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Argentina vs India

Argentina vs India
India is larger; India has more people
2,780,400 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 45,851,378 vs 1,463,865,525

India is 1.2 times larger than Argentina — 3,287,263 against 2,780,400 km². India is 32 times more populous than Argentina — 1,463,865,525 against 45,851,378 people.

Side by side

Argentina India
Capital Buenos Aires New Delhi
Area 2,780,400 km² 3,287,263 km²
Population 45,851,378 (2025) 1,463,865,525 (2025)
Density 16.5 /km² 445.3 /km²
Currency Argentine peso (ARS) Indian rupee (INR)
Official languages Spanish Hindi, English
Time zones UTC-03:00 UTC+05:30
Calling code +54 +91
Drives on the right left
Continent South America Asia
ISO codes AR / ARG IN / IND

Population density

India is 27 times more densely populated than Argentina — 445 against 16 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

  • They drive on opposite sides — Argentina on the right, India on the left.
  • Different currencies: the Argentine peso and the Indian rupee.
  • Different continents — South America and Asia.

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.

India

The most populous country in the world since 2023. The Ganges-Brahmaputra system drains the southern Himalaya into the largest delta on Earth, and Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya are the wettest inhabited places on record, with roughly 11 m of rain a year. Mumbai is the largest individual municipality; the Delhi urban agglomeration, which contains the capital, is larger still at around 33 million.

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 India?
India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 2,780,400 km².
Which has more people, Argentina or India?
India, with 1,463,865,525 against 45,851,378.
What is the time difference between Argentina and India?
Argentina is UTC-03:00 and India is UTC+05:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked