Chile Economy

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In the Classification of Economies based according to the criteria like region and income, Chile is considered to be as an upper middle-income Country that is under Latin American and the Caribbean region. Such Classification was established by the World Bank in 2005.

The territory of Chile covers 756.6 thousand square kilometers, as of 2004 where158.3 thousand square kilometers is a forest area, as of 2000.

The population of the country is 16.1 millions, as of 2004. The population growth rate comes to 1.1 percent.

The mean length of life rate in Chile is considered to be 78.0 years, as of 2004.

The infant mortality rate per one thousand births was 7.6 at the same year.

The literacy rate was calculated at 95.7 in the year 2004.

The Gross National Income of Chile (Atlas Method) equaled to 84.2 billions in 2004. The same figure per capita in the same year made up 5,220.0.

The Gross Domestic Product was 94.1 billions in 2004.

The GDP growth rate per year reached 6.1 percent in the year 2004.

Topics: Chile Economy