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Located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, Easter Island was discovered by Dutch sailors on Easter Sunday 1722 and named for the holy day, but island's indigenous name is Rapa Nui. The island is known for the nearly 900 statues (moai), such as the ones pictured, that the original Polynesian inhabitants carved. What or who the statues represent remains a mystery.
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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 39

Area - comparative

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<p>slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana</p>

People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Chile. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 136

Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 78

Labor force

comparison ranking: 56

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 143

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 70

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 171

Exports

comparison ranking: 45

Imports

comparison ranking: 47

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 18

Heliports

comparison ranking: 22

Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Space

Terrorism

Transnational Issues

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