Infrastructure — Chile
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Chile: 481
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Transportation
- Airports - total
481
- Airports with Paved Runways
90
- Heliports
1
- Railways
4,401 Miles 7,082 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
48,320 Miles 77,764 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
11,259 Miles 18,119 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso
Communications
- Telephones
3,366,000
- Cell Phones
22,400,000
- Internet Users
7,009,000
- Internet Country Code
.cl
- Internet Hosts
2,152,000
- Broadcast Media
- National and local terrestrial TV channels, coupled with extensive cable TV networks
- the state-owned Television Nacional de Chile (TVN) network is self-financed through commercial advertising revenues and is not under direct government control
- a large number of privately owned TV stations
- about 250 radio stations
- Telephone System
- General assessment: privatization began in 1988; most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America; a modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities;
- domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations Domestic: number of fixed-line connections has stagnated in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase,
- reaching 130 telephones per 100 persons International: country code - 56; landing points for the Pan American, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin America Nautilus submarine cables providing links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
53,240,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
958,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
59,750,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,296,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
3,830,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,144,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
97,970,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
321,700
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
169,700
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
6,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
150,000,000