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			{{Use mdy dates\|date=September 2015}}
			{{Infobox place demographics
			\| place = Chile
			\| image = ]
			\| caption = Chile ] in 2020
			<!-- main demographics -->
			\| size_of_population = {{UN_Population\|Chile}}{{UN_Population\|ref}}
			\| density =
			\| growth = 0.63% (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			\| birth = 12.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			\| death = 6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			\| life = 80.02 years
			\| life_male = 77.04 years
			\| life_female = 83.13 years (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			\| infant_mortality = 6.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web \| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chile \| title=Chile \| date=March 7, 2023 }}</ref>
			\| fertility = 1.17 children born/woman (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			\| net_migration = 0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			<!-- age structure -->
			\| age_0-14_years = 19.34% (male 1,829,801/female 1,758,137)
			\| age_15-64_years = 67.56% (male 6,259,566/female 6,273,074)
			\| age_65_years = 13.09% (male 1,024,692/female 1,404,187) (2023 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
			<!-- sex ratio -->
			\| total_mf_ratio = 0.97 male(s)/female (2023)
			\| sr_at_birth = 1.04 male(s)/female
			\| sr_under_15 = 1.04 male(s)/female
			\| sr_15-64_years = 1 male(s)/female
			\| sr_65_years_over = 0.73 male(s)/female
			<!-- nationality -->
			\| nation = ]
			\| major_ethnic = {{unbulleted list
			\|{{Tree list}}
			* ] (N/D)
			** ] (N/D)
			** ] (N/D)
			** ] (N/D)
			** ] (N/D)
			** Others (N/D)
			* ] (N/D)
			{{tree list/end}}
			}}
			\| minor_ethnic = {{unbulleted list
			\|{{Tree list}}
			* ] (12.44%)<ref name=":3">{{cite journal \|date=November 2018 \|periodical=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas \|title=Medición de Pueblos Indígenas y Afrodescendientes en el Censo de Población y Vivienda 2017 \|url=https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/presentations/03_magdalena_iraguen_ine_chile.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
			** ] (9.93%)
			** ] (0.89%)
			** ] (0.50%)
			** Others (1.12%)
			* ] (N/D)
			** ] (N/D)
			** Others (N/D)
			* ] (0.70%)<ref name=":3">{{cite journal \|date=November 2018 \|periodical=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas \|title=Medición de Pueblos Indígenas y Afrodescendientes en el Censo de Población y Vivienda 2017 \|url=https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/presentations/03_magdalena_iraguen_ine_chile.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
			** ] (0.64%)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2018/04/09/901867/Extranjeros-en-Chile-superan-el-millon-110-mil-y-el-72-se-concentra-en-dos-regiones-Antofagasta-y-Metropolitana.html\|title=Extranjeros en Chile superan el millón 110 mil y el 72% se concentra en dos regiones: Antofagasta y Metropolitana\|publisher=El Mercurio\|date=9 April 2018\|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
			** Others (0.06%)
			{{tree list/end}}
			}}
			<!-- language -->
			\| official = ] (de facto)
			\| spoken = ]
			}}

			''']'s''' 2017 census reported a population of 17,574,003 people. Its rate of population growth has been decreasing since 1990, due to a declining ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/estadisticas_vitales/pdf/anuarios/vitales2003.zip\|title=Anuario Estadísticas Vitales 2003\|publisher=Instituto National de Estadísticas}}</ref> By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million people, at which point it is projected to either stagnate or begin declining.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/proyecciones/Informes/MicrosoftWordInforP_T.pdf\|title = Chile: Proyecciones y Estimaciones de Población. Total País 1950–2050\|publisher = Instituto National de Estadísticas}}</ref> About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater ] alone. The largest ] according to the 2002 census are Greater Santiago with 5.6 million people, ] with 861,000
			and ] with 824,000.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.observatoriourbano.cl/indurb/pre_ciudades.asp?id_user=0&idComCiu=0\|title=List of Chilean cities\|publisher=Observatorio Urbano, Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo de Chile\|access-date=February 5, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031912/http://www.observatoriourbano.cl/indurb/pre_ciudades.asp?id_user=0&idComCiu=0\|archive-date=March 4, 2016\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

			==Population size and structure==
			{{Historical populations
			\| percentages = pagr
			\|title = Census population
			\|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web\|title=CHILE: Proyecciones y Estimaciones de Población . Total País 1950-2050CHILE: Proyecciones y Estimaciones de Población . Total País 1950-2050\|url=http://www.ine.cl/estadisticas/demograficas-y-vitales\|website=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile\|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref>
			\|1835 \| 1103036
			\|1843 \| 1083701
			\|1854 \| 1446031
			\|1865 \| 1819223
			\|1875 \| 2075971
			\|1885 \| 2527320
			\|1895 \| 2687985
			\|1907 \| 3249279
			\|1920 \| 3753799
			\|1930 \| 4287445
			\|1940 \| 5023539
			\|1952 \| 5932995
			\|1960 \| 7374115
			\|1970 \| 8884768
			\|1982 \| 11329736
			\|1992 \| 13348401
			\|2002 \| 15116435
			\|2012 \| 16634603
			\|2017 \| 17574003
			}}

			According to {{UN_Population\|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population\|Chile}} in {{UN_Population\|Year}}, compared to only 6,143,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 20.1%, 69.0% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 10.9% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2015">{{cite web\|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/\|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations\|publisher=esa.un.org\|access-date=November 19, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071528/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/\|archive-date=September 27, 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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			!rowspan=2\| Year
			!rowspan=2\| Total population<br>({{times}}1000)
			!colspan=3\| Population percentage in age bracket
			\|-
			! 0–14
			! 15–64
			! 65+
			\|-
			\| 1950
			\|6 143
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|36.7}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|59.0}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|4.3}}
			\|-
			\| 1955
			\|6 862
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|38.1}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|57.4}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|4.5}}
			\|-
			\| 1960
			\|7 696
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|39.4}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|55.8}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|4.8}}
			\|-
			\| 1965
			\|8 612
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|40.4}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|54.5}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|5.0}}
			\|-
			\| 1970
			\|9 562
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|39.6}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|55.2}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|5.2}}
			\|-
			\| 1975
			\|10 421
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|36.9}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|57.7}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|5.4}}
			\|-
			\| 1980
			\|11 234
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|33.0}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|61.4}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|5.7}}
			\|-
			\| 1985
			\|12 109
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|30.6}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|63.2}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|6.2}}
			\|-
			\| 1990
			\|13 141
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|29.3}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|64.2}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|6.5}}
			\|-
			\| 1995
			\|14 194
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|28.2}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|64.8}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|7.0}}
			\|-
			\| 2000
			\|15 170
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|26.5}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|65.8}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|7.7}}
			\|-
			\| 2005
			\|16 097
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|24.0}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|67.5}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|8.5}}
			\|-
			\| 2010
			\|17 015
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|21.9}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|68.5}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|9.6}}
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\|17 948
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|20.1}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|69.0}}
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|10.9}}
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2020
	!colspan=6\|Those belonging to recognised indigenous communities (])
			\|19 116
	\|-align=right
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|19.2}}
	\|align=left\|Alacalufe\|\|2.622\|\|0,02%\|\|align=left\|]\|\|604.349\|\|4,00%
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|68.5}}
	\|-align=right
			\|{{percentage bar\|width=60\|12.2}}
	\|align=left\|Atacameño\|\|21.015\|\|0,14%\|\|align=left\|]\|\|6.175\|\|0,04%
	\|-align=right
	\|align=left\|]\|\|48.501\|\|0,32%\|\|align=left\|]\|\|4.647\|\|0,03%
	\|-align=right
	\|align=left\|Colla\|\|3.198\|\|0,02%\|\|align=left\|Yámana\|\|1.685\|\|0,01%
	\|}		\|}
	]
	] is a relatively homogenous country and most of its population is of ] descent, in varying degrees; the product of the racial mixture between colonial ] immigrants and the native ] tribes.

	About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in ]. Chile's population growth is among the lowest in ], at around 0.97%, it comes third only to ] and ].

			{{GraphChart
	==Background==
			\| width = 550
	The ] composition of Chileans is marked by a socio-genetic gradient where Amerindian admixture typically correlates to ]. Amerindian contribution tends to be strongest in the ], with the ] majority presenting a more balanced degree of both ] and Amerindian ancestry, while those in the ] tend to register the lowest degree of Amerindian contribution. Almost the entirety of the population, however, presents a racially mixed origin, and only a small minority can truly be said to be unmixed European or unmixed Amerindian. The unmixed Amerindian population, in fact, is said to be now extinct.
			\| height = 150
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			\| yAxisTitle= million
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			\| y1= 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.8, 8, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, 9, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.9, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 10.7, 10.9, 11, 11.2, 11.4, 11.5, 11.7, 11.9, 12, 12.2, 12.5, 12.7, 12.9, 13.2, 13.4, 13.7, 13.9, 14.2, 14.4, 14.6, 14.8, 15, 15.2, 15.4, 15.6, 15.7, 15.9, 16.1, 16.3, 16.4, 16.6, 16.8, 16.9, 17.1, 17.3, 17.4, 17.6, 17.8, 18, 18.2, 18.4, 18.8, 19.1, 19.5, 19.5, 19.8

			\| y1Title= population (million)

			}}
	Nevertheless, based solely on ] structure, between 5 and 10% of the current population would be classified as Amerindian, some 30% would be classified as ], and the remaining majority, between 60 and 65%, would be the discernably mestizo population whose average racial mixture is not much lower than the average generalized racial contribution of Chile According to the Program of Human Genetics of the ], the generalized racial contribution of Chile's population, calculated by the use of nuclear markers, is approximately 60% European contribution and 40% Amerindian, depending on the socioeconomic level. According to Rothhammer (1987/2004), this generalized racial contribution stands at 57% European contribution and 43% Amerindian .
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			\| height = 150
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			\| yAxisTitle= ‰
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			\| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

			\| y1= 19.0, 18.8, 22.6, 21.9, 20.5, 22.1, 23.9, 24.0, 23.9, 23.1, 24.5, 25.4, 26.1, 25.7, 25.1, 25.0, 22.7, 21.1, 20.5, 19.6, 18.6, 19.5, 19.2, 19.5, 18.5, 17.4, 15.8, 15.6, 15.1, 15.1, 15.5, 17.1, 17.3, 15.6, 15.9, 15.6, 16.4, 16.8, 17.5, 17.7, 17.3, 16.7, 16.1,15.4, 15.1, 13.9, 13.7, 13.2, 12.6, 12.0, 11.9, 11.3, 10.9, 10.2, 9.7, 9.6, 9.6, 9.0, 9.4, 9.6, 9.0, 8.9, 8.3, 8.1, 8.5, 7.9, 7.1, 6.1, 6.1, 5.3, 3.5, 2.1
	According to the 1992 Chilean census, a total of 10.5% of the total population declared themselves indigenous, irrespective of whether they currently practiced or spoke a native culture and language; almost one million people (9.7% of the total) declared themselves ], 0.6% declared to be ], and a 0.2% reported as ]. At the 2002 census, only indigenous people that still practiced or spoke a native culture and language were surveyed: 4.6% of the population (692,192 people) fit that description; of these, 87.3% declared themselves Mapuche. .

			\| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
	Small numbers of non-Spanish ]an immigrants arrived in Chile - mainly to the northern and southern extremities of the country - during the ] and ] centuries, including ], ], ], ], and ]. In ] a small but noteworthy German immigration took place, sponsored by the Chilean government with aims of colonising the southern region. With time, and although undertaken by no more than 7,000 people, that German immigration influenced in a certain way the cultural composition of the southern provinces of ], ] and ]. Although the total number of these European immigrants was relatively small, and they did not achieve much more than to add a non-Spanish element to the upper classes, their presence did transform the country technologically, economically, religiously, and culturally. To these immigrations it is also worth mentioning the ] and especially ] communities, the latter being the largest colony of that people outside of the Arab world.
			}}

			{{GraphChart
	The volume of immigrants from neighbouring countries to Chile during these same periods has been of a similar value. Currently, ] from neighboring countries to Chile is greatest, and during the last decade immigration to Chile has doubled to 184,464 people in ], originating primarily from ], ] and ].
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			\| yAxisTitle= TFR
			\| yAxisMin=
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			\| xGrid= 5
			\| hAnnotatonsLine=2.1
			\| hAnnotatonsLabel=
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			\| x = 1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

			\| y1= 2.54, 2.48, 2.41, 2.34, 2.28, 2.22, 2.17, 2.11, 2.07, 2.03, 1.97, 1.92, 1.88, 1.87, 1.89, 1.93, 1.97, 1.96, 1.93, 1.88, 1.84, 1.84, 1.85, 1.79, 1.68, 1.58, 1.55
	During the last decade ] to Chile has doubled to 184,464 people in 2002, originating primarily from the neighbouring countries of ], ] and ]. On the other hand, although ] of Chileans has decreased during the last decade, it is estimated that 857,781 Chileans live abroad, 50.1% of those being in Argentina, 13.3% in the ] and a 4.9% in ]. Interregional population mobility within Chile has also increased in the last decades causing a massive migration from the rural areas towards the larger cities. While in the south-central regions of the country more than 80% of the population was local born (in the Region of Biobío levels reach 86.11%), in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago only 71% of the population was local born, while in the more extreme regions such as the Region of Magallanes this number reaches only 55%.

