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  • Population.........................................................17,067,369 (July 2012 est.)  
  • Population growth rate ..............................................0.884% (2012 est.)  
  • Birth rate..........................................14.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)  
  • Death rate.........................................5.79 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)  
  • Net migration rate........................0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Ethnic groups....white and white-Amerindian 95.4%, Mapuche 4%, other indigenous groups 0.6%
Country Profile
Chile: A Growing Destination Country in Search of a Coherent Approach to Migration
Unaccustomed to a large number of migrants, Chile has seen an increase in migrants in the past three decades. Cristián Doña-Reveco and Amanda Levinson examine how the country, still wedded to its dictator-era migration framework, is balancing shifting migration patterns with a piecemeal approach to migration policy.

Chile page on the World Migration Map
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Other Resources

Chile National Institute of Statistics (INE) (In Spanish Only)
http://www.ine.cl

Department of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
http://www.extranjeria.gov.cl/ingles/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
Neighboring Countries

Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
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