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Afghanistan vs Chile statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 19.8M in Chile (ranked 66/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 286,809 sq mi for Chile (ranked 40th vs. 38th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Chile ranks 46/197 ($330B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Chile ranks 65/197 ($16,710).

Main facts and rankings

Afghanistan Chile
Population
44810409
19928941
Population rank 36/197 67/197
GDP
$17.2B
2023
$330B
2024
GDP rank 137/197 46/197
GDP per capita
$414
2023
$16,710
2024
GDP per capita rank 196/197 65/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,202
2023
$34,637
2024
Government debt
$1.42B
2023
$139B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
8.25%
2023
43%
2025
Government debt per person
$34.2
2023
$7,015
2024
Government debt per person rank 185/185 69/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,632
2025
$9,593
2025
Land area
251,827 sq mi
2025
286,809 sq mi
2025
Population density
169.4 ppl/mi²
2024
68.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.84
2023
1.17
2023
Median age
18.2 years
2024
37.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025

Afghanistan and Chile: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Chile economies compared

GDP
Afghanistan

Chile
Year GDP
Afghanistan Chile
1960 - $4,211,103,677
1961 - $4,948,564,551
1962 - $5,765,971,144
1963 - $5,702,520,146
1964 - $6,065,708,668
1965 - $6,183,988,944
1966 - $7,256,882,086
1967 - $7,145,068,068
1968 - $7,286,820,526
1969 - $8,456,519,044
1970 - $9,261,006,540
1971 - $10,999,807,567
1972 - $12,057,501,635
1973 - $17,237,336,173
1974 - $16,584,311,220
1975 - $7,812,161,793
1976 - $10,523,479,089
1977 - $14,272,711,437
1978 - $16,373,093,554
1979 - $22,249,574,628
1980 - $29,586,676,576
1981 - $35,180,322,211
1982 - $19,710,229,067
1983 - $20,629,678,694
1984 - $19,974,595,028
1985 - $17,933,557,360
1986 - $19,197,818,085
1987 - $22,605,488,851
1988 - $26,174,858,614
1989 - $30,101,767,991
1990 - $33,428,580,448
1991 - $38,232,330,917
1992 - $46,538,895,686
1993 - $49,934,943,321
1994 - $57,438,273,591
1995 - $73,820,425,702
1996 - $78,584,098,984
1997 - $85,741,415,285
1998 - $81,990,010,704
1999 - $75,578,685,736
2000 $3,521,418,060 $78,339,750,721
2001 $2,813,571,754 $71,574,739,561
2002 $3,825,701,439 $70,264,045,939
2003 $4,520,946,819 $76,492,579,644
2004 $5,224,896,719 $99,075,985,774
2005 $6,203,256,539 $122,294,145,163
2006 $6,971,758,282 $153,843,518,171
2007 $9,747,886,187 $172,491,076,034
2008 $10,109,297,048 $179,894,594,475
2009 $12,416,152,732 $171,777,900,624
2010 $15,856,668,556 $217,051,209,239
2011 $17,805,098,206 $251,382,573,894
2012 $19,907,329,778 $267,024,782,487
2013 $20,146,416,758 $277,395,018,842
2014 $20,497,128,556 $259,560,978,224
2015 $19,134,221,645 $242,450,355,831
2016 $18,116,572,395 $249,344,863,928
2017 $18,753,456,498 $276,154,259,981
2018 $18,053,222,687 $295,857,562,992
2019 $18,799,444,490 $278,285,058,719
2020 $19,955,929,052 $254,042,159,309
2021 $14,259,995,441 $315,325,547,162
2022 $14,497,243,872 $301,226,575,540
2023 $17,152,234,637 $335,518,054,098
2024 - $330,267,137,372