			\| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
	About 85% of Chile's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in ]. Chile's population growth is among the lowest in Latin America, at around 0.97%, it comes third only to ] and ].
			}}

	==Demographic data==
	]
	===Population===
	:16,134,219 (April 2006 est.)

			{{See also\|List of cities in Chile}}
	===Age structure===
	:0-14 years: 24.7% (male 2,035,278/female 1,944,754)
	:15-64 years: 67.1% (male 5,403,525/female 5,420,497)
	:65 years and over: 8.2% (male 555,075/female 775,090) (2006 est.)

			=== Structure of the population ===
	===Median age===
	:Total: 30.4 years
	:Male: 29.5 years
	:Female: 31.4 years (2006 est.)

			{{Hidden begin
	===Population growth rate===
			\|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013): <ref name="un">{{cite web\|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm\|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics\|publisher=unstats.un.org\|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
	:0.94% (2006 est.)
			\|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
			}}
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! width="80pt"\|Age Group
			! width="80pt"\|Male
			! width="80pt"\|Female
			! width="80pt"\|Total
			! width="80pt"\|%
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| Total
			\| align="right" \| 8 688 067
			\| align="right" \| 8 868 748
			\| align="right" \| 17 556 815
			\| align="right" \| 100
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 0–4
			\| align="right" \| 639 270
			\| align="right" \| 615 764
			\| align="right" \| 1 255 034
			\| align="right" \| 7.15
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 5–9
			\| align="right" \| 633 287
			\| align="right" \| 610 458
			\| align="right" \| 1 243 745
			\| align="right" \| 7.08
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 10–14
			\| align="right" \| 648 484
			\| align="right" \| 625 765
			\| align="right" \| 1 274 249
			\| align="right" \| 7.26
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 15–19
			\| align="right" \| 707 959
			\| align="right" \| 684 424
			\| align="right" \| 1 392 383
			\| align="right" \| 7.93
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 20–24
			\| align="right" \| 749 460
			\| align="right" \| 727,530
			\| align="right" \| 1 476 990
			\| align="right" \| 8.41
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 25–29
			\| align="right" \| 710 354
			\| align="right" \| 693 723
			\| align="right" \| 1 404 077
			\| align="right" \| 8.00
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 30–34
			\| align="right" \| 634 056
			\| align="right" \| 624 375
			\| align="right" \| 1 258 431
			\| align="right" \| 7.17
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 35–39
			\| align="right" \| 598 029
			\| align="right" \| 595 813
			\| align="right" \| 1 193 842
			\| align="right" \| 6.80
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 40–44
			\| align="right" \| 612 898
			\| align="right" \| 617 259
			\| align="right" \| 1 230 157
			\| align="right" \| 7.01
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 45–49
			\| align="right" \| 610 366
			\| align="right" \| 621 300
			\| align="right" \| 1 231 666
			\| align="right" \| 7.02
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 50–54
			\| align="right" \| 574 320
			\| align="right" \| 592 349
			\| align="right" \| 1 166 669
			\| align="right" \| 6.65
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 55–59
			\| align="right" \| 468 437
			\| align="right" \| 492 763
			\| align="right" \| 961 200
			\| align="right" \| 5.47
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 60–64
			\| align="right" \| 359 065
			\| align="right" \| 390 681
			\| align="right" \| 749 746
			\| align="right" \| 4.27
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 65–69
			\| align="right" \| 276 510
			\| align="right" \| 317 107
			\| align="right" \| 593 617
			\| align="right" \| 3.38
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 70–74
			\| align="right" \| 200 585
			\| align="right" \| 247 698
			\| align="right" \| 448 283
			\| align="right" \| 2.55
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 75–79
			\| align="right" \| 133 715
			\| align="right" \| 183 899
			\| align="right" \| 317 614
			\| align="right" \| 1.81
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 80+
			\| align="right" \| 131 272
			\| align="right" \| 227 840
			\| align="right" \| 359 112
			\| align="right" \| 2.05
			\|-
			! width="50"\|Age group
			! width="80pt"\|Male
			! width="80"\|Female
			! width="80"\|Total
			! width="50"\|Percent
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 0–14
			\| align="right" \| 1 921 041
			\| align="right" \| 1 851 987
			\| align="right" \| 3 773 028
			\| align="right" \| 21.49
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 15–64
			\| align="right" \| 6 024 944
			\| align="right" \| 6 040 217
			\| align="right" \| 12 065 161
			\| align="right" \| 68.72
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 65+
			\| align="right" \| 742 082
			\| align="right" \| 976 544
			\| align="right" \| 1 718 626
			\| align="right" \| 9.79
			\|-
			\|}
			{{Hidden end}}

			{{Hidden begin
	===Birth rate===
			\|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (30.VI.2021) (Post-censal estimates.): <ref>{{Cite web \|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics \|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics \|access-date=2023-05-10 \|website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
	:15.23 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
			\|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
			}}
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! width="80pt"\|Age Group
			! width="80pt"\|Male
			! width="80pt"\|Female
			! width="80pt"\|Total
			! width="80pt"\|%
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| Total
			\| align="right" \| 9 708 512
			\| align="right" \| 9 969 851
			\| align="right" \| 19 678 363
			\| align="right" \| 100
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 0–4
			\| align="right" \| 600 632
			\| align="right" \| 578 263
			\| align="right" \| 1 178 895
			\| align="right" \| 5.99
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 5–9
			\| align="right" \| 651 336
			\| align="right" \| 627 814
			\| align="right" \| 1 279 150
			\| align="right" \| 6.50
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 10–14
			\| align="right" \| 655 232
			\| align="right" \| 632 388
			\| align="right" \| 1 287 620
			\| align="right" \| 6.54
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 15–19
			\| align="right" \| 631 851
			\| align="right" \| 610 954
			\| align="right" \| 1 242 805
			\| align="right" \| 6.32
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 20–24
			\| align="right" \| 719 079
			\| align="right" \| 697 050
			\| align="right" \| 1 416 129
			\| align="right" \| 7.20
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 25–29
			\| align="right" \| 827 115
			\| align="right" \| 802 756
			\| align="right" \| 1 629 871
			\| align="right" \| 8.28
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 30–34
			\| align="right" \| 842 111
			\| align="right" \| 817 367
			\| align="right" \| 1 659 478
			\| align="right" \| 8.43
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 35–39
			\| align="right" \| 738 934
			\| align="right" \| 722 171
			\| align="right" \| 1 461 105
			\| align="right" \| 7.42
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 40–44
			\| align="right" \| 683 807
			\| align="right" \| 678 365
			\| align="right" \| 1 362 172
			\| align="right" \| 6.92
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 45–49
			\| align="right" \| 644 339
			\| align="right" \| 651 942
			\| align="right" \| 1 296 281
			\| align="right" \| 6.59
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 50–54
			\| align="right" \| 602 079
			\| align="right" \| 622 931
			\| align="right" \| 1 225 010
			\| align="right" \| 6.23
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 55–59
			\| align="right" \| 566 471
			\| align="right" \| 601 133
			\| align="right" \| 1 167 604
			\| align="right" \| 5.93
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 60–64
			\| align="right" \| 483 184
			\| align="right" \| 530 360
			\| align="right" \| 1 013 544
			\| align="right" \| 5.15
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 65-69
			\| align="right" \| 393 552
			\| align="right" \| 450 783
			\| align="right" \| 844 335
			\| align="right" \| 4.29
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 70-74
			\| align="right" \| 278 885
			\| align="right" \| 336 455
			\| align="right" \| 615 340
			\| align="right" \| 3.13
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 75-79
			\| align="right" \| 184 713
			\| align="right" \| 246 241
			\| align="right" \| 430 954
			\| align="right" \| 2.19
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 80-84
			\| align="right" \| 113 029
			\| align="right" \| 174 032
			\| align="right" \| 287 061
			\| align="right" \| 1.46
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 85-89
			\| align="right" \| 59 048
			\| align="right" \| 109 156
			\| align="right" \| 168 204
			\| align="right" \| 0.85
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 90-94
			\| align="right" \| 26 017
			\| align="right" \| 57 951
			\| align="right" \| 83 968
			\| align="right" \| 0.43
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 95-99
			\| align="right" \| 6 154
			\| align="right" \| 17 742
			\| align="right" \| 23 896
			\| align="right" \| 0.12
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 100+
			\| align="right" \| 944
			\| align="right" \| 3 997
			\| align="right" \| 4 941
			\| align="right" \| 0.03
			\|-
			! width="50"\|Age group
			! width="80pt"\|Male
			! width="80"\|Female
			! width="80"\|Total
			! width="50"\|Percent
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 0–14
			\| align="right" \| 1 907 200
			\| align="right" \| 1 838 465
			\| align="right" \| 3 745 665
			\| align="right" \| 19.03
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 15–64
			\| align="right" \| 6 738 970
			\| align="right" \| 6 735 029
			\| align="right" \| 13 473 999
			\| align="right" \| 68.47
			\|-
			\| align="right" \| 65+
			\| align="right" \| 1 062 342
			\| align="right" \| 1 396 357
			\| align="right" \| 2 458 699
			\| align="right" \| 12.49
			\|-
			\|}
			{{Hidden end}}

	==~~=Death~~ ~~rate=~~==		==Vital statistics==
	:5.81 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

	===~~Net~~ ~~migration rate~~===		===Official statistics===
	:0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

