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Demographics of Chile

Pirámide de población - Chile 2014.svg
Population pyramid of Chile, 2014
Population 17,094,270 (2010)
Growth rate 0.9% (2010)
Birth rate 14.7 births/1,000 population (2010)
Death rate 5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2010)
Life expectancy 79.57 years
 • male 76.26 years
 • female 82.96 years (2010)
Fertility rate 1.89 children born/woman (2010)
Infant mortality rate 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2010)
0–14 years 23.2% (male 1,966,017/female 1,877,963)
15–64 years 67.8% (male 5,625,963/female 5,628,146)
65 and over 9.1% (male 627,746/female 875,872) (2010)
Total 0.98 male(s)/female (2010)
At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 1.05 male(s)/female
15–64 years 1 male(s)/female
65 and over 0.72 male(s)/female
Nationality Chilean
Major ethnic 55.4% European and 40%Mestizo
Minor ethnic Mapuche 4%, other indigenous groups 0.6% (2002 census)
Official Spanish (de facto)

This article is about the demographic features of Chile, including population density, ethnicity, economic status and other aspects of the population.

Chile's 2002 census reported a population of 15,116,435 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. About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater Santiago. 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.

According to the 2015 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 17,948,000 in 2015, 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 .

Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates) :

Chile is a multiethnic society, home to people of many different ethnic backgrounds. Studies on the ethnic structure of Chile vary significantly from one another.

A public health book from the University of Chile states that 60% of the population is of Caucasian origin; Mestizos with an average 60% Caucasian ancestry and 40% Native American ancestry are estimated to amount a total of 35%, while Native Americans (Amerindians) comprise the remaining 5%.

UNAM professor of Latin American studies, Francisco Lizcano, in his social research estimates that a predominant 52.7% of the Chilean population can be classified as culturally European, with an estimated 44% as Mestizo. Albeit this is an estimation based on cultural aspects. Other social studies put the total amount of Whites at over 60 percent. Some publications, such as the CIA World Factbook, state that the entire population consist of a combined 95.4% of "Whites and White-Amerindians", 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.


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