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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

New Zealand fits inside Chile 2.8 times

Chile: 756,556 km² (2024) · New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

New Zealand’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Chile’s highest peak towers 6,863 m above New Zealand’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Chile has 3.7 times as many people as New Zealand

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Chile is 32% more densely populated than New Zealand

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in New Zealand are 4.8 cm taller than in Chile

Chile: 172.9 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in New Zealand are 5.2 cm taller than in Chile

Chile: 159.4 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in New Zealand is 1.3 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in New Zealand have 0.4 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

New Zealand hosts 3 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Chile’s economy is 35% larger than New Zealand’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

New Zealand produces 52% more per person than Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Chile: 43 (2024) · New Zealand: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Chile: 9% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Chile and New Zealand are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

New Zealand spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in New Zealand live 0.65 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 81.4 years (2024) · New Zealand: 82 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Chile is 45% more likely to die before turning one than in New Zealand

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

New Zealand has 8% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

New Zealand has 29% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 43% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 35% in New Zealand

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.69 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in New Zealand drink 35% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Chile has 24% more meat per person than New Zealand

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

New Zealand has 64 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Chile put in 242 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in New Zealand went to school 1.6 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

New Zealand welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Chile has 4 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (7 against 3)

Chile: 7 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 94% in New Zealand

Chile: 96% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Chile is 56% faster than in New Zealand

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

Chile: 89% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

Chile: 133 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

New Zealand’s railway network is 72% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from New Zealand fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in New Zealand emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Chile carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 4.3 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in New Zealand

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Chile are 50% deadlier than in New Zealand

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

New Zealand is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

New Zealand gets 12% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 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 New Zealand?

Chile is larger. New Zealand fits inside Chile 2.8 times.

Which has more people, Chile or New Zealand?

Chile has 3.7 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Chile or New Zealand?

People in New Zealand live 0.65 years longer than in Chile. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Chile and 82.0 in New Zealand.

Are people taller in Chile or New Zealand?

Men in New Zealand are 4.8 cm taller than in Chile (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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