			{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
	===Sex ratio===
			\|-
	:At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
			!<ref name="deis">{{cite web\|url=https://deis.minsal.cl/\|title=DEIS\|publisher=deis.cl\|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
	:Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
			! width="80pt"\|Average population
	:15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
			! width="80pt"\|Live births <ref>{{cite web \|title=Series y gráficos de natalidad - 1950-2012 \|url=http://www.deis.cl/series-y-graficos-de-natalidad/ \|website=DEIS - Ministerio de Salud \|access-date=5 June 2019 \|archive-date=June 5, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605165924/http://www.deis.cl/series-y-graficos-de-natalidad/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	:65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
			! width="80pt"\|Deaths
	:Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
			! width="80pt"\|Natural change
			! width="80pt"\|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
			! width="80pt"\|Crude death rate (per 1000)
			! width="80pt"\|Natural change (per 1000)
			! width="80pt"\|Crude migration change (per 1000)
			! width="80pt"\|Total fertility rate
			\|-
			\| 1950
			\| align="right" \| 6,081,000
			\| align="right" \| 206,582
			\| align="right" \| 91,180
			\| align="right" \| 115,402
			\| align="right" \| 34.0
			\| style="color: red"\| 15.0
			\| align="right" \| 19.0
			\|
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1951
			\| align="right" \| 6,218,000
			\| align="right" \| 209,794
			\| align="right" \| 92,728
			\| align="right" \| 117,066
			\| align="right" \| 33.7
			\| align="right" \| 14.9
			\| align="right" \| 18.8
			\| 3.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1952
			\| align="right" \| 6,354,000
			\| align="right" \| 225,758
			\| align="right" \| 81,966
			\| align="right" \| 143,792
			\| align="right" \| 35.5
			\| align="right" \| 12.9
			\| align="right" \| 22.6
			\| -1.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1953
			\| align="right" \| 6,491,000
			\| align="right" \| 222,956
			\| align="right" \| 80,068
			\| align="right" \| 142,888
			\| align="right" \| 34.3
			\| align="right" \| 12.4
			\| align="right" \| 21.9
			\| -0.9
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1954
			\| align="right" \| 6,627,000
			\| align="right" \| 220,968
			\| align="right" \| 84,519
			\| align="right" \| 136,449
			\| align="right" \| 33.3
			\| align="right" \| 12.8
			\| align="right" \| 20.5
			\| -0.1
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1955
			\| align="right" \| 6,764,000
			\| align="right" \| 237,213
			\| align="right" \| 87,843
			\| align="right" \| 149,370
			\| align="right" \| 35.1
			\| align="right" \| 13.0
			\| align="right" \| 22.1
			\| -1.9
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1956
			\| align="right" \| 6,940,000
			\| align="right" \| 249,756
			\| align="right" \| 84,199
			\| align="right" \| 165,557
			\| align="right" \| 36.0
			\| align="right" \| 12.1
			\| align="right" \| 23.9
			\| 1.5
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1957
			\| align="right" \| 7,116,000
			\| align="right" \| 262,746
			\| align="right" \| 91,506
			\| align="right" \| 171,240
			\| align="right" \| 36.9
			\| align="right" \| 12.9
			\| align="right" \| 24.0
			\| 0.7
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1958
			\| align="right" \| 7,291,000
			\| align="right" \| 263,418
			\| align="right" \| 88,930
			\| align="right" \| 174,488
			\| align="right" \| 36.1
			\| align="right" \| 12.2
			\| align="right" \| 23.9
			\| 0.1
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1959
			\| align="right" \| 7,467,000
			\| align="right" \| 267,657
			\| align="right" \| 94,491
			\| align="right" \| 173,166
			\| align="right" \| 35.8
			\| align="right" \| 12.7
			\| align="right" \| 23.1
			\| 0.4
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1960
			\| align="right" \| 7,643,000
			\| align="right" \| 282,681
			\| align="right" \| 95,486
			\| align="right" \| 187,195
			\| align="right" \| 37.0
			\| align="right" \| 12.5
			\| align="right" \| 24.5
			\| -1.5
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1961
			\| align="right" \| 7,843,000
			\| align="right" \| 290,412
			\| align="right" \| 91,348
			\| align="right" \| 199,064
			\| align="right" \| 37.0
			\| align="right" \| 11.6
			\| align="right" \| 25.4
			\| 0.1
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1962
			\| align="right" \| 8,044,000
			\| align="right" \| 304,930
			\| align="right" \| 94,874
			\| align="right" \| 210,056
			\| style="color:blue"\| 37.9
			\| align="right" \| 11.8
			\| style="color:blue"\| 26.1
			\| -1.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1963
			\| align="right" \| 8,245,000
			\| style="color:blue;"\|309,908
			\| align="right" \| 98,293
			\| align="right" \| 211,615
			\| align="right" \| 37.6
			\| align="right" \| 11.9
			\| align="right" \| 25.7
			\| -1.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1964
			\| align="right" \| 8,445,000
			\| align="right" \| 306,050
			\| align="right" \| 94,058
			\| align="right" \| 211,992
			\| align="right" \| 36.2
			\| align="right" \| 11.1
			\| align="right" \| 25.1
			\| -1.5
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1965
			\| align="right" \| 8,646,000
			\| align="right" \| 308,014
			\| align="right" \| 91,648
			\| align="right" \| 216,366
			\| align="right" \| 35.6
			\| align="right" \| 10.6
			\| align="right" \| 25.0
			\| -1.8
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1966
			\| align="right" \| 8,831,000
			\| align="right" \| 295,761
			\| align="right" \| 95,450
			\| align="right" \| 200,311
			\| align="right" \| 33.5
			\| align="right" \| 10.8
			\| align="right" \| 22.7
			\| -1.8
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1967
			\| align="right" \| 9,015,000
			\| align="right" \| 277,009
			\| align="right" \| 86,840
			\| align="right" \| 190,169
			\| align="right" \| 30.7
			\| align="right" \| 9.6
			\| align="right" \| 21.1
			\| -0.7
			\|
			\|-
			\| 1970
			\| align="right" \| 9,569,000
			\| align="right" \| 261,609
			\| align="right" \| 83,014
			\| align="right" \| 178,595
			\| align="right" \| 27.3
			\| align="right" \| 8.7
			\| align="right" \| 18.6
			\| 0.6
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1971
			\| align="right" \| 9,738,000
			\| align="right" \| 273,518
			\| align="right" \| 83,456
			\| align="right" \| 190,062
			\| align="right" \| 28.1
			\| align="right" \| 8.6
			\| align="right" \| 19.5
			\| -2.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1972
			\| align="right" \| 9,907,000
			\| align="right" \| 277,891
			\| align="right" \| 87,429
			\| align="right" \| 190,462
			\| align="right" \| 28.0
			\| align="right" \| 8.8
			\| align="right" \| 19.2
			\| -2.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1973
			\| align="right" \| 10,076,000
			\| align="right" \| 276,650
			\| align="right" \| 80,994
			\| align="right" \| 195,656
			\| align="right" \| 27.5
			\| align="right" \| 8.0
			\| align="right" \| 19.5
			\| -2.7
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1974
			\| align="right" \| 10,244,000
			\| align="right" \| 267,977
			\| align="right" \| 78,493
			\| align="right" \| 189,484
			\| align="right" \| 26.2
			\| align="right" \| 7.7
			\| align="right" \| 18.5
			\| -2.1
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1975
			\| align="right" \| 10,413,000
			\| align="right" \| 256,543
			\| align="right" \| 74,481
			\| align="right" \| 182,062
			\| align="right" \| 24.6
			\| align="right" \| 7.2
			\| align="right" \| 17.4
			\| -1.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1976
			\| align="right" \| 10,565,000
			\| align="right" \| 247,722
			\| align="right" \| 80,537
			\| align="right" \| 167,185
			\| align="right" \| 23.4
			\| align="right" \| 7.6
			\| align="right" \| 15.8
			\| -1.5
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1977
			\| align="right" \| 10,717,000
			\| align="right" \| 240,463
			\| align="right" \| 73,446
			\| align="right" \| 167,017
			\| align="right" \| 22.4
			\| align="right" \| 6.8
			\| align="right" \| 15.6
			\| -1.4
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1978
			\| align="right" \| 10,869,000
			\| align="right" \| 236,780
			\| align="right" \| 72,436
			\| align="right" \| 164,344
			\| align="right" \| 21.8
			\| align="right" \| 6.7
			\| align="right" \| 15.1
			\| -1.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1979
			\| align="right" \| 11,021,000
			\| align="right" \| 241,077
			\| align="right" \| 74,528
			\| align="right" \| 166,549
			\| align="right" \| 21.9
			\| align="right" \| 6.8
			\| align="right" \| 15.1
			\| -1.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1980
			\| align="right" \| 11,174,000
			\| align="right" \| 247,013
			\| align="right" \| 74,109
			\| align="right" \| 172,904
			\| align="right" \| 22.1
			\| align="right" \| 6.6
			\| align="right" \| 15.5
			\| -1.8
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1981
			\| align="right" \| 11,359,000
			\| align="right" \| 264,809
			\| align="right" \| 69,971
			\| align="right" \| 194,838
			\| align="right" \| 23.3
			\| align="right" \| 6.2
			\| align="right" \| 17.1
			\| -0.9
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1982
			\| align="right" \| 11,545,000
			\| align="right" \| 270,003
			\| style="color:blue;"\| 69,887
			\| align="right" \| 200,116
			\| align="right" \| 23.4
			\| align="right" \| 6.1
			\| align="right" \| 17.3
			\| -1.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1983
			\| align="right" \| 11,731,000
			\| align="right" \| 256,539
			\| align="right" \| 74,296
			\| align="right" \| 182,243
			\| align="right" \| 21.9
			\| align="right" \| 6.3
			\| align="right" \| 15.6
			\| 0.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1984
			\| align="right" \| 11,916,000
			\| align="right" \| 265,016
			\| align="right" \| 74,669
			\| align="right" \| 190,347
			\| align="right" \| 22.2
			\| align="right" \| 6.3
			\| align="right" \| 15.9
			\| -0.5
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1985
			\| align="right" \| 12,047,000
			\| align="right" \| 261,978
			\| align="right" \| 73,534
			\| align="right" \| 188,444
			\| align="right" \| 21.7
			\| align="right" \| 6.1
			\| align="right" \| 15.6
			\| -4.8
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1986
			\| align="right" \| 12,248,000
			\| align="right" \| 272,997
			\| align="right" \| 72,209
			\| align="right" \| 200,788
			\| align="right" \| 22.3
			\| align="right" \| 5.9
			\| align="right" \| 16.4
			\| 0
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1987
			\| align="right" \| 12,454,000
			\| align="right" \| 279,762
			\| align="right" \| 70,559
			\| align="right" \| 209,203
			\| align="right" \| 22.5
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 16.8
			\| -0.3
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1988
			\| align="right" \| 12,667,000
			\| align="right" \| 296,581
			\| align="right" \| 74,435
			\| align="right" \| 222,146
			\| align="right" \| 23.4
			\| align="right" \| 5.9
			\| align="right" \| 17.5
			\| -0.7
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1989
			\| align="right" \| 12,883,000
			\| align="right" \| 303,798
			\| align="right" \| 75,453
			\| align="right" \| 228,345
			\| align="right" \| 23.6
			\| align="right" \| 5.9
			\| align="right" \| 17.7
			\| -1.0
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1990
			\| align="right" \| 13,179,000
			\| align="right" \| 307,522
			\| align="right" \| 78,434
			\| style="color:blue;"\| 229,118
			\| align="right" \| 23.3
			\| align="right" \| 6.0
			\| align="right" \| 17.3
			\| 5.2
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1991
			\| align="right" \| 13,422,000
			\| align="right" \| 299,456
			\| align="right" \| 74,862
			\| align="right" \| 224,594
			\| align="right" \| 22.3
			\| align="right" \| 5.6
			\| align="right" \| 16.7
			\| 1.4
			\| align="right" \|
			\|-
			\| 1992
			\| align="right" \| 13,665,000
			\| align="right" \| 293,787
			\| align="right" \| 74,090
			\| align="right" \| 219,697
			\| align="right" \| 21.5
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 16.1
			\| 1.7
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.54
			\|-
			\| 1993
			\| align="right" \| 13,908,000
			\| align="right" \| 290,438
			\| align="right" \| 76,261
			\| align="right" \| 214,177
			\| align="right" \| 20.9
			\| align="right" \| 5.5
			\| align="right" \| 15.4
			\| 2,1
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.48
			\|-
			\| 1994
			\| align="right" \| 14,152,000
			\| align="right" \| 288,175
			\| align="right" \| 75,445
			\| align="right" \| 212,730
			\| align="right" \| 20.4
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| align="right" \| 15.1
			\| 2,2
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.36
			\|-
			\| 1995
			\| align="right" \| 14,395,000
			\| align="right" \| 279,928
			\| align="right" \| 78,517
			\| align="right" \| 201,411
			\| align="right" \| 19.4
			\| align="right" \| 5.5
			\| align="right" \| 13.9
			\| 2.9
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.28
			\|-
			\| 1996
			\| align="right" \| 14,596,000
			\| align="right" \| 278,729
			\| align="right" \| 79,123
			\| align="right" \| 199,606
			\| align="right" \| 19.1
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 13.7
			\| 0.1
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.26
			\|-
			\| 1997
			\| align="right" \| 14,796,000
			\| align="right" \| 273,641
			\| align="right" \| 78,472
			\| align="right" \| 195,169
			\| align="right" \| 18.5
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| align="right" \| 13.2
			\| 0.3
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.21
			\|-
			\| 1998
			\| align="right" \| 14,997,000
			\| align="right" \| 270,637
			\| align="right" \| 80,257
			\| align="right" \| 190,380
			\| align="right" \| 18.0
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 12.6
			\| 0.7
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.17
			\|-
			\| 1999
			\| align="right" \| 15,197,000
			\| align="right" \| 263,867
			\| align="right" \| 81,984
			\| align="right" \| 181,883
			\| align="right" \| 17.4
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 12.0
			\| 1.2
			\| align="right" style="color: blue"\| 2.11
			\|-
			\| 2000
			\| align="right" \| 15,398,000
			\| align="right" \| 261,993
			\| align="right" \| 78,814
			\| align="right" \| 183,179
			\| align="right" \| 17.0
			\| style="color:blue"\| 5.1
			\| align="right" \| 11.9
			\| 1.2
			\| align="right" \| 2.09
			\|-
			\| 2001
			\| align="right" \| 15,572,000
			\| align="right" \| 259,069
			\| align="right" \| 81,871
			\| align="right" \| 177,198
			\| align="right" \| 16.6
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| align="right" \| 11.3
			\| -0.2
			\| align="right" \| 2.05
			\|-
			\| 2002
			\| align="right" \| 15,746,000
			\| align="right" \| 251,559
			\| align="right" \| 81,080
			\| align="right" \| 170,479
			\| align="right" \| 16.0
			\| align="right" \| 5.1
			\| align="right" \| 10.9
			\| 0.2
			\| align="right" \| 1.99
			\|-
			\| 2003
			\| align="right" \| 15,919,000
			\| align="right" \| 246,827
			\| align="right" \| 83,672
			\| align="right" \| 163,155
			\| align="right" \| 15.5
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| align="right" \| 10.2
			\| 0.6
			\| align="right" \| 1.94
			\|-
			\| 2004
			\| align="right" \| 16,093,000
			\| align="right" \| 242,476
			\| align="right" \| 86,138
			\| align="right" \| 156,338
			\| align="right" \| 15.1
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 9.7
			\| 1.1
			\| align="right" \| 1.90
			\|-
			\| 2005
			\| align="right" \| 16,267,000
			\| align="right" \| 242,980
			\| align="right" \| 86,102
			\| align="right" \| 156,878
			\| align="right" \| 14.9
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| align="right" \| 9.6
			\| 1.1
			\| align="right" \| 1.89
			\|-
			\| 2006
			\| align="right" \| 16,433,000
			\| align="right" \| 243,561
			\| align="right" \| 85,639
			\| align="right" \| 157,922
			\| align="right" \| 14.8
			\| align="right" \| 5.2
			\| align="right" \| 9.6
			\| 0.5
			\| align="right" \| 1.88
			\|-
			\| 2007
			\| align="right" \| 16,598,000
			\| align="right" \| 242,054
			\| align="right" \| 93,000
			\| align="right" \| 149,054
			\| align="right" \| 14.6
			\| align="right" \| 5.6
			\| align="right" \| 9.0
			\| 1.0
			\| align="right" \| 1.94
			\|-
			\| 2008
			\| align="right" \| 16,763,000
			\| align="right" \| 248,366
			\| align="right" \| 90,168
			\| align="right" \| 158,198
			\| align="right" \| 14.8
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 9.4
			\| 0.4
			\| align="right" \| 1.97
			\|-
			\| 2009
			\| align="right" \| 16,929,000
			\| align="right" \| 253,584
			\| align="right" \| 91,965
			\| align="right" \| 161,619
			\| align="right" \| 15.0
			\| align="right" \| 5.4
			\| align="right" \| 9.6
			\| 0.3
			\| align="right" \| 2.00
			\|-
			\| 2010
			\| align="right" \| 17,094,000
			\| align="right" \| 251,199
			\| align="right" \| 97,930
			\| align="right" \| 153,269
			\| align="right" \| 14.7
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 9.0
			\| 0.7
			\| align="right" \| 1.97
			\|-
			\| 2011
			\| align="right" \| 17,248,000<sup>1</sup>
			\| align="right" \| 247,358
			\| align="right" \| 94,985
			\| align="right" \| 152,373
			\| align="right" \| 14.4
			\| align="right" \| 5.5
			\| align="right" \| 8.9
			\| 0.1
			\| align="right" \| 1.94
			\|-
			\| 2012
			\| align="right" \| 17,445,000
			\| align="right" \| 243,635
			\| align="right" \| 98,711
			\| align="right" \| 144,924
			\| align="right" \| 14.0
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 8.3
			\| 3.0
			\| align="right" \| 1.90
			\|-
			\| 2013
			\| align="right" \| 17,612,000
			\| align="right" \| 242,862
			\| align="right" \| 99,770
			\| align="right" \| 143,092
			\| align="right" \| 13.8
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 8.1
			\| 1.4
			\| align="right" \| 1.85
			\|-
			\| 2014
			\| align="right" \| 17,787,000
			\| align="right" \| 252,194
			\| align="right" \| 101,960
			\| align="right" \| 150,234
			\| align="right" \| 14.2
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 8.5
			\| 1.4
			\| align="right" \| 1.91
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| align="right" \| 17,971,000
			\| align="right" \| 245,406
			\| align="right" \| 103,327
			\| align="right" \| 142,079
			\| align="right" \| 13.6
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 7.9
			\| 2.4
			\| align="right" \| 1.86
			\|-
			\| 2016
			\| align="right" \| 18,167,000
			\| align="right" \| 232,616
			\| align="right" \| 104,026
			\| align="right" \| 128,590
			\| align="right" \| 12.8
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 7.1
			\| 3.8
			\| align="right" \| 1.75
			\|-
			\| 2017
			\| align="right" \| 18,419,192
			\| align="right" \| 219,494
			\| align="right" \| 106,388
			\| align="right" \| 113,106
			\| align="right" \| 11.9
			\| align="right" \| 5.8
			\| align="right" \| 6.1
			\| 7.7
			\| align="right" \| 1.65
			\|-
			\| 2018
			\| align="right" \| 18,751,405
			\| align="right" \| 221,724
			\| align="right" \| 106,786
			\| align="right" \| 114,938
			\| align="right" \| 11.8
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 6.1
			\| 11.8
			\| align="right" \| 1.62
			\|-
			\| 2019
			\| align="right" \| 19,107,216
			\| align="right" \| 210,188
			\| align="right" \| 109,658
			\| align="right" \| 100,530
			\| align="right" \| 11.0
			\| align="right" \| 5.7
			\| align="right" \| 5.3
			\| 13.5
			\| align="right" \| 1.50
			\|-
			\| 2020
			\| align="right" \| 19,458,310
			\| align="right" \| 194,978
			\| align="right" \| 126,169
			\| align="right" \| 68,809
			\| align="right" \| 10.0
			\| align="right" \| 6.5
			\| align="right" \| 3.5
			\| 14.8
			\| align="right" \| 1.30
			\|-
			\| 2021
			\| align="right" \| 19,678,363
			\| 177,273
			\| style="color: red" \| 137,629
			\| style="color: red" \| 39,644
			\| 9.0
			\| 6.9
			\| style="color: red" \|2.1
			\| 9.3
			\| style="color: red" \|1.17
			\|-
			\| 2022
			\| 19,828,563
			\| 189,310
			\| 136,958
			\| 52,352
			\| 9.6
			\| 6.8
			\| 2.8
			\| 5.0
			\| 1.32
			\|-
			\| 2023
			\| style="color: blue" \| 19,960,889
			\| style="color: red" \| 173,920
			\| 121,270
			\| 52.650
			\| style="color: red" \| 8.7
			\| 6.0
			\| 2.7
			\| 4.1
			\| 1.2(e)
			\|}
			<small><sup>1</sup>This estimate and those of previous years were made before the 2012 census results were known.</small>

