Chile’s coastline is 4.8 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 4,369 m above Sri Lanka’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Sri Lanka has 10% more people than Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 13 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 3.2 years older than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Chile hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Chile: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 3.3 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Chile produces 2.2 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Sri Lanka (Gini 5.3 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 9% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Chile and Sri Lanka are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

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

Chile: 48% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Chile spends 13 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Chile is 12% more likely to die before turning one than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 2.9 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 54% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 2.29 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Chile has 8.5 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Chile has 382 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 103 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 0.52 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 8.2 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Sri Lanka has 1 more World Heritage site than Chile (8 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 96% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 6.8 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 89% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Chile and Sri Lanka are practically level

Chile: 133 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Chile’s railway network is 53% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Chile fly 6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 12% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 92% more likely to be murdered in Chile than in Sri Lanka

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 29% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 17.4 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 29% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)