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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Chile fits inside India 4.3 times

Chile: 756,556 km² (2024) · India: 3,287,260 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

India’s coastline is 9% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 1,693 m above Chile’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

India has 74 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

India is 18 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Chile are 6.4 cm taller than in India

Chile: 172.9 cm (2019) · India: 166.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Chile are 4.2 cm taller than in India

Chile: 159.4 cm (2019) · India: 155.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Chile is 7.9 years older than in India

Chile: 36 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in India have 0.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

India hosts 23% more refugees per resident than Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, India 0.1

Chile: 1 (2026) · India: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

India has 3 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

India’s economy is 11 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Chile produces 3.2 times as much per person as India

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in India (Gini 20 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · India: 23 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 4.2% in India

Chile: 9% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

India spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× India’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Chile spends 21 times as much on health per person as India

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · India: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Chile live 9.1 years longer than in India

Chile: 81.4 years (2024) · India: 72.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Chile has 4.6 times as many doctors per person as India

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Chile has 22% more hospital beds per person than India

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in India is 68% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 23% in India

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Chile rate their lives 1.77 points higher than in India

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Chile drink 26% more alcohol than in India

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Chile has 12 times as much meat per person as India

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Chile has 389 kcal more food per person per day than India

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in India put in 433 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Chile went to school 4.4 years longer than in India

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Chile welcomed 39 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · India: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

India has 38 more World Heritage sites than Chile (45 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

India has won 41 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 70% in India

Chile: 96% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Chile is 4.7 times as fast as in India

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Chile: 99% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 36% in India

Chile: 89% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Chile: 133 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

India’s railway network is 28 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Chile fly 8.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Chile and India are practically level

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Chile emits 81% more CO₂ than someone in India

Chile: 4 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 91% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in India

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 56% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

India is on average 15.0 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Chile gets 12% more rain than India

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Chile bigger than India?

India is larger. Chile fits inside India 4.3 times.

Which has more people, Chile or India?

India has 74 times as many people as Chile (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Chile or India?

People in Chile live 9.1 years longer than in India. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Chile and 72.2 in India.

Are people taller in Chile or India?

Men in Chile are 6.4 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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