Key Stats
| Category | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Continent: | Latin America |
| Capital: | Santiago |
| Population: | 19,859,921 |
| % Urban: | 88.2 % |
| Population Under 15 Yrs: | 19 % |
| Official Language: | Spanish (but Mapudungun increasingly recognized) |
| Languages: | 16 |
| Literacy Rate: | 99 % |
| Life Expectancy: | 78.9 yrs (52/236) |
| HDI Ranking: | 42 / 189 |
| % Christian: | 87.2 % |
| % Evangelical: | 18.4 % |
| Largest Religion: | Christian |
| % Largest Religion: | 87.2 % |
| People Groups: | 29 |
| Least Reached People Groups: | 3 |
| % Unevangelized: | 1 % |
Resources
Chile
Social changes in Chile reflect the shifts in life and belief in this traditionally conservative nation. Liberalization yields both positive and negative effects. Divorce was only recently legalized; before that, the number of marriages performed dropped by 45%, and 60% of children were born out of wedlock. One out of seven Chilean women is a mother by the age of 14. Crime, drug abuse and materialism are all on the rise. Many are disaffiliating themselves from traditional religious structures, with large numbers leaving both Catholicism and Pentecostalism. Pray that the positive aspects of traditional social structures would be affirmed and strengthened.
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Content taken or adapted from Operation World, 7th Edition (2010) and Pray for the World (2015). Both books are published by InterVarsity Press. All rights reserved.