Capital: Santiago
Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
Government: Republic of Chile
Currency: Chilean pesos (CLP)
Area: 756,102 sq km
Population: 18,307,925 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)
TimeZone: UTC-3
Tel Code: +56
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