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title: "Canada vs Chile — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Chile is 756,102 km² with 19,859,921. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-chile/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Chile

**Canada vs Chile: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 756,102 km² · 41,651,653 vs 19,859,921

Canada is 13 times larger than Chile — 9,984,670 against 756,102 km². Canada is 2.1 times more populous than Chile — 41,651,653 against 19,859,921 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Santiago |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 756,102 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 19,859,921 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 26.3 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Chilean peso (CLP) |
| Official languages | English, French | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +56 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | South America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | CL / CHL |

## Population density

Chile is 6.3 times more densely populated than Canada — 26 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Chilean peso.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and South America.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Chile

About 4,300 km from north to south and averaging only around 177 km wide — one of the most elongated countries on Earth. The Atacama in the north is the driest non-polar desert in the world, and some weather stations there have never recorded rain. That dryness and altitude is why most of the world's large optical telescopes are built here.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Chile?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 756,102 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Chile?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 19,859,921.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Chile?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Chile is UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-spain/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]