Chile’s coastline is 3.6 times as long as Portugal’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 4,542 m above Portugal’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Chile has 84% more people than Portugal

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 4.4 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 10 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.3 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 49 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Chile and Portugal are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 3% larger than Portugal’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 41% more per person than Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Portugal (Gini 9.1 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Chile and Portugal are practically level

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Chile: 9% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal and Chile are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 69% more on health per person than Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 75% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 79% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Chile is 6% higher than in Portugal

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 27% in Chile

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 0.27 points higher than in Portugal

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal and Chile are nearly identical here

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 495 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 215 more hours a year than in Portugal

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 1.6 years longer than in Portugal

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 10 more World Heritage sites than Chile (17 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Chile: 96% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 28% faster than in Portugal

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Chile: 89% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Chile: 133 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 5% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 58% more passengers per resident than those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8.8 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in Portugal

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Chile are 48% deadlier than in Portugal

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 6.5 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 83% more rain than Portugal

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)