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title: "Argentina vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Argentina is 2,780,400 km² with 45,851,378 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/argentina-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Argentina vs Spain

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

2,780,400 km² vs 505,370 km² · 45,851,378 vs 49,355,143

Argentina is 5.5 times larger than Spain — 2,780,400 against 505,370 km². Spain is slightly more populous, by 7.6% — 49,355,143 against 45,851,378 people.

## Side by side

|  | Argentina | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Buenos Aires | Madrid |
| Area | 2,780,400 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 45,851,378 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 16.5 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Argentine peso (ARS) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-03:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +54 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | AR / ARG | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 5.9 times more densely populated than Argentina — 98 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

- Different currencies: the Argentine peso and the Euro.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 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 Spain?

Argentina is larger — 2,780,400 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 45,851,378.

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

Argentina is UTC-03:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]