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/km2) 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 km2) 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 Average Annual
Growth Rate (%)
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