Chile: Reference Information -  General data
Official Name	República de Chile
Capital	Santiago (5.1m)
Other Cities	Concepción (0.4 m)
	Viña del Mar (0.3 m)
Area (km2)	756,950
Population (million)	15.2
Population density (per km2)	20.1
Population growth rate (%)	1.4
Life expectancy (1999, years)	75
Illiteracy rate (1995, %)	4.8
Language	Spanish
Measures	Metric system
Time	4 hours behind GMT
International Growth Competitiveness Index	20 of 80
TI Corruption Perception Index	17 of 102
United Nations Human Development Index	43 of 175

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