Afghanistan and Chile economies compared

GDP per capita
Afghanistan

Chile
Year GDP per capita
Afghanistan Chile
1960 - $516
1961 - $594
1962 - $679
1963 - $658
1964 - $686
1965 - $686
1966 - $790
1967 - $764
1968 - $766
1969 - $874
1970 - $941
1971 - $1,099
1972 - $1,185
1973 - $1,667
1974 - $1,579
1975 - $732
1976 - $971
1977 - $1,297
1978 - $1,465
1979 - $1,962
1980 - $2,571
1981 - $3,012
1982 - $1,663
1983 - $1,715
1984 - $1,636
1985 - $1,447
1986 - $1,525
1987 - $1,767
1988 - $2,014
1989 - $2,278
1990 - $2,488
1991 - $2,798
1992 - $3,352
1993 - $3,541
1994 - $4,012
1995 - $5,081
1996 - $5,334
1997 - $5,742
1998 - $5,420
1999 - $4,934
2000 $174.9 $5,053
2001 $138.7 $4,564
2002 $179 $4,431
2003 $198.9 $4,773
2004 $221.8 $6,121
2005 $254.2 $7,480
2006 $274.2 $9,319
2007 $376 $10,346
2008 $382 $10,683
2009 $452 $10,099
2010 $561 $12,633
2011 $607 $14,487
2012 $651 $15,242
2013 $637 $15,684
2014 $625 $14,530
2015 $566 $13,434
2016 $522 $13,650
2017 $525 $14,880
2018 $491 $15,659
2019 $497 $14,496
2020 $511 $13,115
2021 $356 $16,207
2022 $357 $15,406
2023 $414 $17,067
2024 - $16,710

Afghanistan vs. Chile life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Afghanistan

Chile
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Chile
1950 28.2 53.2
1951 28.6 53.5
1952 29 53.9
1953 29.5 54.3
1954 29.7 54.7
1955 30.4 54.9
1956 30.8 55.5
1957 31.3 55.8
1958 31.8 56.3
1959 32.3 56.6
1960 32.8 57.2
1961 33.3 57.3
1962 33.8 57.8
1963 34.2 58.3
1964 34.7 58.8
1965 35.1 59.5
1966 35.6 60.4
1967 36 61.1
1968 36.5 61.7
1969 37 62.3
1970 37.5 62.6
1971 37.9 63.1
1972 38.4 63.7
1973 39 64.4
1974 39.5 65.1
1975 40 66
1976 40.5 66.8
1977 41.1 67.5
1978 40.1 68
1979 38.8 68.9
1980 39.3 69.5
1981 39.4 69.8
1982 36.1 70.3
1983 36.5 70.8
1984 31.5 71.2
1985 32.1 71.6
1986 38.4 72.1
1987 38.8 72.5
1988 43.2 72.8
1989 44.5 73.2
1990 45.1 73.7
1991 45.5 74.1
1992 46.6 74.4
1993 51 74.7
1994 51 75
1995 52.1 75.3
1996 52.8 75.6
1997 53.2 75.8
1998 52.5 76.3
1999 54.5 76.7
2000 55 77.1
2001 55.5 77.6
2002 56.2 77.8
2003 57.2 77.9
2004 57.8 78.3
2005 58.2 78.5
2006 58.6 78.5
2007 59 78.7
2008 59.7 78.8
2009 60.2 78.9
2010 60.7 79.1
2011 61.3 79.2
2012 61.7 79.2
2013 62.2 79.6
2014 62.3 79.7
2015 62.3 80
2016 62.6 80.3
2017 62.4 80.6
2018 62.4 80.6
2019 62.9 80.3
2020 61.5 79.3
2021 60.4 78.9
2022 65.6 79.2
2023 66 81.2
2024 66.3 81.4
2025 66.5 81.5

