Chile Population is close to 16.5 million people. European and mestizo mainly consists the majority of the population. A minority of Amerindian people are also included.
The major indigenous people Chile Population includes are Alacalufe 0,02%, Atacameno 0,14%, Aymara 0,32%, Colla 0,02%, Mapuche 4,00%, Quenchua 0,04%, Rapanui 0,03%, Yamana 0,01%. 4% of the Population of Chile is immigrants.
Other than the Spaniards, Britons, Italians, French, Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Portuguese, Greeks and Yugoslavian immigrated during eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century. They affected the country culturally, economically and politically.
In 1848, around 8,000 Germans immigrated to Chile. Japanese, Korean and Palestinians have also settled in Chile. Since 1990s immigration of Chinese, Taiwan and Middle East Armenian increased. People from neighboring countries like Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru are still immigrating to Chile.
Many of the Chileans migrated to other places like Argentina, United States, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain.
Among 16,284,741 Chile Population the age structure goes like this0-14years - 24.1%
15 - 64years - 67.4%
65 years and over - 8.5%
The Population Growth Rate of Chile is 0.916%. The birth rate is 15.03 births/1,000 populations. The death rate on the other hand is 5.87/1,000 population. 70% of the population are Catholic, 15.1% are Protestant, 0.1% Jewish, 8.3% Atheist, 0.1% Muslim and 4.4% others.
People use Spanish which is the official language. Many of the indigenous people also speak Mapuche and other indigenous languages. 96.2% of the Chile Population is literate. 96.4% male and 96.15 female can read and write.
