Turkey is 1.06× the size of Chile

Turkey covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and Chile about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

780,000km²Turkey
736,000km²Chile

500 km

Turkey
Chile

What fits

Chile is 94% of the size of Turkey.
Turkey is larger by 43,700 km² (16,900 mi²), which is 5.9% of the area of Chile.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, Chile about 24.0.

How they differ

Turkey also has the larger population: 85.4 million against 19.5 million, 4.39× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 109 in Turkey against 26 in Chile: Turkey is 4.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
Together Turkey and Chile cover 1,516,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 43,700 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Chile's density, Turkey would have 20.6 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, Chile would have 80.6 million (it has 19.5 million).
Turkey's centre is 75.2° of latitude, about 8,360 km, farther north than Chile's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Turkey	1.06×
More people	Turkey	4.39×
More crowded	Turkey	4.14×
Farther north	Turkey	75.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Turkey	1.7× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Turkey	Chile
Belgium 30,700 km²	25.4×	24.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.20×	3.02×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.18×	2.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.09×	1.97×
France 548,000 km²	1.42×	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

	Turkey	Chile
Area, main territory	780,000 km²301,000 mi²	736,000 km²284,000 mi²
Population	85.4 millionWikidata, 2023	19.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	109 per km²	26 per km²
Official area	784,000 km²Wikidata	756,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ankara	Santiago
Latitude range	36°N to 42°N	56°S to 18°S
Continent	Asia	South America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 784,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 780,000 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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