Chile is 1.97× the size of Japan
Chile covers about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²) and Japan about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 736,000km²Chile
- 374,000km²Japan
500 km
- Chile
- Japan
What fits
- Japan is 51% of the size of Chile.
- Chile is larger by 363,000 km² (140,000 mi²), which is 97% of the area of Japan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chile is about 24.0, Japan about 12.2.
How they differ
- Chile is larger, but Japan has the larger population: 123.8 million against 19.5 million, 6.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 26 in Chile: Japan is 12.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,500 km apart.
- Together Chile and Japan cover 1,110,000 km², close to the size of Ethiopia (1,127,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 363,000 km², is about the size of Germany (358,000 km²).
- At Japan's density, Chile would have 244.1 million people (it has 19.5 million). At Chile's density, Japan would have 9.9 million (it has 123.8 million).
- Japan's centre is 73.5° of latitude, about 8,170 km, farther north than Chile's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Chile | 1.97× |
| More people | Japan | 6.36× |
| More crowded | Japan | 12.5× |
| Farther north | Japan | 73.5° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Chile | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 24.0× | 12.2× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 3.02× | 1.53× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 2.06× | 1.04× |
| France 548,000 km² | 1.34× | 0.68× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.23× | 0.12× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.04× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.04× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.02× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Chile | Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 736,000 km²284,000 mi² | 374,000 km²144,000 mi² |
| Population | 19.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 123.8 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 26 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Official area | 756,000 km²Wikidata | 378,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Santiago | Tokyo |
| Latitude range | 56°S to 18°S | 24°N to 46°N |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 737,000 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 756,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 378,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 374,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11