Country
Chile
- CL
- South America
- CLP
- .cl
Chile (CL/CHL) is a country in South America with its capital at Santiago. It covers about 756,102 km² with a population of roughly 19,600,000, uses the CLP, dials on +56, owns the .cl internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Santiago. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameChile
CapitalSantiago
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CHL
Internet TLD.cl
Calling code+56
Currency codeCLP
Geography
Latitude35.6751° S
Longitude71.543° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area756,102 km²291,933 square miles
Land neighbours32 have pages here; BO are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London11,917 kmto the approximate centre of Chile, not to Santiago. SW, bearing 233.7°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Santiagothe IANA zone for Santiago; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-04:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC-04:00 and UTC-03:00
Summer offsetUTC-03:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC-03:00
Offset in JulyUTC-04:00
Current offsetUTC-03:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 16:32
Hours ahead of UTC-3
Population & scale
Population19,600,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density25.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.242%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset22 of 59
Population rank in this dataset39 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Argentina766 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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