Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Christmas Island instead of United States, you would:
Basic Needs
be 60.7% less likely to have internet access
In United States, approximately 91.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Christmas Island, about 35.8% do as of 2016.
Geography
see 99.3% less coastline
United States has a total of 19,924 km of coastline. In Christmas Island, that number is 139 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Christmas Island: At a glance
How big is Christmas Island compared to United States? See an in-depth size comparison.