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Republic of Chile
Capital Santiago
Languages Spanish
Currency Chilean peso
People 19.9 million (2025)
Neighbours 3 Greetings from
Chile
4th highest fixed broadband download speed 422 Mbps · #4 of 197 · 2026 11th highest highest point 6,893 m · #11 of 213 · 2026 edition 13th lowest fertility rate 1.14 children per woman · #13 of 210 · 2024 CHL COUNTRYDUEL
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Picked for surprise among Chile’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Chile among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Chile sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 756,556 km² 37th of 205 2024 Coastline 6,435 km 20th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 6,893 m 11th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 24.5% 117th of 207 2024 Farmland 14.4% 164th of 205 2024 Population 19.9 million 65th of 210 2025 Population density 27 per km² 172nd of 209 2025 Height of men 172.9 cm 103rd of 196 2019 Height of women 159.4 cm 127th of 196 2019 Median age 36 years 73rd of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.14 children per woman 198th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 14.6% 67th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.1 per 1,000 124th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $357 billion 45th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$37,774 66th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 43 25th of 155 2024 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 0.4% 101st of 142 2024 Unemployment 9% 46th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $1,760 45th of 193 2024 Military spending 1.5% 93rd of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 18.3% 62nd of 150 2024 Life expectancy 81.4 years 43rd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 5.8 per 1,000 141st of 194 2024 Doctors 3.3 per 1,000 53rd of 190 2023 Hospital beds 1.9 per 1,000 93rd of 158 2023 Suicide rate 9.1 per 100k 102nd of 185 2023 Adult obesity 41.1% 18th of 195 2024 Smoking 26.7% 41st of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.30 52nd of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 6.6 litres 73rd of 195 2023 Meat supply 98.5 kg 20th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,057 kcal 81st of 189 2023 Working hours 1,950 hours 70th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 11.3 years 61st of 193 2023 Internet users 96% 28th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 422 Mbps 4th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 99% 129th of 209 2024 Urban population 89% 30th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 133 49th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 4 t 78th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 66.4% 51st of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 23.2 µg/m³ 69th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 6.3 per 100k 43rd of 160 2023 Road deaths 16.3 per 100k 106th of 185 2023 Average temperature 9.4°C 163rd of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 1,425 mm 58th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 1 45th of 160 2026 Railway network 2,396 km 63rd of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 1.07 43rd of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.27 98th of 179 2024 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 48% 88th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 7 53rd of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 15 71st of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Chile across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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