			(p) = preliminary figures.\| 2020<sup>1</sup>
	===Infant mortality rate===
	:Total: 8.58 deaths/1,000 live births
	:Male: 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births
	:Female: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

	===~~Life~~ ~~expectancy~~ ~~at birth~~===		===Current vital statistics===
			The Ine publishes monthly the vital statistics report.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Enero de 2024: número de nacimientos, matrimonios y muertes bajan interanualmente \|url=https://www.ine.gob.cl/sala-de-prensa/prensa/general/noticia/2024/03/27/enero-de-2024-n%C3%BAmero-de-nacimientos-matrimonios-y-muertes-bajan-interanualmente \|website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística \|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>
	:Total population: 76.77 years
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
	:Male: 73.49 years
			\|+
	:Female: 80.21 years (2006 est.)
			\|-
			! Period
			! Live births
			! Deaths
			! Natural increase
			\|-
			\| '''January - October 2023'''
			\| 147,353
			\| 102,205
			\| +45,148
			\|-
			\| '''January - October 2024'''
			\| 114,423
			\| 101,579
			\| +12,844
			\|-
			\| '''Difference'''
			\| {{decrease}} -32,930 (-22.35%)
			\| {{decreasepositive}} -626 (-0.61%)
			\| {{decrease}} -32,304
			\|}

	===~~Total~~ ~~fertility~~ ~~rate~~===		===United Nations estimates===
	:2 children born/woman (2006 est.)

			The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
	===HIV/AIDS===
			<ref name="WPP 2015"/>
	:Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.)
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
	:People living with HIV/AIDS: 26,000 (2003 est.)
			\|-
	:Deaths: 1,400 (2003 est.)
			! rowspan=2\|Period
			! rowspan=2\|Live births<br />per year
			! rowspan=2\|Deaths<br />per year
			! rowspan=2\|Natural change<br />per year
			! rowspan=2\|CBR*
			! rowspan=2\|CDR*
			! rowspan=2\|NC*
			! rowspan=2\|TFR*
			! rowspan=2\|IMR*
			! colspan=3\|Life expectancy
			\|-
			! total
			! males
			! females
			\|-
			\| 1950–1955 \|\| 244,000\|\| 94,000\|\| 150,000\|\|37.5\|\|14.5\|\|23.0\|\|5.15\|\|120\|\|54.9\|\|52.9\|\|56.8
			\|-
			\| 1955–1960 \|\| 268,000\|\| 95,000\|\| 173,000\|\|36.8\|\|13.1\|\|23.7\|\|5.18\|\|118\|\|56.2\|\|53.8\|\|58.7
			\|-
			\| 1960–1965 \|\| 285,000\|\| 95,000\|\| 190,000\|\|35.0\|\|11.6\|\|23.4\|\|4.96\|\|109\|\|58.1\|\|55.3\|\|61.0
			\|-
			\| 1965–1970 \|\| 291,000\|\| 93,000\|\| 198,000\|\|32.1\|\|10.2\|\|21.9\|\|4.46\|\|89\|\|60.8\|\|57.7\|\|63.9
			\|-
			\| 1970–1975 \|\| 271,000\|\| 88,000\|\| 183,000\|\|27.1\|\|8.8\|\|18.3\|\|3.57\|\|69\|\|63.7\|\|60.6\|\|67.0
			\|-
			\| 1975–1980 \|\| 257,000\|\| 84,000\|\| 173,000\|\|23.8\|\|7.8\|\|16.0\|\|2.93\|\|45\|\|67.4\|\|64.0\|\|70.8
			\|-
			\| 1980–1985 \|\| 265,000\|\| 82,000\|\| 183,000\|\|22.7\|\|7.1\|\|15.6\|\|2.66\|\|24\|\|70.9\|\|67.4\|\|74.4
			\|-
			\| 1985–1990 \|\| 286,000\|\| 81,000\|\| 205,000\|\|22.7\|\|6.4\|\|16.3\|\|2.60\|\|18\|\|72.8\|\|69.6\|\|76.0
			\|-
			\| 1990–1995 \|\| 278,000\|\| 80,000\|\| 198,000\|\|20.4\|\|5.9\|\|14.5\|\|2.38\|\|14\|\|74.5\|\|71.5\|\|77.4
			\|-
			\| 1995–2000 \|\| 261,000\|\| 80,000\|\| 181,000\|\|17.8\|\|5.5\|\|12.3\|\|2.16\|\|12\|\|75.9\|\|72.8\|\|78.9
			\|-
			\| 2000–2005 \|\| 248,000\|\| 82,000\|\| 166,000\|\|15.9\|\|5.2\|\|10.7\|\|2.00\|\|8\|\|77.9\|\|74.8\|\|80.9
			\|-
			\| 2005–2010 \|\| 240,000\|\| 85,000\|\| 155,000\|\|14.5\|\|5.1\|\|9.4\|\|1.88\|\|7\|\|78.6\|\|75.5\|\|81.7
			\|-
			\| 2010–2015 \|\| 235,000\|\| 89,000\|\| 146,000\|\|13.5\|\|5.1\|\|8.4\|\|1.78\|\|6\|\|79.8\|\|77.0\|\|82.6
			\|-
			\| 2015–2020 \|\| 233,000\|\| 96,000\|\| 137,000\|\|13.3\|\|5.2\|\|7.5\|\|1.73\|\|5\|\|81.0\|\|78.3\|\|83.6
			\|-
			\|align="left" colspan="12" \| * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
			\|}

	==~~=Nationality=~~==		==Ethnic groups==
	~~:Noun:~~ Chilean~~(s)~~		{{main\|Chilean people}}
			{{bar box
	:Adjective: Chilean
			\|title=Ethnic groups background in Chile<ref name="CIATONGA"/>
			\|titlebar=#ddd
			\|left1=Ethnic groups
			\|right1=Percent
			\|float=right
			\|bars=

			{{bar percent\| White \|blue\|65.0}}
	===Ethnic groups===
			{{bar percent\| Mestizo \|orange\|30.0}}
	:], in various degrees of admixture marked by a sociogenetic gradient (]), over 90%;
			{{bar percent\|] \|green\|5.0}}
	:Officially recognised ] population as cited by and according to the current parameters of the , 4.6%;
	:] and others constitute the remainder.

			}}
	===Religions===
			Chile is a ],<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Omotayo \|first1=Folake \|title=Chile Country Profile \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19357497 \|agency=BBC \|date=12 April 2018}}</ref> home to individuals with varied ethnic backgrounds. Studies on the ethnic makeup of ] differ significantly from one another.
	:Roman Catholic 69%, Protestant 16%, Jewish NEGL% (data according to last national census).

			A public health book from the ] states that 35% of the population are Mestizos with predominantly White admixture, with 60% being of Caucasoid origin and Amerindians comprising the remaining 5%.<ref name="UC">{{cite web \|title=5.2.6. Estructura racial \|url=http://mazinger.sisib.uchile.cl/repositorio/lb/ciencias_quimicas_y_farmaceuticas/medinae/cap2/5b6.html \|accessdate=2007-08-26 \|work=La Universidad de Chile \|language= \|archive-date=October 16, 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016124831/http://mazinger.sisib.uchile.cl/repositorio/lb/ciencias_quimicas_y_farmaceuticas/medinae/cap2/5b6.html \|url-status=dead }} ()</ref> ] professor of ] studies, Francisco Lizcano, estimates that 52.7% of the Chilean population can be classified as ], with 39.3% being ] and the remaining 8% belonging to Amerindian cultures.<ref name="Lizcano">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcabJ98-t1wC&pg=PA93\|title=Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI\|isbn=9789707570528\|last1=Fernández\|first1=Francisco Lizcano\|year=2007\|publisher=Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México }}</ref> Other social studies put the total number of ] at over 60%.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Fabregat \|first1=Claudio Esteva \|year=1988 \|title=El mestizaje en Iberoamérica \|trans-title=Mestizaje in Ibero-America \|language=es \|publisher=Alhambra \|oclc=607746880 }}{{page needed\|date=November 2020}}</ref> According to the ] ], the entire population consists of a combined 95.4% of "Whites and Mixed-Race people" and 4.6% of Amerindians. These figures are based on a national census held in 2002, which classified the population as indigenous and non-indigenous rather than as White or Mestizo.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chile/ \|title=CIA World Factbook: Chile \|publisher=Cia.gov \|access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref>
	===Languages===
	:Spanish

			The 2011 ] survey asked respondents in Chile to identify their race, with the majority (67%) selecting "white," followed by "mestizo" (25%), and "indigenous" (8%).<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113084058/http://www.latinobarometro.org/latino/LATContenidos.jsp \|date=January 13, 2016 }}, ].</ref> In a 2002 national poll, the majority of Chileans reported having "some" (43.4%) or "much" (8.3%) indigenous ancestry, while 40.3% claimed to have none.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cepchile.cl/enc_encuestas.html \|title=Encuesta CEP, Julio 2002 \|date=July 2002 \|access-date=May 18, 2012 \|language=es \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429001707/http://www.cepchile.cl/enc_encuestas.html \|archive-date=April 29, 2013 \|df=mdy }}</ref>
	===Literacy===
	:Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
	:Total population: 96.2%
	:Male: 96.4%
	:Female: 96.1% (2003 est.)

