Chile’s coastline is 33% longer than France’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 2,083 m above France’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

France has 3.5 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

France is 4.8 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 5.8 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

Women in France have 0.5 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · France: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

France hosts 87 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Chile and France are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 9.4 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

France produces 69% more per person than Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in France (Gini 11.2 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · France: 31.8 (2023)

Chile and France are practically level

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 7.5% in France

Chile: 9% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · France: 22.8% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

France spends 3 times as much on health per person as Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 71% more likely to die before turning one than in France

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 2% more doctors per person than France

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in France is 53% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 13% in France

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 27% in Chile

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in France drink 70% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

Chile has 23% more meat per person than France

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

France has 432 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 463 more hours a year than in France

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 0.47 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

France welcomed 5.1 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 49 more World Heritage sites than Chile (56 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 89% in France

Chile: 96% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 9% faster than in Chile

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in France have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · France: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 79% in France

Chile: 89% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

Chile: 133 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

France’s railway network is 12 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 14% more passengers per resident than those from France

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

Chile and France are nearly identical here

Chile: 4 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in France

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.7 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in France

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Chile are 2.1 times as deadly as in France

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 4.7 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 23% more rain than France

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)