CHILEAN PEOPLE

In general the chilean people are very friendly and open minded regarding to foreigners. If you have to ask for the way or something else you can be sure to get helped. It´s easy to make new acquaintances and you will really enjoy the affability of the Chileans.
In the following you find a lot of numbers about the chilenien population:

• Population: 14,787,781 (July 1998 est.)




• Age structure: 0-14 years: 28% (male 2,134,701; female 2,043,112) 15-64 years: 65% (male 4,768,366; female 4,811,403) 65 years and over: 7% (male 426,924; female 603,275) (July 1998 est.)




• Population growth rate: 1.27% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 18.28 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 5.55 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)




• Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)




• Infant mortality rate: 10.39 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)




• Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.16 years male: 72.01 years female: 78.48 years (1998 est.)




• Total fertility rate:2.3 children born/woman (1998 est.)




• Nationality: noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean




• Ethnic groups: white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%




• Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish




• Languages: Spanish




• Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)