Chile: flag, capital & map
Get to know Chile, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Santiago
- Region
- South America
- Subregion
- South America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 19,859,921
- Area
- 756,102 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Chilean Peso (CLP)
Chile forms a long, narrow strip along South America’s Pacific coast. Its capital is Santiago.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Chile
The flag of Chile is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square of the same height as the white band superimposed in the canton. A white five-pointed star is centered in the blue square.
Where it is
Chile is grouped in South America, within Roam’s South America region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Chile has a recorded area of 756,102 square kilometres. Among the 12 countries assigned to South America in this dataset, it ranks 7 by area, from largest to smallest. Venezuela is immediately above it in that ordering, at 916,445 km². Paraguay is immediately below it, at 406,752 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 19,859,921 people for Chile in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 26 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Chilean Peso (CLP). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Chile?
Reveal answer
Santiago. Chile forms a long, narrow strip along South America’s Pacific coast. Its capital is Santiago.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Chile?
Reveal answer
The flag of Chile is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square of the same height as the white band superimposed in the canton. A white five-pointed star is centered in the blue square.
Which land neighbours of Chile are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. The source classifies Chile as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Chile?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Chile.
Which currency codes are listed for Chile?
Reveal answer
Chilean Peso (CLP). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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