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title: "Chile vs Germany — area, population, currency"
description: "Chile is 756,102 km² with 19,859,921 people; Germany is 357,022 km² with 83,491,249. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/chile-vs-germany/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Chile vs Germany

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

756,102 km² vs 357,022 km² · 19,859,921 vs 83,491,249

Chile is 2.1 times larger than Germany — 756,102 against 357,022 km². Germany is 4.2 times more populous than Chile — 83,491,249 against 19,859,921 people.

## Side by side

|  | Chile | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Santiago | Berlin |
| Area | 756,102 km² | 357,022 km² |
| Population | 19,859,921 (2025) | 83,491,249 (2025) |
| Density | 26.3 /km² | 233.9 /km² |
| Currency | Chilean peso (CLP) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Spanish | German |
| Time zones | UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +56 | +49 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CL / CHL | DE / DEU |

## Population density

Germany is 8.9 times more densely populated than Chile — 234 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 Euro.
- Chile spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## 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.

## Germany

Germany borders nine countries, more than any other in Europe. The Rhine carries more freight than any other river in Europe. The country has around 25,000 castles and palaces, and the Black Forest and Bavarian Alps mean about a third of it is wooded.

> 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 Germany?

Chile is larger — 756,102 km² against 357,022 km².

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

Germany, with 83,491,249 against 19,859,921.

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

Chile is UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00 and Germany is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
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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]