
Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 756,950 sq km |
| Capital: | Santiago |
| Geographic coordinates: | 30 00 S, 71 00 W |
| Climate: | temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south |
| Government: | republic |
| Currency: | Chilean peso (CLP) |
| Literacy(%): | 96.2 |
| Languages: | Spanish |
| Ethnicity/race: | white and white-Amerindian, Amerindian, other |
| Religions: | Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish NEGL |
| Industries: | copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles |
| Natural resources: | copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower |