In the United States, preterm delivery affects approximately one in 10 births and is the cause of at least 75 percent of neonatal deaths, excluding those related to congenital malformations.1. Preterm labor is defined as labor that occurs before completion of the 37th week of gestation.
Santiago, the capital, is the largest city. The city/urban population is 308,000, but the Santiago Metropolitan Region has more than 6 million inhabitants, representing the most populated and most densely populated region in Chile.he official 2012 estimate placed Chile's population at 17.4 million. Chile's population is estimated to have grown in 2013 to 17,643,916, and in 2015 to 17.9 million, which makes it the 61st most populous country on earth.
Chile ended 2014 with a population of 17,772,871 people, which represents an increasea of 153,163 people compared to 2013. Chile ranks No. 61 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com. The female population is greater, with 8,905,099 women, representing 50.54% of the total, compared to 8,714,609 or 49.46% men. Chile shows a moderate population density, with 24 people per square km and it was in position 42th in our ranking of density population in 2014. In this page we show you the progression of the population in Chile.