			According to Encyclopedia Britannica as of year 2002 only 22% of Chileans were white and 72% were mestizo.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-10 \|title=Chile - Indigenous, Mestizo, European {{!}} Britannica \|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Chile/People \|access-date=2024-12-11 \|website=www.britannica.com \|language=en}}</ref>
	==References==
	* {{CIA WFB 2006}}

			===Indigenous communities===
			]
			{{Main\|Indigenous peoples in Chile}}
			] girl from ] in southern Chile]]
			The 1907 census reported 101,118 Indians, or 3.1% of the total country population. Only those that practiced their native culture or spoke their native language were considered, irrespective of their "racial purity."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl//temas/documento_detalle.asp?id=MC0007943 \|title=1907 census \|publisher=Memoriachilena.cl \|access-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref>

			According to the 2002 census, only indigenous people that still practiced a native culture or spoke a native language were surveyed, and 4.6% of the population (692,192 people) fit that description. Of that 4.6%, 87.3% declared themselves Mapuche.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ine.cl/cd2002/sintesiscensal.pdf\|title=Censo 2002 – Síntesis de Resultados\|work=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas}}</ref> Most of the indigenous population show varying degrees of mixed ancestry.<ref name="medwave">{{cite web\|url=http://www.medwave.cl/ciencia/11.act \|title=El gradiente sociogenético chileno y sus implicaciones ético-sociales \|publisher=Medwave.cl \|date=June 15, 2000 \|access-date=May 16, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818181825/http://www.medwave.cl/ciencia/11.act \|archive-date=August 18, 2013 \|df=mdy}}</ref>
	{{South_America_in_topic\|Demographics of}}

			Chile is one of the twenty-two countries to have signed and ratified the only binding international law concerning indigenous peoples, ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C169 \|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091225170052/http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C169 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 25, 2009 \|title=ILOLEX: submits English query \|publisher=Ilo.org \|date=January 9, 2004 \|access-date=May 16, 2010 }}</ref> It was adopted in 1989 as the ] (ILO) Convention 169. Chile ratified the convention in 2008. In November 2009, a court decision in Chile, considered to be a landmark ruling in indigenous rights concerns, made use of the ILO convention 169. The Supreme Court decision on Aymara water rights upholds rulings by both the Pozo Almonte tribunal and the Iquique Court of Appeals, and marks the first judicial application of ILO Convention 169 in Chile.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17739:chiles-supreme-court-upholds-indigenous-water-use-rights&catid=19:other&Itemid=142 \|title=Chile's Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Water Use Rights \|publisher=The Santiago Times \|date=November 30, 2009 \|access-date=March 2, 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303200719/http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17739:chiles-supreme-court-upholds-indigenous-water-use-rights&catid=19:other&Itemid=142 \|archive-date=March 3, 2010 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			Chile administers ] a territory 4,100 km west of the mainland. The ] people are native to the island and are ] in origin. About 3,500 live on the island,<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307050157/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/proyecciones/MenPrincOK.xls \|date=March 7, 2012 }}(INE).</ref> but around 10,000 came to the mainland in the 20th century.{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}}

			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|+ Those belonging to recognised indigenous communities (2002)
			\|-
			! Community !! Population !! Percentage
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align="right"\|2,622
			\|{{percentage bar\|0.02}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align="right"\|604,349
			\|{{percentage bar\|4.00}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align="right"\|21,015
			\|{{percentage bar\|0.14}}
			\|-
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			=== European immigration ===
			{{See also\|Immigration to Chile}}
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			\|-
			! colspan=2 \| Historical groups of immigrants
			\|-
			! Ethnicity
			!Total
			\|-
			\| Spanish
			\|16,200,000<ref>{{cite web \| title=Departamento de Extranjería y Migración, (INE-DEM, 2019). }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| Basque
			\|4,700,000{{Citation needed\|date=March 2023}}
			\|-
			\| Mapuche
			\|1,500,000<ref name=":0">{{cite journal\|last=Aravena Reyes \|date=2014 \|doi=10.4000/alhim.4942 \|first=Andrea \|periodical=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire. Les Cahiers ALHIM \|title=Identidad indígena en Chile en contexto de migración, urbanización y globalización \|volume=27 \|issue=27 \|doi-access=free }}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
			\|-
			\| Germans
			\|1,000,000<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.dw.com/es/alemanes-en-chile-entre-el-pasado-colono-y-el-presente-empresarial/a-14958983-1 \| title=Alemanes en Chile: Entre el pasado colono y el presente empresarial \| DW \| 31.03.2011 \| website=] }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| French
			\|900,000<ref name=rp>{{cite journal \| url=https://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/2720 \| doi=10.4000/hommesmigrations.2720 \| title=Le Chili et les mouvements migratoires \| year=2014 \| last1=Parvex \| first1=Ricardo \| journal=Hommes & Migrations \| issue=1305 \| pages=71–76 \| doi-access=free }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| Italian
			\|800,000<ref name="rp" />
			\|-
			\| Arabs
			\|800,000<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.ibtimes.com/arabs-andes-chile-unlikely-long-term-home-large-palestinian-community-1449718 \| title=Arabs in the Andes? Chile, the Unlikely Long-Term Home of a Large Palestinian Community \| website=] \| date=October 31, 2013 }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| Croatian
			\|800,000<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.domovina.cl/inmigrantes-otras.php \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702225324/http://www.domovina.cl/inmigrantes-otras.php \| archive-date=July 2, 2015 \| title=Domovina - Inmigrantes croatas en Chile }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| English
			\|680,000<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673&IdCategoria=91&IdArea=488&TituloPagina=Historia%20de%20Chile \| title=.:: Biografía de Chile ::. Historia de Chile - Otros Artículos - Británicos y Anglosajones en Chile durante el siglo XIX. - \| access-date=September 15, 2009 \| archive-date=November 12, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003642/http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>
			\|-
			\| Scottish
			\|350,000{{Citation needed\|date=March 2023}}
			\|-
			\| Irish
			\|120,000<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.ohigginstours.com/esp/irlandeses.php \| title=O'Higgins Tours \| la Historia de los Irlandeses en Chile }}</ref>
			\|}
			]) immigrants to ] in southern Chile.]]

			Chile – located far from Europe and difficult to reach – was never an attractive place for migrants from Europe,<ref name=Euzko> {{Webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130819165814/http://www.euzkoetxeachile.cl/libros/04-De%20los%20Vascos%20Onati%20y%20los%20Elorza-2.pdf \|date= August 19, 2013 }} "...De Los Vascos, Oñati Y Los Elorza" by ''Waldo Ayarza Elorza''. Page 59, 65, 66</ref><ref name="HistoriaContemporaneaDeChile">{{cite book \| title= Historia Contemporánea de Chile \|last1= Salazar Vergara \|first1= Gabriel \|last2= Pinto \|first2= Julio \|author-link1= Gabriel Salazar \|author-link2= Julio Pinto \| year= 1999 \| publisher= ] \| location= Santiago de Chile \| isbn= 978-956-282-174-2 \|chapter= La Presencia Inmigrante \|pages= 76–81 \|access-date= September 16, 2012 \|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Vyx8JQtvU78C&q=Chile+migracion+europea&pg=PA78 }}</ref> a situation recognized in the census of 1907, the census which recorded the highest percentage of Europeans versus the total population of Chile (2.2%).<ref name=1907Census/>

			{{Blockquote\|The observed increase in 1885 is due in large part to the annexation of three provinces after the ] and the final conquest of the ]. Given that our country receives almost no foreign immigration, this increase is significant, when compared with that of more advanced countries in this regard. The comparative table that follows demonstrates this:<br />
			(...)<br />
			Except for those lucky countries that have seen in the last half century flocking to its beaches a huge influx of immigrants, a situation that unfortunately is not ours, the rate of increase of the population of Chile, figures honorably between the rate of the most prosperous countries on Earth.\| National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas)<ref name=1907Census>Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas: {{in lang\|es}}</ref>}}

			European migration in the 19th century did not result in a remarkable change in the ethnic composition of Chile, except in the ] and the city of Concepcion in the BIO-BIO Region.<ref name=C1907>Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile: {{in lang\|es}}</ref>

			Spain and France was the largest source of European immigration to Chile during the 17th and 18th centuries, specially from the deep southern parts of Andalusia and Extremadura, which contributed to the Chilean ethnogenesis with thousands of peasants who migrated to the fertile lands of the Chilean Central Valley alongside the Basque merchants who started to arrive in the 18th century in great numbers.

			The largest contingent of people to have arrived in post-independence Chile came from Spain and from the ], a region divided between northern Spain and southern France. Estimates of the number of Chileans who have one or two surnames of ] origin range from 10% (1,600,000) to as high as 20% (3,200,000).<ref name="Diariovasco">. Diariovasco. (December 1, 1997).</ref><ref> Ainara Madariaga:
			Autora del estudio ''"Imaginarios vascos desde Chile La construcción de imaginarios vascos en Chile durante el siglo XX"''.</ref><ref>. Euskonews.com.</ref><ref>''Contacto Interlingüístico e intercultural en el mundo hispano.instituto valenciano de lenguas y culturas. Universitat de València Cita:'' Un 20% de la población chilena tiene su origen en el País Vasco.</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100202064123/http://www.empresariosvascos.cl/boletines/2008-11-03-BOLETIN-EMPREBASK.pdf \|date= February 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=Euzko3> {{Webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130819165814/http://www.euzkoetxeachile.cl/libros/04-De%20los%20Vascos%20Onati%20y%20los%20Elorza-2.pdf \|date= August 19, 2013 }} De Los Vascos, Oñati y Los Elorza ''Waldo Ayarza Elorza''.</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} </ref> Note that this phenomenon occurs not only in Chile, but also in every ] of Spain,<ref name=migraciones>{{cite web \|title= Apellidos y Migraciones Internas en La España Cristiana de La Reconquista \|first1= Fernando González del Campo \|last1= Román \|url= http://hispagen.es/encuentro1/migraciones.pdf }}</ref> as well as in other Latin American countries – one can see that a substantial portion of their populations ] of ] or ] origin,<ref name="euskonews">{{cite web \|url= http://www.euskonews.com/0214zbk/kosmo21402.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030921192107/http://www.euskonews.com/0214zbk/kosmo21402.html \|archive-date= September 21, 2003 \|url-status= dead \|title= Presente y futuro de los Centros Vascos en Argentina (I de III) \|access-date= November 19, 2015 \|df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Luis Gorostiza, (1912).{{full citation needed\|date= November 2020}}</ref><ref>Vascos en Colombia, Tomos 1 y 2, Francisco de Abrisketa, Jaime de Kerexet</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/21/world/montevideo-journal-basques-have-lots-to-boast-of-and-at-times-do.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all \|title= Montevideo Journal: Basques Have Lots to Boast of (and at Times Do) \|quote= A fourth of Uruguay's three million people have at least one parent with a Basque surname. \| work= The New York Times \| first= Shirley \| last= Christian \| date= November 21, 1989 \| access-date= April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>Bacaicoa Sanz, Francisco: "Apellidos vascos en el México de los Virreyes", en BIAEV, XXX, Bilbao, 1979.</ref><ref>De Ispizúa, Segundo: Los vascos en América: Simón Bolívar Volumen 2; Volumen 5</ref> tending to be more common in the upper classes, and hence becoming more unusual in lower classes.<ref> {{blockquote\| (Fragment)Hoy día los apellidos vascos son frecuentes en los grupos dirigentes, políticos y económicos, de gran número de países de América Latina. Una lista de las cincuenta mayores familias propietarias de Argentina... }}</ref>

			Chile's various waves of non-Spanish immigrants include ], Irish, ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].

