This article includes several ranked indicators for Chile's regions.

By area

Chilean regions by area.

Region Area (km2) Area (mi2) Arica and Parinacota Tarapacá Antofagasta Atacama Coquimbo Valparaíso Santiago O'Higgins Maule Ñuble Biobío Araucanía Los Ríos Los Lagos Aisén Magallanes 756,096.3 291,930.4 Sources: "División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007 ", National Statistics Office, 2007 (Chile area data); CIA's The World Factbook (country area comparison). Note: It does not include the Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes Region and totalling .

Population

By population

Chilean regions by population as of June 30, 2015.

Region Men Women Total % Arica and Parinacota 120,566 118,560 239,126 1.33 Tarapacá 174,128 162,641 336,769 1.87 Antofagasta 326,032 296,608 622,640 3.46 Atacama 161,381 151,105 312,486 1.74 Coquimbo 382,004 389,081 771,085 4.28 Valparaíso 896,720 929,037 1,825,757 10.14 Santiago 3,578,730 3,735,446 7,314,176 40.62 O'Higgins 461,205 457,546 918,751 5.10 Maule 517,428 525,561 1,042,989 5.79 Biobío 1,039,596 1,074,690 2,114,286 11.74 Araucanía 487,581 502,217 989,798 5.50 Los Ríos 202,230 202,202 404,432 2.25 Los Lagos 423,107 418,016 841,123 4.67 Aisén 56,380 51,948 108,328 0.60 Magallanes 84,852 79,809 164,661 0.91 8,911,940 9,094,467 18,006,407 100.00 Sources: National Statistics Office's September 2014 projections (Chile's population), accessed on 28 June 2015; UNDESA's World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, September 2013, accessed on 28 June 2015 (country comparison).

By urban and rural population

Chilean regions by their urban and rural population as of June 30, 2010.

Region Urban Rural % Urban % Rural Arica and Parinacota 167,343 17,614 90.5 9.5 Tarapacá 294,026 20,508 93.5 6.5 Antofagasta 560,801 14,467 97.5 2.5 Atacama 254,783 25,760 90.8 9.2 Coquimbo 578,245 140,472 80.5 19.5 Valparaíso 1,610,211 148,956 91.5 8.5 Santiago 6,655,975 227,588 96.7 3.3 O'Higgins 626,417 256,951 70.9 29.1 Maule 676,615 331,216 67.1 32.9 Biobío 1,699,819 336,624 83.5 16.5 Araucanía 659,274 311,145 67.9 32.1 Los Ríos 260,445 119,264 68.6 31.4 Los Lagos 588,352 247,904 70.4 29.6 Aisén 88,376 16,467 84.3 15.7 Magallanes 147,490 11,167 93.0 7.0 14,868,172 2,226,103 87.0 13.0 Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile's population).

By population density

Chilean regions by population density as of 2010.

Region Density (/km2) Density (/mi2) Arica and Parinacota Tarapacá Antofagasta Atacama Coquimbo Valparaíso Santiago O'Higgins Maule Biobío Araucanía Los Ríos Los Lagos Aisén Magallanes Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile area data, Chile's population); Wikipedia's List of countries and dependencies by population density (country comparison). Note: It does not include the internationally unrecognized Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region and totalling .

By number of households and household size

Chilean regions by number of households and household size in 2013.

Region Population Households Persons perhousehold Arica and Parinacota 171,569 50,387 3.41 Tarapacá 315,445 87,852 3.59 Antofagasta 562,488 151,534 3.71 Atacama 277,540 78,508 3.54 Coquimbo 738,492 208,838 3.54 Valparaíso 1,790,460 564,715 3.17 Santiago 7,009,092 2,153,622 3.25 O'Higgins 899,261 276,141 3.26 Maule 1,017,965 327,644 3.11 Biobío 2,042,044 612,488 3.33 Araucanía 968,430 299,810 3.23 Los Ríos 367,984 117,788 3.12 Los Lagos 844,187 264,403 3.19 Aisén 101,368 32,984 3.07 Magallanes 149,894 47,114 3.18 17,256,219 5,273,828 3.27 Source: Casen Survey 2013 , Ministry of Social Development of Chile. Note: Data exclude live-in domestic workers and their family.

By indigenous population

Chilean regions by persons self-identifying as belonging to one of Chile's indigenous groups in 2013.

