Population Statistics
Chile
Population
|
17,650,114 |
|
[July 2016 est.] |
Language
| Spanish [official] | 99.5% |
|---|---|
| English | 10.2% |
| Indigenous | 1.0% |
| Other | 2.3% |
| Unspecified | 0.2% |
|
[2012 est.] |
|
|
Percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were allowed to specify more than one language. |
|
Religion
| Roman Catholic Christianity | 66.7% |
|---|---|
| Evangelical or Protestant Christianity | 16.4% |
| Jehovah's Witness | 1.0% |
| Other | 3.4% |
| None | 11.5% |
| Unspecified | 1.1% |
|
[2012 est.] |
|
Ethnicity
| White and Non-Indigenous | 88.9% |
|---|---|
| Mapuche | 9.1% |
| Aymara | 0.7% |
| Other Indigenous Groups | 1.0% |
| Unspecified | 0.3% |
|
[2012 est.] |
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Cultural Dimensions
|
63 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
86 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
68 |
|
Australians with Chilean Ancestry
| 34,233 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Chileans in Australia
Population
|
26,086 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in Chile. |
Median Age
|
51 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
Gender
| Female | 52.1% |
|---|---|
| Male | 47.9% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| Catholic Christianity | 56.4% |
|---|---|
| No Religion | 22.3% |
| Christianity [undefined] | 5.2% |
| Pentecostal Christianity | 2.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist | 2.0% |
| Other Religion | 7.5% |
| Not stated | 3.7% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ancestry
| Chilean | 53.6% |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 23.7% |
| South American [undefined] | 3.5% |
| Italian | 3.4% |
| Other Ancestry | 15.8% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| Spanish | 83.1% |
|---|---|
| English | 15.3% |
| Italian | 0.4% |
| Other | 0.7% |
|
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 84.8% speak English fluently. |
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|
[Census, 2016] |
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Diaspora
| New South Wales | 50.1% |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 28.4% |
| Queensland | 8.6% |
| Western Australia | 6.2% |
| Other | 6.7% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 2007 | 82.0% |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | 5.4% |
| 2011 - 2016 | 9.6% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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