_#_Infant mortality rate: 18 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 77 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Chilean(s); adjective—Chilean

_#_Ethnic divisions: European and European-Indian 95%, Indian 3%, other 2%

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, and small Jewish population

_#_Language: Spanish

_#_Literacy: 93% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 3,840,000; services 38.6% (includes government 12%) 38.6%; industry and commerce 31.3%; agriculture, forestry, and fishing 15.9%; mining 8.7%; construction 4.4% (1985)

_#_Organized labor: 11% of labor force (1990)