Chile’s coastline is 174 times as long as the DR Congo’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · DR Congo: 37 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 1,783 m above the DR Congo’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · DR Congo: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 16% of the DR Congo, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · DR Congo: 16.2% (2024)

The DR Congo has 5.7 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · DR Congo: 113 million (2025)

The DR Congo is 86% more densely populated than Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · DR Congo: 50 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 20 years older than in the DR Congo

Chile: 36 years (2023) · DR Congo: 15.8 years (2023)

Women in the DR Congo have 4.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · DR Congo: 5.98 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in the DR Congo

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · DR Congo: 3.1% (2025)

The DR Congo hosts 34 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · DR Congo: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the DR Congo 0.1

Chile: 1 (2026) · DR Congo: 0.1 (2026)

The DR Congo has 5 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 1 (2026) · DR Congo: 5 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 3.9 times the size of the DR Congo’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · DR Congo: $91 billion (2025)

Chile produces 20 times as much per person as the DR Congo

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · DR Congo: Int$1,920 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the DR Congo than in Chile (Gini 1.7 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · DR Congo: 44.7 (2020)

85% of people in the DR Congo live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · DR Congo: 85.3% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 4.4% in the DR Congo

Chile: 9% (2025) · DR Congo: 4.4% (2025)

Chile and the DR Congo are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · DR Congo: 1.4% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, the DR Congo’s 11%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · DR Congo: 10.7% (2022)

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× the DR Congo’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · DR Congo: 42% (2025)

Chile spends 75 times as much on health per person as the DR Congo

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · DR Congo: $23 (2023)

A baby in the DR Congo is 9.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · DR Congo: 56.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 16 times as many doctors per person as the DR Congo

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · DR Congo: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · DR Congo: no data

The suicide rate in the DR Congo is 2 times that in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · DR Congo: 18 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 5.9% in the DR Congo

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · DR Congo: 5.9% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 12% in the DR Congo

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · DR Congo: 12.3% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 2.54 points higher than in the DR Congo

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · DR Congo: 3.76 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in the DR Congo

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · DR Congo: 1.6 litres (2023)

Chile has 28 times as much meat per person as the DR Congo

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · DR Congo: 3.5 kg (2023)

Chile has 1,043 kcal more food per person per day than the DR Congo

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · DR Congo: 2,015 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 109 more hours a year than in the DR Congo

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · DR Congo: 1,841 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 3.9 years longer than in the DR Congo

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · DR Congo: 7.4 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 51 times as many tourists per resident as the DR Congo (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · DR Congo: 0.01 (2019)

Chile has 2 more World Heritage sites than the DR Congo (7 against 5)

Chile: 7 (2026) · DR Congo: 5 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, the DR Congo none

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · DR Congo: 0 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 20% in the DR Congo

Chile: 96% (2024) · DR Congo: 20% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 5.6 times as fast as in the DR Congo

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · DR Congo: 75 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 23% in the DR Congo

Chile: 99% (2024) · DR Congo: 22.5% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 45% in the DR Congo

Chile: 89% (2025) · DR Congo: 45% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the DR Congo 59

Chile: 133 (2024) · DR Congo: 59 (2024)

The DR Congo’s railway network is 52% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · DR Congo: 3,641 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 105 times as many passengers per resident as those from the DR Congo

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · DR Congo: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of the DR Congo, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · DR Congo: 61.5% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 74 times as much CO₂ as someone in the DR Congo

Chile: 4 t (2024) · DR Congo: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of the DR Congo’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · DR Congo: 100% (2024)

The air in the DR Congo carries 78% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · DR Congo: 41.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · DR Congo: no data

Roads in the DR Congo are 45% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · DR Congo: 23.7 per 100k (2023)

The DR Congo is on average 15.4 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · DR Congo: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

The DR Congo gets 3% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · DR Congo: 1,469 mm (2016–2025 avg)