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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Chile fits inside Saudi Arabia 2.8 times

Chile: 756,556 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Chile’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Chile’s highest peak towers 3,893 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Saudi Arabia has 86% more people than Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Chile is 56% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Chile are 2.2 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 172.9 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Chile and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Chile: 159.4 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Chile is 6.7 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.2 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 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 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Chile hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 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, Saudi Arabia none

Chile: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Chile and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 3.6 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 2 times as much per person as Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Chile: 43 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Saudi Arabia’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 4% more on health per person than Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Chile live 2.4 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 81.4 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Chile is 23% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 2% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Saudi Arabia has 24% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Chile is 4.1 times that in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 39% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.52 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Chile has 70% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 602 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 175 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.32 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Saudi Arabia has 1 more World Heritage site than Chile (8 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 96% in Chile

Chile: 96% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Chile is 2.2 times as fast as in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 89% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Chile 133

Chile: 133 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 23% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 21% more passengers per resident than those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 24% of Chile, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 6.8 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in Saudi Arabia

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 31% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 17.4 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Chile gets 23 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 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 Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is larger. Chile fits inside Saudi Arabia 2.8 times.

Which has more people, Chile or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has 86% more people than Chile (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Chile or Saudi Arabia?

People in Chile live 2.4 years longer than in Saudi Arabia. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Chile and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Chile or Saudi Arabia?

Men in Chile are 2.2 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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