			In 1848 an important and substantial ] immigration took place, laying the foundation for the ] community.<ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116212428/http://www.nuestro.cl/museos/museos_uasutral3.htm \|date= January 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131016092348/http://pehueneditores.com/bodega_pehuen/20%20de%20junio/ensayo/orden%20prodigioso.pdf \|date= October 16, 2013 }}</ref> Sponsored by the Chilean government for the colonization of the southern region, the Germans (including German-speaking ], ], ] and ]), strongly influenced the cultural and racial composition of the southern provinces of Chile. It is difficult to count the number of descendants of Germans in Chile, given the great amount of time since 1848. Because many areas of ] were sparsely populated, the traces of German immigration there are quite noticeable. An independent estimate calculates that about 500,000 Chileans could descend from German immigrants.<ref>{{cite news\|title= Alemanes en Chile: entre el pasado colono y el presente empresarial \|url= http://www.dw.de/alemanes-en-chile-entre-el-pasado-colono-y-el-presente-empresarial/a-14958983-1\|access-date= December 22, 2012 \|date= March 31, 2011 \|agency= Deustche-Welle \|language= es \| quote= Hoy, el perfil de los alemanes residentes aquí es distinto y ya no tienen el peso numérico que alguna vez alcanzaron. En los años 40 y 50 eran en Chile el segundo mayor grupo de extranjeros, representando el 13% (13.000 alemanes). Según el último censo de 2002, en cambio, están en el octavo lugar: son sólo 5.500 personas, lo que equivale al 3% de los foráneos. Sin embargo, la colonia formada por familias de origen alemán es activa y numerosa. Según explica Karla Berndt, gerente de comunicaciones de la Cámara Chileno-Alemana de Comercio (Camchal), los descendientes suman 500.000. Concentrados en el sur y centro del país, donde encuentran un clima más afín, su red de instituciones es amplia. “Hay clínicas, clubes, una Liga Chileno-Alemana, compañías de bomberos y un periódico semanal en alemán llamado Cóndor. Chile es el lugar en el que se concentra el mayor número de colegios alemanes, 24, lo que es mucho para un país tan chico de sólo 16 millones de habitantes”, relata Berndt. / (Translation) Today, the profile of the Germans living here is different and now they no longer have the numerical weight they once reached. In the 1940s and 1950s they were the second-largest foreign group in Chile, accounting for 13% (13,000 Germans). According to the last census in 2002, however, they are in eighth place: they are only 5,500 people, equivalent to 3% of outsiders. However, the colony of families of German origin is active and numerous. According to Karla Berndt, communications manager for the German-Chilean Chamber of Commerce (Camchal), descendants totaled 500,000. Concentrated in the south and center of the country, where they find a more congenial climate, its network of institutions is wide. "There are clinics, clubs, a Chilean-German League, fire companies and a German weekly newspaper called ''Condor''. Chile is the place with the largest concentration of German schools, 24 which is a lot for such a small country of only 16 million people", says Berndt.}}</ref>

			Other historically significant immigrant groups included ], whose descendants today are estimated at 380,000 persons, or 2.4% of the Chilean population.<ref>{{in lang\|es}} </ref><ref> {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110917024605/http://www.matis.hr/vijesti.php?id=2265 \|date= September 17, 2011 }}</ref> Some authors claim that close to 4.6% of the Chilean population must have some ].<ref name="hrvatski">{{cite web\|url= http://www.hrvatski.cl/html/croatas.htm \|title= Hrvatski Dom - Inmigrantes Croatas \|publisher= hrvatski.cl \|access-date= November 19, 2015 \|url-status= dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195315/http://www.hrvatski.cl/html/croatas.htm \|archive-date= March 3, 2016 \|df= mdy }}</ref> Over 700,000 Chileans (4.5% of the Chilean population) may have British (English, Scottish or Welsh) and Irish forebears.<ref name=british>{{cite web \|url= http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673&IdCategoria=91&IdArea=488&TituloPagina=Historia%20de%20Chile \|title= Historia de Chile, Británicos y Anglosajones en Chile durante el siglo XIX \|access-date= April 26, 2009 \|archive-date= November 12, 2020 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003642/http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673 \|url-status= dead }}</ref> Chileans of ] descent are estimated to number between 90,000 and 120,000;<ref>{{in lang \|es}} {{webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151016224632/http://viajerosgriegos.ar.vg/ \|date= October 16, 2015 }}</ref> most live in or near either ] or ], and Chile is one of the five countries in the world most populated with descendants of Greeks.<ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151016224632/http://viajerosgriegos.ar.vg/ \|date= October 16, 2015 }}</ref> The descendants of Swiss immigrants add 90,000,<ref name="schweizergruppe">{{cite web \|url= http://schweizergruppe.sv.tc/ \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090903012338/http://schweizergruppe.sv.tc/ \|archive-date= September 3, 2009 \|url-status= dead \|title= 90,000 descendants of Swiss in Chile. \|access-date= November 19, 2015 \|df= mdy-all }}</ref> and estimates suggest that about 5% of the Chilean population has some French ancestry.<ref>{{in lang \|es}} {{webarchive\|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080412230551/http://www.karnobooks.com/cgi-bin/karno/5814.html \|date= April 12, 2008 }}</ref> 600,000 Chileans descend from ] immigrants. Other groups of ] exist but are found in smaller numbers, such as the descendants of Austrians<ref name="dbnl">{{cite web\|url= http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jong038duit01_01/jong038duit01_01_0018.php \|title= L. de Jong, De Duitse Vijfde Colonne in de Tweede Wereldoorlog · dbnl \| Hoofdstuk XVI Historisch tussenspel \|publisher= dbnl.org\|access-date= November 19, 2015}}</ref>{{request quotation\|date=January 2021}} and Dutchmen (estimated at about 50,000).<ref> {{webarchive \|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130818221629/http://www.cstandt.com/content/dutch-immigration \|date= August 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="tripod">
			{{cite web
			\|url= http://members.tripod.com/jans_chile.cl/holandeses3.htm \|title= A principios del siglo XX \| Holando-bóers al sur de Chile. \|publisher= members.tripod.com\|access-date= November 19, 2015
			}}
			</ref>

			=== Latin American immigrants ===
			{{See also\|Immigration to Chile}}

			Since the reestablishment of democracy in Chile, the former tendency for emigrants from the country to outnumber immigrants to it has reversed. Chile now is one of the two countries in ] with a positive migration rate.<ref name="un2">{{cite web\|url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006_MigrationRep/Profiles_country.pdf \|title= United Nations Population Division \|publisher=un.org\|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Since 1990, with the opening of Chile to the world, through a free market system, and the consequent socioeconomic development of the country, has been noted the attraction of a significant number of immigrants from various Latin American countries, which represented in Census 2017, approximately 1,200,000 people, corresponding to 7% of the population residing in the Chilean territory, without counting their descendants born in Chile, due to the effects of the ].<ref name="Formas de nacionalidad en Chile">]: . ''Artículo 10, inciso primero'' de la ]. Review: 2019-27-5.</ref> Their main origins, corresponds to: 288,233 Venezuelans, 223,923 Peruvians, 179,338 Haitians, 146,582 Colombians, 107,346 Bolivians, 74,713 Argentines, 36,994 Ecuadorians, 18,185 Brazilians, 17,959 Dominicans, 15,837 Cubans and 8,975 Mexicans.<ref name="Censo, 2017">, INE Chile. Review: 2019-14-2.</ref>

			This has prompted a change in the physiognomy of certain communes in the country where its number is concentrated. In communes such as ] and ], 1/3 of residents is a Latin American immigrant (28% and 31% of the population of these communes, respectively).<ref name="Canal 13, 5 de mayo de 2018">]: . Published: 2018-5-5.</ref> Other communes of Greater Santiago with high numbers of immigrants are ] (17%) and ] (16%).<ref name="24 horas, 5 de mayo de 2018">. ''24 Horas Chile''. Published 2018-5-5.</ref> In the northern regions such as Antofagasta region, 17.3% of the population is a Latin American foreigner, with communes such as ] (31%), ] (16%), ] (16%) and ] (11%), with high percentages of Latin American immigrants, mainly Bolivians, Colombians and Peruvians.<ref name="Soy Antofagasta, 5 de mayo de 2018">. ''Soy Antofagasta''. Published: 2018-5-5.</ref>

			=== Other ethnic groups ===
			It is estimated that about 5% of the population (800,000) is descendant of Asian immigrants, chiefly from the Middle East (i.e. ], ] and ], ''see'' ]).<ref>{{in lang\|es}} </ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318054736/http://www.aurora-israel.co.il/articulos/israel/Titulares/24782/ \|date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref> Most of these are Christians from the ],<ref name="blog-v">{{cite web\|url=http://www.blog-v.com/arabesenchile/ \|title= Arab. \|publisher=blog-v.com\|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> of whom roughly 500,000 are ], mostly Christians, are believed to reside in Chile.<ref name="adnkronos">{{cite web \|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2050534508 \|title=Chile: Palestinian refugees arrive to warm welcome - Adnkronos Culture And Media \|publisher=adnkronos.com \|access-date=November 19, 2015 \|archive-date=November 24, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124194143/http://www1.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2050534508 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513104200/http://laventana.casa.cult.cu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=514 \|date=May 13, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{dead link\|date=December 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516225654/http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/05/exiling-palestinians-to-chile/ \|date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{in lang\|es}} {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519121616/http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/10/16/info/1255724848_222341.html \|date=May 19, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="delacole">{{cite web\|url=http://www.delacole.com/cgi-perl/medios/vernota.cgi?medio=comunidades&numero=510&nota=510-1 \|title=En detrimento de Israel - Acercamiento arabe a America Latina por Natalio Steiner, co-director de Comunidades \| En detrimento de Israel Acercamiento arabe a America Latina \|publisher=delacole.com\|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Additionally, about 18,000–25,000 Jews reside in Chile.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.congresojudio.org.ar/comunidades_detalle.php?id=5 \|author=Congreso Judío Latinoamericano \|title=Comunidades judías: Chile \|language=es \|access-date=24 April 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221215305/http://www.congresojudio.org.ar/comunidades_detalle.php?id=5 \|archive-date=December 21, 2014 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			In recent years, Chile has had a growing East Asian population, mainly from China (see ]), but also from Japan (see ]) and South Korea (see ]). The earliest wave of East Asian immigration took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly Chinese and Japanese contract laborers.

			There is a sizable population of ] in Chile. They are widely and easily recognized, and continue to hold on to their traditions and language, and many continue to live semi-nomadic lifestyles traveling from city to city and living in small tented ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.errc.org/roma-rights-journal/emerging-romani-voices-from-latin-america\|title=Emerging Romani Voices from Latin America\|website=European Roma Rights Centre\|language=HU\|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref>

			=== Population genetics ===
			Genetics studies fluctuate between 57,8% and 67.9% European;<ref name="Oliveira, 2008">{{cite thesis \|last1=Godinho \|first1=Neide Maria de Oliveira \|title=O impacto das migrações na constituição genética de populações latino-americanas \|trans-title=The impact of migration on the genetic makeup of Latin American populations \|language=pt \|year=2008 \|url=http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/5542 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316152334/https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/5542 \|archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Valenzuela, 1984">{{cite journal \|last1=Valenzuela \|first1=C. \|title=Marco de referencia sociogenetico para los estudios de salud publica en Chile \|trans-title=Sociogenetic reference limits for public health studies in Chile \|language=es \|journal=Revista Chilena de Pediatría \|date=1984 \|volume=55 \|issue=2 \|pages=123–127 \|pmid=6473850 \|url=https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/portal/resource/pt/lil-20293 }}</ref><ref name="Vanegas et al, 2008">{{cite journal \|last1=Vanegas L \|first1=Jairo \|last2=Villalón C \|first2=Marcelo \|last3=Valenzuela Y \|first3=Carlos \|title=Consideraciones acerca del uso de la variable etnia/raza en investigación epidemiológica para la Salud Pública: A propósito de investigaciones en inequidades \|trans-title=Ethnicity and race as variables in epidemiológical research about inequity \|language=es \|journal=Revista médica de Chile \|date=May 2008 \|volume=136 \|issue=5 \|doi=10.4067/S0034-98872008000500014 \|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Cruz-Coke">{{cite journal \|last1=Cruz-Coke \|first1=R \|last2=Moreno \|first2=R S \|title=Genetic epidemiology of single gene defects in Chile. \|journal=Journal of Medical Genetics \|date=1 September 1994 \|volume=31 \|issue=9 \|pages=702–706 \|doi=10.1136/jmg.31.9.702 \|pmid=7815439 \|pmc=1050080 }}</ref> between 32.1% and 44.3% Amerindian;<ref name="Valenzuela, 1984"/><ref name="Fuentes et al 2014">{{cite journal \|last1=Fuentes \|first1=Macarena \|last2=Pulgar \|first2=Iván \|last3=Gallo \|first3=Carla \|last4=Bortolini \|first4=María-Cátira \|last5=Canizales-Quinteros \|first5=Samuel \|last6=Bedoya \|first6=Gabriel \|last7=González-José \|first7=Rolando \|last8=Ruiz-Linares \|first8=Andrés \|last9=Rothhammer \|first9=Francisco \|title=Geografía génica de Chile: Distribución regional de los aportes genéticos americanos, europeos y africanos \|trans-title=Gene geography of Chile. Regional distribution of American, European and African genetic contributions \|language=es \|journal=Revista médica de Chile \|date=March 2014 \|volume=142 \|issue=3 \|pages=281–289 \|doi=10.4067/S0034-98872014000300001 \|pmid=25052264 \|doi-access=free \|hdl=10183/118734 \|hdl-access=free }}</ref> and 2.5%—6.3% African ancestry percentages.<ref name="Homburger et al, 2015">{{cite journal \|last1=Homburger \|first1=Julian R. \|last2=Moreno-Estrada \|first2=Andrés \|last3=Gignoux \|first3=Christopher R. \|last4=Nelson \|first4=Dominic \|last5=Sanchez \|first5=Elena \|last6=Ortiz-Tello \|first6=Patricia \|last7=Pons-Estel \|first7=Bernardo A. \|last8=Acevedo-Vasquez \|first8=Eduardo \|last9=Miranda \|first9=Pedro \|last10=Langefeld \|first10=Carl D. \|last11=Gravel \|first11=Simon \|last12=Alarcón-Riquelme \|first12=Marta E. \|last13=Bustamante \|first13=Carlos D. \|title=Genomic Insights into the Ancestry and Demographic History of South America \|journal=PLOS Genetics \|date=4 December 2015 \|volume=11 \|issue=12 \|pages=e1005602 \|doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1005602 \|pmid=26636962 \|pmc=4670080 \|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Oliveira, 2008"/> A genetic study by the ] found that the average Chilean's genetic makeup consists of 64% Caucasian and 35% Amerindian ancestry.<ref name="Cruz-Coke3">{{cite journal \|title=Genetic epidemiology of single gene defects in Chile \|year=1994 \|publisher=ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\|pmc=1050080 \|last1=Cruz-Coke \|first1=R. \|last2=Moreno \|first2=R. S. \|journal=Journal of Medical Genetics \|volume=31 \|issue=9 \|pages=702–706 \|doi=10.1136/jmg.31.9.702 \|pmid=7815439 }}</ref> In a 2014 study of Chilean soldiers stationed in ], researchers found that the average self-identifying white person (37.9%) was genetically only 54% European.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Ruiz-Linares \|first1=Andrés \|last2=Adhikari \|first2=Kaustubh \|last3=Acuña-Alonzo \|first3=Victor \|last4=Quinto-Sanchez \|first4=Mirsha \|last5=Jaramillo \|first5=Claudia \|last6=Arias \|first6=William \|last7=Fuentes \|first7=Macarena \|last8=Pizarro \|first8=María \|last9=Everardo \|first9=Paola \|last10=de Avila \|first10=Francisco \|last11=Gómez-Valdés \|first11=Jorge \|last12=León-Mimila \|first12=Paola \|last13=Hunemeier \|first13=Tábita \|last14=Ramallo \|first14=Virginia \|last15=Silva de Cerqueira \|first15=Caio C. \|date=25 September 2014 \|title=Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals \|journal=PLOS Genetics \|volume=10 \|issue=9 \|pages=e1004572 \|doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572 \|pmc=4177621 \|pmid=25254375 \|last16=Burley \|first16=Mari-Wyn \|last17=Konca \|first17=Esra \|last18=de Oliveira \|first18=Marcelo Zagonel \|last19=Veronez \|first19=Mauricio Roberto \|last20=Rubio-Codina \|first20=Marta \|last21=Attanasio \|first21=Orazio \|last22=Gibbon \|first22=Sahra \|last23=Ray \|first23=Nicolas \|last24=Gallo \|first24=Carla \|last25=Poletti \|first25=Giovanni \|last26=Rosique \|first26=Javier \|last27=Schuler-Faccini \|first27=Lavinia \|last28=Salzano \|first28=Francisco M. \|last29=Bortolini \|first29=Maria-Cátira \|last30=Canizales-Quinteros \|first30=Samuel \|last31=Rothhammer \|first31=Francisco \|last32=Bedoya \|first32=Gabriel \|last33=Balding \|first33=David \|last34=Gonzalez-José \|first34=Rolando \|doi-access=free \|bibcode=2014PLOSG..10.4572R }}</ref>

