World Number Plates

Number Plates of Chile

Continent: South America

Capital: Santiago

Population: 16 million

Country ISO code: CL

Country OVAL code: RCH
(Republic of Chile)

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1904

Number of vehicles:
cars 690,000 (1989), trucks and buses 300,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 79,605 km; paved: 16,080 km; unpaved: 63,525 km (2001)

Number plates in Chile are usually of a squarer shape than the conventional oblong number plates. Over the years Chilean number plates have been a variety of colours such as black in 1931, purple in 1955, blue in 1964, green in 1967, white in 1981 and orange in 1982.