Afghanistan and Chile population clocks and comparison

Population
Afghanistan

Chile
Year Population
Afghanistan Chile
1960 9,035,043 8,153,350
1961 9,214,083 8,324,802
1962 9,404,406 8,497,059
1963 9,604,487 8,670,144
1964 9,814,318 8,842,525
1965 10,036,008 9,012,938
1966 10,266,395 9,181,722
1967 10,505,959 9,348,939
1968 10,756,922 9,514,716
1969 11,017,409 9,680,282
1970 11,290,128 9,845,344
1971 11,567,667 10,009,701
1972 11,853,696 10,174,678
1973 12,157,999 10,340,362
1974 12,469,127 10,505,817
1975 12,773,954 10,671,559
1976 13,059,851 10,838,251
1977 13,340,756 11,005,519
1978 13,611,441 11,172,695
1979 13,655,567 11,339,779
1980 13,169,311 11,508,550
1981 11,937,581 11,678,717
1982 10,991,378 11,850,214
1983 10,917,982 12,026,138
1984 11,190,221 12,207,733
1985 11,426,852 12,395,274
1986 11,420,074 12,588,914
1987 11,387,818 12,790,150
1988 11,523,298 12,999,424
1989 11,874,088 13,215,005
1990 12,045,660 13,437,176
1991 12,238,879 13,662,491
1992 13,278,974 13,884,577
1993 14,943,172 14,102,276
1994 16,250,794 14,316,256
1995 17,065,836 14,527,381
1996 17,763,266 14,734,046
1997 18,452,091 14,932,434
1998 19,159,996 15,127,799
1999 19,887,785 15,319,313
2000 20,130,327 15,503,635
2001 20,284,307 15,683,849
2002 21,378,117 15,857,925
2003 22,733,049 16,024,752
2004 23,560,654 16,187,322
2005 24,404,567 16,348,778
2006 25,424,094 16,509,195
2007 25,909,852 16,671,581
2008 26,482,622 16,838,988
2009 27,466,101 17,009,731
2010 28,284,089 17,181,464
2011 29,347,708 17,351,816
2012 30,560,034 17,519,119
2013 31,622,704 17,687,006
2014 32,792,523 17,864,195
2015 33,831,764 18,047,625
2016 34,700,612 18,267,221
2017 35,688,935 18,558,868
2018 36,743,039 18,893,191
2019 37,856,121 19,197,744
2020 39,068,979 19,370,624
2021 40,000,412 19,456,334
2022 40,578,842 19,553,036
2023 41,454,761 19,658,835
2024 42,647,492 19,764,771

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Chile

Fertility rate
Afghanistan

Chile
Year Fertility rate
Afghanistan Chile
1960 7.28 4.7
1961 7.28 4.66
1962 7.29 4.6
1963 7.3 4.54
1964 7.3 4.46
1965 7.31 4.36
1966 7.32 4.26
1967 7.34 4.14
1968 7.36 4.03
1969 7.39 3.9
1970 7.4 3.78
1971 7.43 3.65
1972 7.45 3.53
1973 7.49 3.41
1974 7.53 3.29
1975 7.54 3.18
1976 7.56 3.08
1977 7.59 2.98
1978 7.6 2.89
1979 7.61 2.81
1980 7.64 2.74
1981 7.62 2.69
1982 7.6 2.65
1983 7.57 2.62
1984 7.55 2.6
1985 7.55 2.59
1986 7.55 2.59
1987 7.55 2.59
1988 7.55 2.59
1989 7.56 2.59
1990 7.58 2.58
1991 7.63 2.56
1992 7.7 2.48
1993 7.76 2.43
1994 7.77 2.38
1995 7.77 2.35
1996 7.76 2.28
1997 7.73 2.2
1998 7.69 2.15
1999 7.64 2.07
2000 7.57 2.05
2001 7.45 2.01
2002 7.32 1.93
2003 7.17 1.89
2004 7.02 1.84
2005 6.86 1.83
2006 6.69 1.8
2007 6.51 1.83
2008 6.39 1.85
2009 6.3 1.86
2010 6.2 1.84
2011 6.09 1.82
2012 5.99 1.8
2013 5.88 1.79
2014 5.77 1.77
2015 5.65 1.74
2016 5.54 1.69
2017 5.43 1.56
2018 5.33 1.54
2019 5.24 1.43
2020 5.15 1.31
2021 5.04 1.18
2022 4.93 1.25
2023 4.84 1.17