			==Languages==
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			The ] is distinctively accented and quite unlike that of neighbouring South American countries because final syllables and "s" sounds are dropped, and some consonants have a soft pronunciation.<ref name="eth">, Ethnologue, retrieved 2010-10-14</ref><ref>Miguel Ángel Bastenier, , '']'', 19 July 2014, retrieved 20 July 2014. "...el chileno es un producto genuino e inimitable por el resto del universo lingüístico del español."</ref> Accent varies only very slightly from north to south; more noticeable are the small differences in accent based on social class or whether one lives in the city or the country. That the Chilean population was largely formed in a small section at the center of the country and then migrated in modest numbers to the north and south helps explain this relative lack of differentiation, which was maintained by the national reach of radio, and now television, which also helps to diffuse and homogenize colloquial expressions.<ref name="countrystudies">{{cite web\|url=http://countrystudies.us/chile/85.htm\|title=Development and Breakdown of Democracy, 1830–1973\|work=Country Studies\|publisher=Library of Congress\|date=March 31, 1994}}</ref>

			There are several indigenous languages spoken in Chile: ], ], ] and ]. After the Spanish invasion, Spanish took over as the ] and the indigenous languages have become minority languages, with some now extinct or close to extinction.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CL\|title=Languages of Chile}}</ref>

			German is spoken to a great extent in southern Chile,<ref>{{cite web\|first=Oliver\|last=Zoellner \|url=http://www.research-worldwide.de/article-chile2005.html \|title=Oliver Zoellner \| Generating Samples of Ethnic Minorities in Chile \|publisher=Research-worldwide.de \|access-date=December 17, 2009}}</ref> either in small countryside pockets or as a second language among the communities of larger cities.

			Through initiatives such as the ] program, the government made English mandatory for students in fifth-grade and above in public schools. Most private schools in Chile start teaching English from kindergarten.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/chile/090908/lack-english-proficiency \|title=Repeat after me: Hello, my name is \|publisher=Globalpost.com \|access-date=May 16, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811114741/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/chile/090908/lack-english-proficiency \|archive-date=August 11, 2010 \|df=mdy }}</ref> Common English words have been absorbed and appropriated into everyday Spanish speech.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Sáez Godoy \|first1=Leopoldo \|title=Anglicismos en el español de Chile \|trans-title=Anglicisms in Chilean Spanish \|language=es \|journal=Atenea (Concepción) \|date=2005 \|issue=492 \|doi=10.4067/S0718-04622005000200010 \|doi-access=free }}</ref> Since 2010, all students from 3rd grade in secondary school have been tested on listening and reading comprehension in English. The evaluation is compulsory and the instrument is TOIEC Bridge, developed by ].

			==Religion==
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			] is the most widely professed '''religion in Chile''', with ] being its largest denomination.

			==Graphs and maps==

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			File:Chile density.png\|Chile. Population density by ], based on 2002 census (2009)
			File:Chile-demography.png\|Population from 1820, projected up to 2050
			File:Cl-cities.png\|Agglomerations and cities above 10,000 inhabitants in 2005
			File:Life expectancy in Chile.svg\|] in Chile since 1900
			File:Life expectancy by WBG -Chile -diff.png\|Life expectancy in Chile since 1960 by gender
			</gallery>

			==References==
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Demographics of Chile
Chile population pyramid in 2020
Population	19,493,184
Growth rate	0.63% (2023 est.)
Birth rate	12.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate	6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Life expectancy	80.02 years
• male	77.04 years
• female	83.13 years (2023 est.)
Fertility rate	1.17 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate	6.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Net migration rate	0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	19.34% (male 1,829,801/female 1,758,137)
15–64 years	67.56% (male 6,259,566/female 6,273,074)
65 and over	13.09% (male 1,024,692/female 1,404,187) (2023 est.)
Sex ratio
Total	0.97 male(s)/female (2023)
At birth	1.04 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.04 male(s)/female
15–64 years	1 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.73 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Chilean
Major ethnic	White (N/D) Spanish (N/D) French (N/D) Arab (N/D) English (N/D) Others (N/D) Multiracial (N/D)
Minor ethnic	Indigenous (12.44%) Mapuche (9.93%) Aymara (0.89%) Diaguita (0.50%) Others (1.12%) East Asian (N/D) Chinese (N/D) Others (N/D) Black (0.70%) Haitians (0.64%) Others (0.06%)
Language
Official	Spanish (de facto)
Spoken	Languages of Chile

Chile's 2017 census reported a population of 17,574,003 people. Its rate of population growth has been decreasing since 1990, due to a declining birth rate. By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million people, at which point it is projected to either stagnate or begin declining. About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater Santiago alone. The largest agglomerations according to the 2002 census are Greater Santiago with 5.6 million people, Greater Concepción with 861,000 and Greater Valparaíso with 824,000.

Population size and structure

Census population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1835	1,103,036	—
1843	1,083,701	−0.22%
1854	1,446,031	+2.66%
1865	1,819,223	+2.11%
1875	2,075,971	+1.33%
1885	2,527,320	+1.99%
1895	2,687,985	+0.62%
1907	3,249,279	+1.59%
1920	3,753,799	+1.12%
1930	4,287,445	+1.34%
1940	5,023,539	+1.60%
1952	5,932,995	+1.40%
1960	7,374,115	+2.76%
1970	8,884,768	+1.88%
1982	11,329,736	+2.05%
1992	13,348,401	+1.65%
2002	15,116,435	+1.25%
2012	16,634,603	+0.96%
2017	17,574,003	+1.10%
Source:

According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 19,493,184 in 2021, compared to only 6,143,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 20.1%, 69.0% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 10.9% was 65 years or older.

Year	Total population ( × 1000)	Population percentage in age bracket
Year	Total population ( × 1000)	0–14	15–64	65+
1950	6 143	36.7%	59.0%	4.3%
1955	6 862	38.1%	57.4%	4.5%
1960	7 696	39.4%	55.8%	4.8%
1965	8 612	40.4%	54.5%	5.0%
1970	9 562	39.6%	55.2%	5.2%
1975	10 421	36.9%	57.7%	5.4%
1980	11 234	33.0%	61.4%	5.7%
1985	12 109	30.6%	63.2%	6.2%
1990	13 141	29.3%	64.2%	6.5%
1995	14 194	28.2%	64.8%	7.0%
2000	15 170	26.5%	65.8%	7.7%
2005	16 097	24.0%	67.5%	8.5%
2010	17 015	21.9%	68.5%	9.6%
2015	17 948	20.1%	69.0%	10.9%
2020	19 116	19.2%	68.5%	12.2%

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Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013):

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	8 688 067	8 868 748	17 556 815	100
0–4	639 270	615 764	1 255 034	7.15
5–9	633 287	610 458	1 243 745	7.08
10–14	648 484	625 765	1 274 249	7.26
15–19	707 959	684 424	1 392 383	7.93
20–24	749 460	727,530	1 476 990	8.41
25–29	710 354	693 723	1 404 077	8.00
30–34	634 056	624 375	1 258 431	7.17
35–39	598 029	595 813	1 193 842	6.80
40–44	612 898	617 259	1 230 157	7.01
45–49	610 366	621 300	1 231 666	7.02
50–54	574 320	592 349	1 166 669	6.65
55–59	468 437	492 763	961 200	5.47
60–64	359 065	390 681	749 746	4.27
65–69	276 510	317 107	593 617	3.38
70–74	200 585	247 698	448 283	2.55
75–79	133 715	183 899	317 614	1.81
80+	131 272	227 840	359 112	2.05
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 921 041	1 851 987	3 773 028	21.49
15–64	6 024 944	6 040 217	12 065 161	68.72
65+	742 082	976 544	1 718 626	9.79

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (30.VI.2021) (Post-censal estimates.):

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	9 708 512	9 969 851	19 678 363	100
0–4	600 632	578 263	1 178 895	5.99
5–9	651 336	627 814	1 279 150	6.50
10–14	655 232	632 388	1 287 620	6.54
15–19	631 851	610 954	1 242 805	6.32
20–24	719 079	697 050	1 416 129	7.20
25–29	827 115	802 756	1 629 871	8.28
30–34	842 111	817 367	1 659 478	8.43
35–39	738 934	722 171	1 461 105	7.42
40–44	683 807	678 365	1 362 172	6.92
45–49	644 339	651 942	1 296 281	6.59
50–54	602 079	622 931	1 225 010	6.23
55–59	566 471	601 133	1 167 604	5.93
60–64	483 184	530 360	1 013 544	5.15
65-69	393 552	450 783	844 335	4.29
70-74	278 885	336 455	615 340	3.13
75-79	184 713	246 241	430 954	2.19
80-84	113 029	174 032	287 061	1.46
85-89	59 048	109 156	168 204	0.85
90-94	26 017	57 951	83 968	0.43
95-99	6 154	17 742	23 896	0.12
100+	944	3 997	4 941	0.03
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 907 200	1 838 465	3 745 665	19.03
15–64	6 738 970	6 735 029	13 473 999	68.47
65+	1 062 342	1 396 357	2 458 699	12.49

