Population Information

Population: 15,823,957

Population Growth Rate: 1.01%

Infant mortality rate: 9.05 deaths/1000 live births

Economic Information

Gross Domestic Product: $154.7 billion

GDP growth rate: 3.3%

GDP per capita: $9,900

Unemployment rate: 8.5%

Estimated underemployment:

Population below poverty line: 20.6%

Main export products: copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine

Main import countries: Argentina 19.4%, US 13%, Brazil 10.4%, China 6.6%

Debt: $43.15 billion

Chile, a long, slender country, is located at the southeastern region of America. It has a total land area of 756,950 square kilometers. There usage of land is 2.65% arable land, .42% permanent crops, and 96.93% are all of the other usages. Chile has a harsh poverty level, and becoming a developed nation can be a great accomplishment to the people in Chile. The only problem is recovering from the debt that they are in. They must think of ideas to start rising up to a developed country.

Sources: www.cia.gov (CIA World Factbook)

www.encarta.msn.com (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia)