Chile

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

Year 1952 1960 1970 1982 1992 2002 2012
Population (millions) 5.933 7.374 8.885 11.330 13.348 15.116 16.635
Population density (inhabitants/km˛) 7.85 9.75 11.75 14.98 17.65 19.99 22.00
Urban Population (%) 60.22 68.18 75.13 82.23 83.46 86.61 86.94
Area (1000 km˛) 756,102

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

1960 1970 1982 1992 2002 2011**
GDP (millions of current USD) 4,212.8 8,981.1 24,339.4 44,467.9 70,984.6 248,585.5
GDP (millions of constant 2000-USD) 14,087 21,084 26,252 49,043 83,761 123,010
GDP per capita (PPP* USD/capita) N/A N/A 2,461,9 5,690.7 10,436.0 17,310.3
GDP per capita (current USD/capita) 550.5 937.7 2,111.5 3,251.0 4,497.3 14,394.5

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

  Estimated available energy sources
 Fossil Fuels Nuclear  Renewables
  Solid1 Liquid2 Gas3 Uranium4 Hydro5 Other Renewable6
 Total amount in specific units* 700.00 1.13 16.75 1,034 0.02 0.012***
Total amount in Exajoule (EJ) 13.18 0.05 0.65 0.565**    
* Solid, Liquid: Million tons; Gas: Billion m3; Uranium: Metric tons; Hydro, Renewable: TW
** light water reactor open cycle assumption
***CNE estimates. Includes geothermal, wind power, biomass and small-scale hydraulic energy(<20MW)
Source: Energy Policy: New Guidelines (National Energy Commission 2008)

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2008-2011
Energy Consumption**                    
Total 0,371 0,418 0,599 1,054 1,229 1,323 1,284 1,343 1,451 3,22%
Solids*** 0,057 0,052 0,110 0,134 0,134 0,196 0,180 0,203 0,250 9,28%
Liquids 0,205 0,222 0,286 0,488 0,543 0,743 0,677 0,661 0,697 -1,94%
Gases 0,033 0,044 0,060 0,185 0,265 0,082 0,107 0,188 0,198 36,87%
Nuclear - - - - 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 -
Hydro 0,015 0,026 0,032 0,069 0,095 0,087 0,105 0,090 0,076 -3,06%
Other Renewables 0,061 0,074 0,111 0,178 0,193 0,214 0,215 0,200 0,230 2,73%
Energy Production                    
Total 0,309 0,304 0,339 0,368 0,398 0,404 0,430 0,375 0,387 -1,04%
Solids*** 0,046 0,027 0,064 0,011 0,012 0,012 0,016 0,010 0,011 2,23%
Liquids 0,076 0,069 0,039 0,012 0,007 0,006 0,008 0,010 0,010 21,93%
Gases 0,110 0,107 0,092 0,095 0,090 0,082 0,099 0,076 0,062 -7,31%
Nuclear 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 -
Hydro 0,016 0,027 0,033 0,072 0,096 0,090 0,093 0,079 0,074 -5,80%
Other Renewables**** 0,061 0,074 0,111 0,178 0,193 0,214 0,215 0,200 0,230 2,72%
Net import (Import-Export)                    
Total                    

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2008 to 2011
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)                    
- Thermal     1,283 4,827 6,275 7,150 9,035 9,423 6,315 -0,8%
- Hydro     2,486 4,272 5,057 5,216 5,216 5,218 5,633 2,7%
- Nuclear     - - - - - - - -
- Wind     - - 0,002 0,020 0,086 0,179 0,199 149,8%
- Geothermal     - - - - - - - -
- other renewable     0,069 0,105 0,148 0,238 0,276 0,303 0,374 16,4%
- Total     3,838 9,204 11,482 12,624 14,613 15,123 12,5213 0,7%
Electricity production (TWh) (*)                    
- Thermal     9,44 19,859 24,878 32,114 31,339 36,122 40,384 8,2%
- Hydro     8,93 19 25,435 23,667 24,661 21,376 20,688 -4,1%
- Nuclear     - - - - - - - -
- Wind     - - - 0,039 0,078 0,332 0,332 141,9%
- Geothermal     - - - - - - - -
- other renewable (**)     - 0,91 0,474 0,884 0,966 0,841 0,928 2,2%
- Total (1)     18,37 39,769 50,787 56,704 57,044 58,671 62,332 3,2%
Total Electricity consumption (TWh)     - 36,292 47,814 53,179 53,442 55,259 58,492 3,2%

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

  1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 38.83 37.50 45,45 68,45 75,57 79,52 75,85 78,59 84,11
Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita) N/A  N/A   1.345,7 2.490,2 3.079,6 3.327,3 3.310,8 3.331,3 3.511,6
Electricity production (GW.h) N/A  N/A   18.398 41.268 54.483 60.858 61.038 61.608 62.369
Energy production (Tcal) N/A  N/A   80.952 87.877 94.928 96.523 102.797 89.579 92.486
Electricity production / Energy production (%) N/A  N/A  19,55% 40,39% 49,36% 54,22% 51,06% 59,15% 58,00%
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) - - - - - - - - -
Ratio of external dependency (%) 37.20% 42.39% 47.58% 68,37% 70,27% 71,91% 67,93% 75,93% 75,65%