Vital statistics

Official statistics

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Crude migration change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate
1950	6,081,000	206,582	91,180	115,402	34.0	15.0	19.0
1951	6,218,000	209,794	92,728	117,066	33.7	14.9	18.8	3.3
1952	6,354,000	225,758	81,966	143,792	35.5	12.9	22.6	-1.3
1953	6,491,000	222,956	80,068	142,888	34.3	12.4	21.9	-0.9
1954	6,627,000	220,968	84,519	136,449	33.3	12.8	20.5	-0.1
1955	6,764,000	237,213	87,843	149,370	35.1	13.0	22.1	-1.9
1956	6,940,000	249,756	84,199	165,557	36.0	12.1	23.9	1.5
1957	7,116,000	262,746	91,506	171,240	36.9	12.9	24.0	0.7
1958	7,291,000	263,418	88,930	174,488	36.1	12.2	23.9	0.1
1959	7,467,000	267,657	94,491	173,166	35.8	12.7	23.1	0.4
1960	7,643,000	282,681	95,486	187,195	37.0	12.5	24.5	-1.5
1961	7,843,000	290,412	91,348	199,064	37.0	11.6	25.4	0.1
1962	8,044,000	304,930	94,874	210,056	37.9	11.8	26.1	-1.2
1963	8,245,000	309,908	98,293	211,615	37.6	11.9	25.7	-1.3
1964	8,445,000	306,050	94,058	211,992	36.2	11.1	25.1	-1.5
1965	8,646,000	308,014	91,648	216,366	35.6	10.6	25.0	-1.8
1966	8,831,000	295,761	95,450	200,311	33.5	10.8	22.7	-1.8
1967	9,015,000	277,009	86,840	190,169	30.7	9.6	21.1	-0.7
1970	9,569,000	261,609	83,014	178,595	27.3	8.7	18.6	0.6
1971	9,738,000	273,518	83,456	190,062	28.1	8.6	19.5	-2.2
1972	9,907,000	277,891	87,429	190,462	28.0	8.8	19.2	-2.2
1973	10,076,000	276,650	80,994	195,656	27.5	8.0	19.5	-2.7
1974	10,244,000	267,977	78,493	189,484	26.2	7.7	18.5	-2.1
1975	10,413,000	256,543	74,481	182,062	24.6	7.2	17.4	-1.3
1976	10,565,000	247,722	80,537	167,185	23.4	7.6	15.8	-1.5
1977	10,717,000	240,463	73,446	167,017	22.4	6.8	15.6	-1.4
1978	10,869,000	236,780	72,436	164,344	21.8	6.7	15.1	-1.2
1979	11,021,000	241,077	74,528	166,549	21.9	6.8	15.1	-1.3
1980	11,174,000	247,013	74,109	172,904	22.1	6.6	15.5	-1.8
1981	11,359,000	264,809	69,971	194,838	23.3	6.2	17.1	-0.9
1982	11,545,000	270,003	69,887	200,116	23.4	6.1	17.3	-1.2
1983	11,731,000	256,539	74,296	182,243	21.9	6.3	15.6	0.3
1984	11,916,000	265,016	74,669	190,347	22.2	6.3	15.9	-0.5
1985	12,047,000	261,978	73,534	188,444	21.7	6.1	15.6	-4.8
1986	12,248,000	272,997	72,209	200,788	22.3	5.9	16.4	0
1987	12,454,000	279,762	70,559	209,203	22.5	5.7	16.8	-0.3
1988	12,667,000	296,581	74,435	222,146	23.4	5.9	17.5	-0.7
1989	12,883,000	303,798	75,453	228,345	23.6	5.9	17.7	-1.0
1990	13,179,000	307,522	78,434	229,118	23.3	6.0	17.3	5.2
1991	13,422,000	299,456	74,862	224,594	22.3	5.6	16.7	1.4
1992	13,665,000	293,787	74,090	219,697	21.5	5.4	16.1	1.7	2.54
1993	13,908,000	290,438	76,261	214,177	20.9	5.5	15.4	2,1	2.48
1994	14,152,000	288,175	75,445	212,730	20.4	5.3	15.1	2,2	2.36
1995	14,395,000	279,928	78,517	201,411	19.4	5.5	13.9	2.9	2.28
1996	14,596,000	278,729	79,123	199,606	19.1	5.4	13.7	0.1	2.26
1997	14,796,000	273,641	78,472	195,169	18.5	5.3	13.2	0.3	2.21
1998	14,997,000	270,637	80,257	190,380	18.0	5.4	12.6	0.7	2.17
1999	15,197,000	263,867	81,984	181,883	17.4	5.4	12.0	1.2	2.11
2000	15,398,000	261,993	78,814	183,179	17.0	5.1	11.9	1.2	2.09
2001	15,572,000	259,069	81,871	177,198	16.6	5.3	11.3	-0.2	2.05
2002	15,746,000	251,559	81,080	170,479	16.0	5.1	10.9	0.2	1.99
2003	15,919,000	246,827	83,672	163,155	15.5	5.3	10.2	0.6	1.94
2004	16,093,000	242,476	86,138	156,338	15.1	5.4	9.7	1.1	1.90
2005	16,267,000	242,980	86,102	156,878	14.9	5.3	9.6	1.1	1.89
2006	16,433,000	243,561	85,639	157,922	14.8	5.2	9.6	0.5	1.88
2007	16,598,000	242,054	93,000	149,054	14.6	5.6	9.0	1.0	1.94
2008	16,763,000	248,366	90,168	158,198	14.8	5.4	9.4	0.4	1.97
2009	16,929,000	253,584	91,965	161,619	15.0	5.4	9.6	0.3	2.00
2010	17,094,000	251,199	97,930	153,269	14.7	5.7	9.0	0.7	1.97
2011	17,248,000	247,358	94,985	152,373	14.4	5.5	8.9	0.1	1.94
2012	17,445,000	243,635	98,711	144,924	14.0	5.7	8.3	3.0	1.90
2013	17,612,000	242,862	99,770	143,092	13.8	5.7	8.1	1.4	1.85
2014	17,787,000	252,194	101,960	150,234	14.2	5.7	8.5	1.4	1.91
2015	17,971,000	245,406	103,327	142,079	13.6	5.7	7.9	2.4	1.86
2016	18,167,000	232,616	104,026	128,590	12.8	5.7	7.1	3.8	1.75
2017	18,419,192	219,494	106,388	113,106	11.9	5.8	6.1	7.7	1.65
2018	18,751,405	221,724	106,786	114,938	11.8	5.7	6.1	11.8	1.62
2019	19,107,216	210,188	109,658	100,530	11.0	5.7	5.3	13.5	1.50
2020	19,458,310	194,978	126,169	68,809	10.0	6.5	3.5	14.8	1.30
2021	19,678,363	177,273	137,629	39,644	9.0	6.9	2.1	9.3	1.17
2022	19,828,563	189,310	136,958	52,352	9.6	6.8	2.8	5.0	1.32
2023	19,960,889	173,920	121,270	52.650	8.7	6.0	2.7	4.1	1.2(e)

This estimate and those of previous years were made before the 2012 census results were known.

(p) = preliminary figures.| 2020

Current vital statistics

The Ine publishes monthly the vital statistics report.


Period	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase
January - October 2023	147,353	102,205	+45,148
January - October 2024	114,423	101,579	+12,844
Difference	-32,930 (-22.35%)	-626 (-0.61%)	-32,304

United Nations estimates

The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.

Period	Live births per year	Deaths per year	Natural change per year	CBR*	CDR*	NC*	TFR*	IMR*	Life expectancy
Period	Live births per year	Deaths per year	Natural change per year	CBR*	CDR*	NC*	TFR*	IMR*	total	males	females
1950–1955	244,000	94,000	150,000	37.5	14.5	23.0	5.15	120	54.9	52.9	56.8
1955–1960	268,000	95,000	173,000	36.8	13.1	23.7	5.18	118	56.2	53.8	58.7
1960–1965	285,000	95,000	190,000	35.0	11.6	23.4	4.96	109	58.1	55.3	61.0
1965–1970	291,000	93,000	198,000	32.1	10.2	21.9	4.46	89	60.8	57.7	63.9
1970–1975	271,000	88,000	183,000	27.1	8.8	18.3	3.57	69	63.7	60.6	67.0
1975–1980	257,000	84,000	173,000	23.8	7.8	16.0	2.93	45	67.4	64.0	70.8
1980–1985	265,000	82,000	183,000	22.7	7.1	15.6	2.66	24	70.9	67.4	74.4
1985–1990	286,000	81,000	205,000	22.7	6.4	16.3	2.60	18	72.8	69.6	76.0
1990–1995	278,000	80,000	198,000	20.4	5.9	14.5	2.38	14	74.5	71.5	77.4
1995–2000	261,000	80,000	181,000	17.8	5.5	12.3	2.16	12	75.9	72.8	78.9
2000–2005	248,000	82,000	166,000	15.9	5.2	10.7	2.00	8	77.9	74.8	80.9
2005–2010	240,000	85,000	155,000	14.5	5.1	9.4	1.88	7	78.6	75.5	81.7
2010–2015	235,000	89,000	146,000	13.5	5.1	8.4	1.78	6	79.8	77.0	82.6
2015–2020	233,000	96,000	137,000	13.3	5.2	7.5	1.73	5	81.0	78.3	83.6
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Ethnic groups

Main article: Chilean people

Ethnic groups background in Chile
Ethnic groups			Percent
White			65.0%
Mestizo			30.0%
Indigenous Chileans			5.0%

Chile is a diverse society, home to individuals with varied ethnic backgrounds. Studies on the ethnic makeup of Chile differ significantly from one another.

A public health book from the University of Chile states that 35% of the population are Mestizos with predominantly White admixture, with 60% being of Caucasoid origin and Amerindians comprising the remaining 5%. UNAM professor of Latin American studies, Francisco Lizcano, estimates that 52.7% of the Chilean population can be classified as culturally European, with 39.3% being Mestizo and the remaining 8% belonging to Amerindian cultures. Other social studies put the total number of Whites at over 60%. According to the CIA World Factbook, the entire population consists of a combined 95.4% of "Whites and Mixed-Race people" and 4.6% of Amerindians. These figures are based on a national census held in 2002, which classified the population as indigenous and non-indigenous rather than as White or Mestizo.

The 2011 Latinobarómetro survey asked respondents in Chile to identify their race, with the majority (67%) selecting "white," followed by "mestizo" (25%), and "indigenous" (8%). In a 2002 national poll, the majority of Chileans reported having "some" (43.4%) or "much" (8.3%) indigenous ancestry, while 40.3% claimed to have none.

According to Encyclopedia Britannica as of year 2002 only 22% of Chileans were white and 72% were mestizo.

Indigenous communities

Main article: Indigenous peoples in Chile

The 1907 census reported 101,118 Indians, or 3.1% of the total country population. Only those that practiced their native culture or spoke their native language were considered, irrespective of their "racial purity."

According to the 2002 census, only indigenous people that still practiced a native culture or spoke a native language were surveyed, and 4.6% of the population (692,192 people) fit that description. Of that 4.6%, 87.3% declared themselves Mapuche. Most of the indigenous population show varying degrees of mixed ancestry.

Chile is one of the twenty-two countries to have signed and ratified the only binding international law concerning indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989. It was adopted in 1989 as the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 169. Chile ratified the convention in 2008. In November 2009, a court decision in Chile, considered to be a landmark ruling in indigenous rights concerns, made use of the ILO convention 169. The Supreme Court decision on Aymara water rights upholds rulings by both the Pozo Almonte tribunal and the Iquique Court of Appeals, and marks the first judicial application of ILO Convention 169 in Chile.

Chile administers Easter Island a territory 4,100 km west of the mainland. The Rapa Nui people are native to the island and are Polynesian in origin. About 3,500 live on the island, but around 10,000 came to the mainland in the 20th century.

Those belonging to recognised indigenous communities (2002)
Community	Population	Percentage
Alacaluf	2,622	0.02%
Mapuche	604,349	4.00%
Atacameño	21,015	0.14%
Quechua	6,175	0.04%
Aymara	48,501	0.32%
Rapanui	4,647	0.03%
Colla	3,198	0.02%
Yaghan	1,685	0.01%

European immigration

Historical groups of immigrants
Ethnicity	Total
Spanish	16,200,000
Basque	4,700,000
Mapuche	1,500,000
Germans	1,000,000
French	900,000
Italian	800,000
Arabs	800,000
Croatian	800,000
English	680,000
Scottish	350,000
Irish	120,000

Latin American immigrants

Other ethnic groups

It is estimated that about 5% of the population (800,000) is descendant of Asian immigrants, chiefly from the Middle East (i.e. Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese, see Arab Chileans). Most of these are Christians from the Levant, of whom roughly 500,000 are Palestinian descendants, mostly Christians, are believed to reside in Chile. Additionally, about 18,000–25,000 Jews reside in Chile.

In recent years, Chile has had a growing East Asian population, mainly from China (see Chinese Chilean), but also from Japan (see Japanese Chilean) and South Korea (see Koreans in Chile). The earliest wave of East Asian immigration took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly Chinese and Japanese contract laborers.

There is a sizable population of Romani people in Chile. They are widely and easily recognized, and continue to hold on to their traditions and language, and many continue to live semi-nomadic lifestyles traveling from city to city and living in small tented communities

Population genetics

Genetics studies fluctuate between 57,8% and 67.9% European; between 32.1% and 44.3% Amerindian; and 2.5%—6.3% African ancestry percentages. A genetic study by the University of Chile found that the average Chilean's genetic makeup consists of 64% Caucasian and 35% Amerindian ancestry. In a 2014 study of Chilean soldiers stationed in Arica, researchers found that the average self-identifying white person (37.9%) was genetically only 54% European.

Languages

Languages background in Chile
Languages			Percent
Spanish			99.5%
English			10.2%
Indigenous (Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui)			1%
Other			2.3%
Unspecified			0.2%

Main article: Languages of Chile

The Spanish spoken in Chile is distinctively accented and quite unlike that of neighbouring South American countries because final syllables and "s" sounds are dropped, and some consonants have a soft pronunciation. Accent varies only very slightly from north to south; more noticeable are the small differences in accent based on social class or whether one lives in the city or the country. That the Chilean population was largely formed in a small section at the center of the country and then migrated in modest numbers to the north and south helps explain this relative lack of differentiation, which was maintained by the national reach of radio, and now television, which also helps to diffuse and homogenize colloquial expressions.

There are several indigenous languages spoken in Chile: Mapudungun, Quechua, Aymara and Rapa Nui. After the Spanish invasion, Spanish took over as the lingua franca and the indigenous languages have become minority languages, with some now extinct or close to extinction.

German is spoken to a great extent in southern Chile, either in small countryside pockets or as a second language among the communities of larger cities.

Through initiatives such as the English Opens Doors program, the government made English mandatory for students in fifth-grade and above in public schools. Most private schools in Chile start teaching English from kindergarten. Common English words have been absorbed and appropriated into everyday Spanish speech. Since 2010, all students from 3rd grade in secondary school have been tested on listening and reading comprehension in English. The evaluation is compulsory and the instrument is TOIEC Bridge, developed by Educational Testing Service.

Religion

Religious background in Chile (2021 est.)
Religion			Percent
Roman Catholic			42%
None			37%
Evangelical			14%
Other			6%

Main article: Religion in Chile

Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Chile, with Catholicism being its largest denomination.

Graphs and maps

Chile. Population density by commune, based on 2002 census (2009)
Population from 1820, projected up to 2050
Agglomerations and cities above 10,000 inhabitants in 2005
Life expectancy in Chile since 1900
Life expectancy in Chile since 1960 by gender

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