Afghanistan and Chile demographics compared

Median age
Afghanistan

Chile
Year Median age, years
Afghanistan Chile
1960 18.9 20.4
1961 18.9 20.3
1962 18.8 20.3
1963 18.7 20.3
1964 18.6 20.3
1965 18.6 20.3
1966 18.5 20.3
1967 18.4 20.4
1968 18.3 20.5
1969 18.2 20.6
1970 18.1 20.8
1971 17.9 20.9
1972 17.8 21.1
1973 17.7 21.3
1974 17.6 21.5
1975 17.5 21.7
1976 17.4 22
1977 17.3 22.3
1978 17.2 22.5
1979 17 22.8
1980 16.9 23
1981 16.8 23.3
1982 16.7 23.6
1983 16.6 23.9
1984 16.5 24.2
1985 16.4 24.4
1986 16.3 24.7
1987 16.3 25
1988 16.2 25.3
1989 16.1 25.6
1990 16.1 25.9
1991 16 26.1
1992 15.9 26.4
1993 15.8 26.7
1994 15.7 27
1995 15.6 27.3
1996 15.5 27.7
1997 15.3 28
1998 15.2 28.3
1999 15.1 28.7
2000 15 29
2001 14.9 29.4
2002 14.9 29.8
2003 14.9 30.2
2004 14.9 30.6
2005 15 30.9
2006 15.1 31.3
2007 15.2 31.7
2008 15.3 32.1
2009 15.5 32.4
2010 15.7 32.7
2011 15.9 33.1
2012 16 33.4
2013 16.2 33.7
2014 16.4 34
2015 16.6 34.3
2016 16.8 34.6
2017 17 34.9
2018 17.1 35.1
2019 17.3 35.3
2020 17.5 35.7
2021 17.6 36.2
2022 17.8 36.6
2023 18 37
2024 18.2 37.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Afghanistan Chile
GNI, Atlas method
$15.5B
2023
$311B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17%
2023
26.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.34%
2017
4.9%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.83%
2021
1.63%
2023
Armed forces personnel
165,000
2020
114,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.36%
2023
-2.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.68%
2021
8.76%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2023
56.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.4%
2023
30.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
53
2021
73.2
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
34.5%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.3%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
81,274
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.53%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
437
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$262B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$9.75B
2020
$44.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$320M
2024
$100M
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
5,431,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
5.08%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
9.65%
2021
85.1%
2024

Energy

Afghanistan Chile
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
2,039 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$16.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.71 megatons
2023
84 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.21 tons
2023
4.27 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
66.7%
2023
Renewable energy use share
20%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
12%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
62.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,323 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
78.2%
2021
48.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
71.7%
2021
26%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
85.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Afghanistan Chile
% of world population
0.52%
2024
0.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-44,089
2024
+58,316
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
88.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.53 ft
2025
5.67 ft
2025
Average female height
5.12 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
12.4
2025
67.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
63
2024
Higher education index
19
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.02
2021
6.74
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.9
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
38
2025
162
2025
Adult literacy rate
37.3%
2021
97.2%
2022
English speaking
6%
2023
9.53%
2023
People using the Internet
17.7%
2023
94.5%
2023

Health

Afghanistan Chile
Government health expenditure per capita
$80.7
2022
$1,715
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$62.9
2022
$601
2023
Life expectancy
66.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
21.3%
2022
0%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.25
2020
3.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
521
2023
10
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
55.5
2023
7.2
2023
Obesity rate
19.6%
2022
39.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.7%
2024
12.2%
2024
Air quality index
3
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.7%
2022
28.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.01 liters
2020
7.56 liters
2020

Territory

Afghanistan Chile
% of world land
0.44%
2025
0.5%
2025
Land area per capita
5,905 sq mi
2024
14,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
147,167 sq mi
2025
41,303 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,666 sq mi
2025
71,736 sq mi
2025
Roads length
21,688 mi
2021
53,427 mi
2020

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