Chile
Chile
Capital Santiago
756,102 km² · 19,859,921 people (2025) · Chilean peso
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.
The facts
- Capital
- Santiago
- Area
- 756,102 km² — 291,932 sq mi
- Population
- 19,859,921 (2025)
- Density
- 26.3 people per km²
- Currency
- Chilean peso (CLP, $)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zones
- UTC-06:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00
- Calling code
- +56
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- CL · CHL
- Continent
- South America
How it compares
- By area
- 38 of 200
- By population
- 66 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 796,095 | 255,219,554 |
| Turkey | 783,562 | 85,878,556 |
| Chile ← | 756,102 | 19,859,921 |
| Zambia | 752,618 | 21,913,874 |
| Morocco | 716,550 | 38,430,770 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Chile?
- Santiago
- What currency does Chile use?
- The Chilean peso (CLP).
- How big is Chile?
- 756,102 km², or 291,932 square miles — 38 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Chile drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)