Chile vs India
India is 4.35 times larger than Chile. Chile would fit into India about 4.3 times.
ChileIndiaChile moved onto India · Equal-area projection
0.23×
Chile is 0.23× the area of India. Put the other way, India is 4.35× the size of Chile.
| Chile | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 756,102 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 19,859,921 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Density | 26 / km² | 445 / km² |
| Capital | Santiago | New Delhi |
| Region | South America | Southern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 7 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Chile sits at about 36°S and is stretched to 1.53× its true area; India at 23° N is stretched to 1.18×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Chile bigger than India?
- No. Chile is 4.35 times smaller than India. Chile covers 756,102 km² and India covers 3,287,263 km².
- How many times does Chile fit into India?
- About 4.3 times: India has 4.35× the area of Chile.
- Why do Chile and India look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Chile is drawn about 1.53× its true area there and India about 1.18×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Chile or India?
- India: 1,463,865,525 people against 19,859,921. Density: Chile 26 per km², India 445 per km².