COMPARE COUNTRIES AND CITIES AROUND THE WORLD
MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative community that allows you to compare the country you live in with other countries around the world. We'll show you various statistics that differentiate your country from others, including cost of living, geographic size, and more. If you moved to another country, what would your life be like?
Quality of Life
Compare healthcare, education, safety, and more across territories.
Cost of Living
See how prices for groceries, rent, and more stack up worldwide.
Size Comparison
Overlay countries, states, and cities on a map to see their true size.
Salary Estimator
Moving somewhere new? Calculate what salary you'd need to maintain your current lifestyle.
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Drag and drop countries onto an interactive true size map to compare their real area.
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Composite rankings scored across multiple quality of life and cost metrics.
Size Comparison of the Day
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Hot Questions from the Elsewhere Community
Taiwan country of the day
Taiwan is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 32,260 sq km. In 1895, military defeat forced China's Qing Dynasty to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan came under Chinese Nationalist control after World War II. Following the communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists …