CHILE
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Facts & Figures
Official name: The Republic of Chile (La República de Chile)
President: Gabriel Boric (2022)
Land area: 287,187 sq mi (743,812 sq km); total area: 291,932 sq mi (756,102 sq km)
Population (2022 est.): 18,430,408 (growth rate: 0.66%); birth rate: 12.75/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.55/1000; life expectancy: 79.79
Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Santiago, 6.857 million
Other large cities: Valparaiso 1.000 million; Concepcion 902,000 (2022)
Monetary unit: Chilean Peso
National name: República de Chile
Language: Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2% note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)