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
Industries: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
Industrial production growth rate: 3.1% (2006)
Electricity - production: 47.6 billion kWh (2006)
Electricity - consumption: 48.52 billion kWh (2006)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004)
Electricity - imports: 1.744 billion kWh (2004)
Oil - production: 15,100 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - consumption: 238,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports: 31,510 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports: 222,900 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - proved reserves: 150 million bbl (1 January 2006)
Natural gas - production: 1.09 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 8.29 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 7.2 million cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 7.2 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 97.98 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)
Current account balance: $5.063 billion (2006 est.)
Exports: $58.21 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities: copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Exports - partners: US 15.6%, Japan 10.5%, China 8.6%, Netherlands 6.7%, South Korea 5.9%, Italy 4.9%, Brazil 4.8%, France 4.2% (2006)
Imports: $35.37 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
Imports - partners: US 15.6%, Argentina 12.6%, Brazil 11.8%, China 9.7% (2006)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $17.16 billion (November 2006 est.)
Debt - external: $47.6 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $0 (2006)
Currency (code): Chilean peso (CLP)
Exchange rates: Chilean pesos per US dollar - 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004), 691.43 (2003), 688.94 (2002)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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