🇨🇱 Chile

Where is Chile?

Chile lies in South America, on the continent of Americas.

It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 3 340 km from the equator.

Its coastline is about 6 435 km long.

It shares a border with 3 countries: Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.

How big is Chile?

Chile covers 756 102 square kilometres.

That is about 7.3 times the size of Iceland.

Among the world's countries that makes it the 37th largest.

Spread everybody out evenly and you get about 24.8 people on every square kilometre.

That is emptier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.

Who lives in Chile?

About 18.7 million people live in Chile.

That is the 61st biggest population in the world.

People here speak Spanish.

They pay with the Chilean peso ($).

On average, people born here can expect to live about 76 years.

The land of Chile

The land of Chile sits on average 1 871 metres above sea level — high enough that much of it counts as mountain country.

Its coast runs for about 6 435 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 322 days.

It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.

What makes Chile different?

A dish the country is known for: Empanada.

Websites from here often end in .cl.

Chile and the rest of the world

Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 2 live in Chile.

It takes up about 0.57 % of all the land that countries stand on.

Within Americas the country ranks 10th of 35 by size, and 9th by population.

Chile and its neighbours

Argentina, its largest neighbour, is about 3.7 times bigger.

Argentina has more people: 44.5 million against 18.7 million.

Nature and animals

Of the animals on this site, 14 live wild in Chile: European rabbit, Llama, Alpaca, Blue whale, Puma, Wandering albatross and more. The highest mountain in the country is Ojos del Salado, at 6 893 metres. The longest river in the country is the Loa River. The largest lake in the country is General Carrera Lake.

• European rabbit
• Llama
• Alpaca
• Blue whale
• Puma
• Wandering albatross
• Vicuña
• Andean condor
• Chinchilla
• American mink
• Coypu
• Leopard seal

📷 Photographs from Wikimedia Commons under free licences — every credit is on the page itself and in the picture credits.

Where this country lands in the record lists

• The countries with the longest coastlines no. 18
• The highest countries in the world no. 8

How big is Chile compared with the United States?

• The United States is about 12 times as big as Chile: 9 372 610 km² against 756 102 km². See both on one map
• Chile is about 3.1 times as big as the United Kingdom: 756 102 km² against 242 900 km².

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