| chile. | the background notes on chile provide a statistical summary of the population, geography, government, and the economy, and more descriptive text on the history, population, government, economy, defense, and foreign relations. in brief, chile has 13.3 million spanish indian (mestizos), european, and indian inhabitants and an annual growth rate of 1.6%. 96% are literate. infant mortality is 18/1000. 34% of the population are involved in industry and commerce, 30% in services, 19% in agricultur ... | 1992 | 12178038 |