Chile is 3.86× the size of Jilin
Chile (South America) covers about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²) and Jilin (province of China) about 191,000 km² (73,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 736,000km²Chile
- 191,000km²Jilin
200 km
- Chile
- Jilin
What fits
- Jilin fits inside Chile about 3.86 times by area.
- Chile is larger by 545,000 km² (211,000 mi²), which is 286% of the area of Jilin.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chile is about 24.0, Jilin about 6.23.
How they differ
- Chile is larger, but Jilin has the larger population: 24.1 million against 19.5 million, 1.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 126 in Jilin against 26 in Chile: Jilin is 4.77× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 18,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chile at 36°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Jilin at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Chile as 3.09× the size of Jilin instead of 3.86×.
- Together Chile and Jilin cover 927,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 545,000 km², is about the size of France (548,000 km²).
- At Jilin's density, Chile would have 92.8 million people (it has 19.5 million). At Chile's density, Jilin would have 5.0 million (it has 24.1 million).
- Jilin's centre is 79.8° of latitude, about 8,870 km, farther north than Chile's.
- Chile ranks 40th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Jilin is the 12th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Jilin lies about 80° of latitude (roughly 8,870 km) north of Chile, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chile would have about 37,860 m² and each person in Jilin about 7,930 m².
- Laid side by side, Chile and Jilin would cover 927,000 km², about the same size as Tanzania.
- Together they have 43.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as Afghanistan.
- Counted as a country, Jilin would rank 88th by area and 56th by population.
Side by side
| Chile | Jilin | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 736,000 km²284,000 mi² | 191,000 km²73,800 mi² |
| Official area | 756,000 km²Wikidata | 187,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 239worldwide | 12th of 31in China |
| Population | 19.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 24.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 64th of 237worldwide | 24th of 31in China |
| Density | 26 per km² | 126 per km² |
| Capital | Santiago | Changchun |
| Latitude range | 56°S to 18°S | 41°N to 46°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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 187,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 191,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12