Republic of Chile

Capital: Santiago

Total Area: 292,260.03 sq mi,756,950.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana)

Population: 15,328,467 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 19,252,959

Languages: Spanish

Literacy: 95.2% total, 95.4% male, 95% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish (negligible)

Life Expectancy: 72.63 male, 79.42 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic

Currency: 1 Chilean peso (Ch$) = 100 centavos

GDP (per capita): $10,100 (2000 est.)

Industry: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles

Agriculture: wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber

Arable Land: 5%

Natural Resources: copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower

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