Zambia is 1.02× the size of Chile

Zambia covers about 752,000 km² (290,000 mi²) and Chile about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

752,000km²Zambia
736,000km²Chile

500 km

Zambia
Chile

What fits

Chile is 98% of the size of Zambia.
Zambia is larger by 15,500 km² (5,980 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Chile.
Measured in Belgiums: Zambia is about 24.5, Chile about 24.0.

How they differ

Zambia also has the larger population: 19.6 million against 19.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 26 in Chile against 26 in Zambia: Chile is 1.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Chile looks larger than Zambia: Zambia at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chile at 36°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Chile as 1.42× the size of Zambia, when Zambia is 1.02× the size of Chile.
Together Zambia and Chile cover 1,488,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 5.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 15,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Chile's density, Zambia would have 19.9 million people (it has 19.6 million). At Zambia's density, Chile would have 19.2 million (it has 19.5 million).
Zambia's centre is 22.6° of latitude, about 2,520 km, farther north than Chile's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Zambia	1.02×
More people	Zambia	1.01×
More crowded	Chile	1.01×
Farther north	Zambia	22.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Chile	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Zambia	Chile
Belgium 30,700 km²	24.5×	24.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.08×	3.02×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.10×	2.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.01×	1.97×
France 548,000 km²	1.37×	1.34×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.24×	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	0.04×	0.04×

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

Side by side

	Zambia	Chile
Area, main territory	752,000 km²290,000 mi²	736,000 km²284,000 mi²
Population	19.6 millionWikidata, 2022	19.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	26 per km²	26 per km²
Official area	753,000 km²Wikidata	756,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Lusaka	Santiago
Latitude range	18°S to 8°S	56°S to 18°S
Continent	Africa	South America

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 753,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 752,000 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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