Chile is 1.11× the size of Myanmar
Chile covers about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²) and Myanmar about 663,000 km² (256,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 736,000km²Chile
- 663,000km²Myanmar
200 km
- Chile
- Myanmar
What fits
- Myanmar is 90% of the size of Chile.
- Chile is larger by 73,300 km² (28,300 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Myanmar.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chile is about 24.0, Myanmar about 21.6.
How they differ
- Chile is larger, but Myanmar has the larger population: 53.4 million against 19.5 million, 2.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Myanmar against 26 in Chile: Myanmar is 3.05× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 18,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chile at 36°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Myanmar at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Chile as 1.48× the size of Myanmar instead of 1.11×.
- Together Chile and Myanmar cover 1,400,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 7.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 73,300 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
- At Myanmar's density, Chile would have 59.3 million people (it has 19.5 million). At Chile's density, Myanmar would have 17.5 million (it has 53.4 million).
- Myanmar's centre is 57.2° of latitude, about 6,360 km, farther north than Chile's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Chile | 1.11× |
| More people | Myanmar | 2.74× |
| More crowded | Myanmar | 3.05× |
| Farther north | Myanmar | 57.2° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Chile | 1.5× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Chile | Myanmar |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 24.0× | 21.6× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 3.02× | 2.72× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 2.06× | 1.85× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 1.97× | 1.78× |
| France 548,000 km² | 1.34× | 1.21× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.23× | 0.21× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.08× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.07× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.04× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Chile | Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 736,000 km²284,000 mi² | 663,000 km²256,000 mi² |
| Population | 19.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 53.4 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 26 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Official area | 756,000 km²Wikidata | 677,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Santiago | Naypyidaw |
| Latitude range | 56°S to 18°S | 10°N to 29°N |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, 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 677,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 663,000 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