Region Indigenouspopulation % of regionalpopulation Aimara Rapanuia Quechua Mapuche Atacameño(Likan Antai) Colla Kawashkar(Alacalufe) Yámana(Yagán) Diaguita Arica and Parinacota 54,504 31.7% 47,627 0 973 3,727 320 68 54 0 1,306 Tarapacá 56,753 18.0% 37,307 163 5,623 9,674 111 709 0 0 2,937 Antofagasta 51,516 9.2% 6,901 132 8,302 8,882 19,754 652 10 0 5,990 Atacama 41,069 14.8% 2,079 25 9 5,126 430 9,910 0 50 23,091 Coquimbo 33,773 4.6% 3,338 85 1,499 12,483 1,416 903 144 405 7,589 Valparaíso 56,609 3.2% 3,082 353 5 49,950 274 0 243 0 1,225 Santiago 510,734 7.3% 15,500 924 12,379 430,788 504 247 677 0 7,148 O'Higgins 30,686 3.4% 514 297 378 27,250 45 0 0 215 225 Maule 22,421 2.2% 432 19 0 19,293 20 58 0 0 216 Biobío 111,130 5.4% 1,287 295 197 104,582 142 0 158 0 68 Araucanía 312,855 32.3% 818 0 401 308,143 108 0 191 0 291 Los Ríos 81,835 22.2% 246 0 27 80,211 0 0 373 0 101 Los Lagos 210,044 24.9% 1,009 115 205 207,091 135 0 310 0 349 Aisén 26,926 26.6% 323 71 98 25,832 68 32 275 81 48 Magallanes 30,307 20.2% 158 74 0 28,685 0 0 1,063 120 69 1,631,162 9.4% 120,621 2,553 30,096 1,321,717 23,327 12,579 3,498 871 50,653 Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey. a Easter Island—where the majority of the Rapanui people live—was not included in the survey.

By foreign nationals

Chilean regions by number of foreign nationals and country/area of citizenship in 2017.

Region Foreignnationals % of regional population Venezuela Peru Colombia Haiti Bolivia South America Caribbean Europe North America Asia Central America Africa Unspecified No answer Arica and Parinacota 10,539 6.5% 347 3,473 1,012 0 5,222 10,385 86 24 0 17 0 0 0 27 Tarapacá 41,013 11.8% 1,142 15,608 2,883 504 16,610 38,379 1,649 252 251 410 72 0 0 0 Antofagasta 31,548 5.4% 1,200 5,413 10,023 0 12,217 30,573 0 110 112 385 11 0 0 357 Atacama 4,772 1.7% 135 641 2,189 0 943 4,599 80 58 35 0 0 0 0 0 Coquimbo 9,835 1.3% 1,190 1,037 2,496 2,645 129 6,518 2,842 224 251 0 0 0 0 0 Valparaíso 31,278 1.7% 7,526 2,982 3,871 5,468 440 19,413 6,186 4,830 354 152 303 40 0 0 Santiago 526,998 7.3% 157,856 128,965 84,078 59,009 10,077 421,235 75,788 19,285 5,626 2,547 1,710 623 81 103 O'Higgins 11,832 1.3% 3,770 2,035 900 1,247 880 8,435 2,146 968 67 0 0 48 39 129 Maule 8,550 0.8% 1,577 150 706 1,675 364 4,125 2,628 1,305 117 207 168 0 0 0 Ñuble 2,838 0.6% 761 43 11 905 200 1,430 905 239 191 0 73 0 0 0 Biobío 12,321 0.8% 2,662 2,054 2,499 1,525 261 9,425 1,938 640 110 93 115 0 0 0 Araucanía 5,112 0.5% 457 313 1,149 874 103 3,216 955 617 58 42 0 0 0 224 Los Ríos 2,112 0.6% 188 136 124 172 0 1,321 302 423 0 66 0 0 0 0 Los Lagos 6,549 0.7% 880 191 925 1,514 0 3,780 1,514 899 356 0 0 0 0 0 Aisén 1,836 1.7% 216 138 602 0 31 1,578 108 122 28 0 0 0 0 0 Magallanes 4,380 2.9% 150 74 1,846 252 0 3,477 733 155 0 15 0 0 0 0 711,513 4.0% 180,057 163,253 115,314 75,790 47,477 567,889 97,860 30,151 7,556 3,934 2,452711 120 840 Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2017 Casen Survey.

Economy

By regional GDP (PPP)

Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in billions of 2014 international dollars.

Region GDP (PPP) Arica and Parinacota 2.315 Tarapacá 9.076 Antofagasta 38.886 Atacama 8.595 Coquimbo 11.237 Valparaíso 30.758 Santiago 175.108 O'Higgins 16.376 Maule 10.998 Biobío 26.428 Araucanía 8.238 Los Ríos 4.703 Los Lagos 11.131 Aisén 2.131 Magallanes 3.021 393.062 Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016. Notes: The aggregate Regional GDP is less than the National GDP because it does not include extra-regio GDP, VAT taxes and import duties.

By regional GDP (PPP) per capita

Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity in 2014 international dollars.

Region GDP (PPP)per capita Arica and Parinacota 9,848 Tarapacá 27,604 Antofagasta 63,402 Atacama 27,882 Coquimbo 14,800 Valparaíso 17,009 Santiago 24,224 O'Higgins 17,985 Maule 10,620 Biobío 12,582 Araucanía 8,376 Los Ríos 11,711 Los Lagos 13,335 Aisén 19,851 Magallanes 18,447 22,059 Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. National Statistics Office of Chile (Chile's 2014 national and regional population), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) per capita for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016.

By main economic activity

Chilean regions by their principal economic activity in 2014.

Region Main economic activity % of regional GDP Arica and Parinacota Personal services 19.90 Tarapacá Mining 44.84 Antofagasta Mining 56.30 Atacama Mining 44.33 Coquimbo Mining 35.00 Valparaíso Manufacturing industry 18.31 Santiago Business and financial services 35.32 O'Higgins Mining 23.68 Maule Manufacturing industry 15.90 Biobío Manufacturing industry 23.83 Araucanía Personal services 22.14 Los Ríos Manufacturing industry 24.03 Los Lagos Manufacturing industry 20.27 Aisén Public administration 19.66 Magallanes Public administration 16.71 Business and financial services 18.41 Source: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 National and Regional GDP in current prices by economic activity), accessed on 9 April 2016.

By average net salary

Chilean regions by their average annual net salary in 2014 in international dollars.

Region Net salary Arica and Parinacota 10,467 Tarapacá 15,003 Antofagasta 17,870 Atacama 13,777 Coquimbo 11,704 Valparaíso 13,791 Santiago 15,321 O'Higgins 10,586 Maule 9,682 Biobío 10,710 Araucanía 9,885 Los Ríos 10,096 Los Lagos 12,543 Aisén 13,726 Magallanes 18,172 13,442 Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2014 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income of the employed, both sexes in sheet "CUADRO 8 Y 9"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2014 PPP for private consumption), accessed on 9 April 2016. Notes: Income is from worker's main occupation only. The data was multiplied by 12 and divided by the 2014 PPP rate for private consumption (422.485238).

By household income per capita

Chilean regions by their annual household income per capita in international dollars in 2013.

Region Mean Median Meana Mediana Arica and Parinacota 5,253 3,811 6,447 4,937 Tarapacá 7,111 4,828 8,537 5,969 Antofagasta 8,324 5,513 10,172 7,183 Atacama 6,527 4,669 8,028 6,074 Coquimbo 5,412 4,033 6,426 5,017 Valparaíso 6,231 4,267 7,375 5,133 Santiago 8,501 4,940 9,971 6,038 O'Higgins 5,469 4,021 6,387 4,771 Maule 5,027 3,519 5,748 4,117 Biobío 4,810 3,445 5,673 4,189 Araucanía 4,779 3,206 5,556 3,881 Los Ríos 4,996 3,344 5,991 4,196 Los Lagos 5,427 3,628 6,395 4,448 Aisén 7,315 4,815 8,724 6,021 Magallanes 7,587 5,237 9,354 6,918 6,789 4,246 7,999 5,177 Sources: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monetary and total monthly income per capita). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016. Notes: Except where noted, income is monetary household income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers). Data exclude live-in domestic workers and their family. The regional monthly monetary household income per capita (Ingreso monetario per cápita) was multiplied by 12 and divided by the PPP rate for private consumption for 2013 (409.095618). a Income includes owner-imputed rent income. Region Mean Arica and Parinacota 6,752 Tarapacá 8,759 Antofagasta 10,353 Atacama 8,285 Coquimbo 6,780 Valparaíso 8,192 Santiago 9,531 O'Higgins 6,403 Maule 5,676 Biobío 5,924 Araucanía 5,848 Los Ríos 6,578 Los Lagos 7,073 Aisén 9,043 Magallanes 12,486 8,043 Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2013 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income per capita in sheet "CUADRO 3"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016.