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Equity - Dividend (Details) - CLP ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Approval and payment of dividends: |  |  |  |
Dividends on ordinary shares | [1] | $ 356,311 | $ 374,079 | $ 342,034
Dividends per ordinary share | [2] | $ 3.53 | $ 3.76 | $ 3.50
[1] | This dividend per share is composed of the dividend paid to the Central Bank and common shareholders in the amounts of MCh$90,733 and MCh$265,578, respectively. On April 30, 2019, was paid the last installment of subordinated debt to the Central Bank.
[2] | Dividends per share are calculated by dividing the amount of the dividend paid during each year by the previous year's number of shares outstanding.

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