Territorial change of Chile (Republic of Chile)

“Chile”(Republic of Chile) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1812 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1905 – 1923, at ≈ 817 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1812 – 1814	≈ 226 thousand km²
AD 1820 – 1821	≈ 247 thousand km²
AD 1822 – 1827	≈ 294 thousand km²
AD 1828 – 1865	≈ 304 thousand km²
AD 1866 – 1879	≈ 315 thousand km²
AD 1880 – 1884	≈ 429 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1904	≈ 732 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1923	≈ 817 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 1925	≈ 816 thousand km²
AD 1926 – 1928	≈ 809 thousand km²
AD 1929 – 1938	≈ 802 thousand km²
AD 1939 – 1972	≈ 803 thousand km²
AD 1973 – 1989	≈ 802 thousand km²
AD 1990 – 1990	≈ 803 thousand km²
AD 1991 – 2023	≈ 803 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 803 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1905 – 1923 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1812	≈ 226 thousand km²	42 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 226 thousand km²	46 of 142
AD 1820	≈ 247 thousand km²	35 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 294 thousand km²	35 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 294 thousand km²	37 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 294 thousand km²	39 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 304 thousand km²	39 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 304 thousand km²	40 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 304 thousand km²	40 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 304 thousand km²	41 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 304 thousand km²	36 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 304 thousand km²	36 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 304 thousand km²	36 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 304 thousand km²	39 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 304 thousand km²	38 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 304 thousand km²	38 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 304 thousand km²	37 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 315 thousand km²	37 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 315 thousand km²	36 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 315 thousand km²	37 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 315 thousand km²	37 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 315 thousand km²	34 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 315 thousand km²	34 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 429 thousand km²	29 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 429 thousand km²	29 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 732 thousand km²	25 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 732 thousand km²	27 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 732 thousand km²	28 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 732 thousand km²	28 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 732 thousand km²	28 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 817 thousand km²	26 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 817 thousand km²	26 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 817 thousand km²	26 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 817 thousand km²	28 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 817 thousand km²	27 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 817 thousand km²	27 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 817 thousand km²	27 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 817 thousand km²	28 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 817 thousand km²	28 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 817 thousand km²	28 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 817 thousand km²	25 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 817 thousand km²	26 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 817 thousand km²	29 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 816 thousand km²	28 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 809 thousand km²	28 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 809 thousand km²	28 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 809 thousand km²	28 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 802 thousand km²	28 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 802 thousand km²	28 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 802 thousand km²	31 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 802 thousand km²	31 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 802 thousand km²	32 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 803 thousand km²	33 of 86
AD 1940	≈ 803 thousand km²	35 of 77
AD 1941	≈ 803 thousand km²	34 of 74
AD 1942	≈ 803 thousand km²	35 of 75
AD 1943	≈ 803 thousand km²	34 of 73
AD 1944	≈ 803 thousand km²	32 of 73
AD 1945	≈ 803 thousand km²	31 of 76
AD 1946	≈ 803 thousand km²	31 of 83
AD 1947	≈ 803 thousand km²	31 of 92
AD 1948	≈ 803 thousand km²	32 of 96
AD 1949	≈ 803 thousand km²	32 of 96
AD 1950	≈ 803 thousand km²	31 of 94
AD 1953	≈ 803 thousand km²	31 of 97
AD 1956	≈ 803 thousand km²	33 of 103
AD 1958	≈ 803 thousand km²	32 of 101
AD 1960	≈ 803 thousand km²	33 of 107
AD 1961	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 122
AD 1962	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 122
AD 1963	≈ 803 thousand km²	38 of 129
AD 1967	≈ 803 thousand km²	38 of 140
AD 1969	≈ 803 thousand km²	36 of 145
AD 1973	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 152
AD 1974	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 152
AD 1976	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 157
AD 1979	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 161
AD 1983	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 162
AD 1987	≈ 802 thousand km²	35 of 164
AD 1990	≈ 803 thousand km²	36 of 164
AD 1991	≈ 803 thousand km²	36 of 164
AD 1992	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 185
AD 1996	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 186
AD 2000	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 188
AD 2006	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 187
AD 2008	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 187
AD 2011	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 187
AD 2014	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 191
AD 2022	≈ 803 thousand km²	37 of 191
AD 2024	≈ 803 thousand km²	36 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1919: number 88 of 25.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Bolivia — 92 frames
Peru — 67 frames
Argentine Confederation — 48 frames
Argentina — 42 frames
Crown of Castile — 15 frames
Río de la Plata — 8 frames
Gran Colombia — 3 frames
Peru–Bolivian Confederation — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 5 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1815	lost	Spanish Empire	≈ 226 thousand km²
AD 1880	gained	Peru	≈ 114 thousand km²
AD 1905	gained	Bolivia	≈ 86 thousand km²
AD 1822	gained	Spanish Empire	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1885	lost	Peru	≈ 45 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the Southern Cone of southwestern South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Wikipedia (English) “Chile”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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