Country page · Latin America & Caribbean
If you were born in Chile
1 in 774 babies · 0.13% of births · about 173,238 a year
Right now, about 0.13% of the world's babies are born in Chile — 1 in 774, or roughly 173,238 a year and 475 a day. Life expectancy there is 81.4 years.
How the 1 in 774 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Chile has about 173,238 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.13% — 1 in 774. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Chile, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 83.2 · men 79.5 | 81.4 years | 32nd highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 6.8 / 1,000 | 0.7% | 47th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 5.8 / 1,000 | 0.6% | 48th lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 10 | 41st lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.14 | 9th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 16.6 years | 20th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 110.2% | 6th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $37,774 | 53rd highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 43.00 | 27th highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 89.2% | 18th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 6.1% | 50th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 95.6% | 20th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 6.3 | 116th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 39.1% | 112th lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | 0.70% | 50th highest of 142 countries |
| People who smoke | 26.7% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Chile compared with Latin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy in Chile is 81.4 years, against a Latin America & Caribbean average of 75.1. The under-5 death rate is 0.7%, versus 1.6% across the region. Income per person is $37,774, against $26,587 regionally; expected schooling is 16.6 years against 13.2. 89.2% of people live in cities, against 71.1% in the region.
| Indicator | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.4 years old | 75.1 years old | 73.3 years old |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.7% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $37,774 | $26,587 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 16.6 years | 13.2 years | 13.0 years |
| People in cities | 89.2% | 71.1% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 81.4 years on average, with roughly 6.8 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 16.6 years of school, and income per person is around $37,774. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Chile
The game draws Chile in about 1 of every 774 births. From there the life runs year by year: 81.4 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.7% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $37,774 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Dominican Republic — 1 in 661
- Chance of being born in Paraguay — 1 in 970
- Chance of being born in Honduras — 1 in 563
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated Oct 24, 2026.