The United States’ coastline is 3.1 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · United States: 19,924 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 703 m above the United States’

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · United States: 6,190 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of the United States, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · United States: 46.1% (2024)

The United States has 17 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · United States: 342 million (2025)

The United States is 40% more densely populated than Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · United States: 37 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the United States is 2.1 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · United States: 38 years (2023)

Women in the United States have 0.5 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · United States: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in the United States are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · United States: 18.4% (2025)

The United States hosts 10 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · United States: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025)

The United States has produced 8.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · United States: 8.7 (2026)

Chile and the United States are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · United States: 1 (2026)

The United States’ economy is 86 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · United States: $30.8 trillion (2025)

The United States produces 2.4 times as much per person as Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · United States: Int$90,027 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in the United States (Gini 1.2 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · United States: 41.8 (2024)

1.1% of people in the United States live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · United States: 1.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 4.2% in the United States

Chile: 9% (2025) · United States: 4.2% (2025)

The United States spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · United States: 3.1% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, the United States’ 11%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · United States: 10.8% (2024)

The United States’ price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · United States: 100% (2025)

The United States spends 7.7 times as much on health per person as Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · United States: $13,473 (2023)

A baby in Chile is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in the United States

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · United States: 5.5 per 1,000 (2024)

The United States has 10% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · United States: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The United States has 38% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · United States: 2.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the United States is 46% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · United States: 13.3 per 100k (2023)

42% of adults in the United States are obese, versus 41% in Chile

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · United States: 41.8% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 16% in the United States

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · United States: 15.8% (2024)

People in the United States rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · United States: 6.82 (2025)

Adults in the United States drink 45% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · United States: 9.6 litres (2023)

The United States has 24% more meat per person than Chile

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · United States: 122.1 kg (2023)

The United States has 890 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · United States: 3,947 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 161 more hours a year than in the United States

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · United States: 1,789 hours (2023)

Adults in the United States went to school 2.6 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · United States: 13.9 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 25% more tourists per resident than the United States (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · United States: 0.21 (2024)

The United States has 20 more World Heritage sites than Chile (27 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · United States: 27 (2026)

The United States has won 3,137 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · United States: 3,137 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 95% in the United States

Chile: 96% (2024) · United States: 95% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 5% faster than in the United States

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · United States: 401 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in the United States have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · United States: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 80% in the United States

Chile: 89% (2025) · United States: 80% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the United States 113

Chile: 133 (2024) · United States: 113 (2024)

The United States’ railway network is 62 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · United States: 148,553 km (2021)

Airlines from the United States fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · United States: 2.75 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of the United States, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · United States: 33.8% (2024)

The average person in the United States emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · United States: 14.2 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in the United States

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · United States: 25.6% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in the United States

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · United States: 7.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in Chile than in the United States

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · United States: 5.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in the United States are 61% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · United States: 26.3 per 100k (2023)

The United States is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · United States: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 68% more rain than the United States

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United States: 849 mm (2016–2025 avg)