---
title: "Chile vs China — area, population, currency"
description: "Chile is 756,102 km² with 19,859,921 people; China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/chile-vs-china/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Chile vs China

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

756,102 km² vs 9,596,960 km² · 19,859,921 vs 1,406,585,000

China is 13 times larger than Chile — 9,596,960 against 756,102 km². China is 71 times more populous than Chile — 1,406,585,000 against 19,859,921 people.

## Side by side

|  | Chile | China |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Santiago | Beijing |
| Area | 756,102 km² | 9,596,960 km² |
| Population | 19,859,921 (2025) | 1,406,585,000 (2025) |
| Density | 26.3 /km² | 146.6 /km² |
| Currency | Chilean peso (CLP) | Chinese yuan (CNY) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Standard Chinese |
| Time zones | UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +56 | +86 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CL / CHL | CN / CHN |

## Population density

China is 5.6 times more densely populated than Chile — 147 against 26 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 Chilean peso and the Chinese yuan.
- Chile spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Asia.

## 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.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

> 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 Chile bigger than China?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 756,102 km².

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

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 19,859,921.

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

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

## Related pages

- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
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## 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]