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title: "Argentina vs Canada — area, population, currency"
description: "Argentina is 2,780,400 km² with 45,851,378 people; Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/argentina-vs-canada/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Argentina vs Canada

**Argentina vs Canada: Canada is larger; Argentina has more people**

2,780,400 km² vs 9,984,670 km² · 45,851,378 vs 41,651,653

Canada is 3.6 times larger than Argentina — 9,984,670 against 2,780,400 km². Argentina is 1.1 times more populous than Canada — 45,851,378 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Argentina | Canada |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Buenos Aires | Ottawa |
| Area | 2,780,400 km² | 9,984,670 km² |
| Population | 45,851,378 (2025) | 41,651,653 (2025) |
| Density | 16.5 /km² | 4.2 /km² |
| Currency | Argentine peso (ARS) | Canadian dollar (CAD) |
| Official languages | Spanish | English, French |
| Time zones | UTC-03:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 |
| Calling code | +54 | +1 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | North America |
| ISO codes | AR / ARG | CA / CAN |

## Population density

Argentina is 4.0 times more densely populated than Canada — 16 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Argentine peso and the Canadian dollar.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and North America.

## Argentina

The eighth-largest country in the world and the largest Spanish-speaking one. Aconcagua at 6,961 m is the highest mountain outside Asia; the Laguna del Carbón, about 1,000 km away, is 105 m below sea level and the lowest point in the western hemisphere. Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego is the southernmost city of any size on Earth.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Argentina bigger than Canada?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 2,780,400 km².

### Which has more people, Argentina or Canada?

Argentina, with 45,851,378 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Argentina and Canada?

Argentina is UTC-03:00 and Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]