|
Country
|
Chile | 
Greece |
|
Leader
|
President: Sebastian Pinera
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
|
Population
|
17,067,369
| 10,767,827
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
78.100 years
| 80.050 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Santiago
| Athens
|
|
Largest city
|
| Santiago (population: 4,837,300) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.874
| 0.947
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,400 US
| $26,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
95.7%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 4.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.7%
| 14.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Eliodoro Matte & family ($5.9bn US)
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.600%
| 17.300%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary republic
|
|
Independence date
|
18 September 1810 (from Spain)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
|
| Exports |
copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$99,400,000,000 $
| $583,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar - 509.02 (2008 est.), 526.25 (2007), 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.700%
| 4.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 4
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
|
| Area |
756,102 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
|
| Coastline |
6,435 km
| 13,676 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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