Mozambique is 1.07× the size of Chile

Mozambique covers about 788,000 km² (304,000 mi²) and Chile about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

788,000km²Mozambique
736,000km²Chile

500 km

Mozambique
Chile

What fits

Chile is 93% of the size of Mozambique.
Mozambique is larger by 52,000 km² (20,100 mi²), which is 7.1% of the area of Chile.
Measured in Belgiums: Mozambique is about 25.7, Chile about 24.0.

How they differ

Mozambique also has the larger population: 29.7 million against 19.5 million, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 38 in Mozambique against 26 in Chile: Mozambique is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Chile looks larger than Mozambique: Mozambique at 17°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chile at 36°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Chile as 1.31× the size of Mozambique, when Mozambique is 1.07× the size of Chile.
Together Mozambique and Chile cover 1,525,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 2.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 52,000 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
At Chile's density, Mozambique would have 20.8 million people (it has 29.7 million). At Mozambique's density, Chile would have 27.7 million (it has 19.5 million).
Mozambique's centre is 18.9° of latitude, about 2,100 km, farther north than Chile's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Mozambique	1.07×
More people	Mozambique	1.52×
More crowded	Mozambique	1.42×
Farther north	Mozambique	18.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Chile	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Mozambique	Chile
Belgium 30,700 km²	25.7×	24.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.23×	3.02×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.20×	2.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.11×	1.97×
France 548,000 km²	1.44×	1.34×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.25×	0.23×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Mozambique	Chile
Area, main territory	788,000 km²304,000 mi²	736,000 km²284,000 mi²
Population	29.7 millionWikidata, 2017	19.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	38 per km²	26 per km²
Official area	802,000 km²Wikidata	756,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Maputo	Santiago
Latitude range	27°S to 10°S	56°S to 18°S
Continent	Africa	South America

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 802,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 788,000 km², to within 2%.
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.

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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

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