Argentina
Argentina
Capital Buenos Aires
2,780,400 km² · 45,851,378 people (2025) · Argentine peso
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.
The facts
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Area
- 2,780,400 km² — 1,073,518 sq mi
- Population
- 45,851,378 (2025)
- Density
- 16.5 people per km²
- Currency
- Argentine peso (ARS, $)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zone
- UTC-03:00
- Calling code
- +54
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- AR · ARG
- Continent
- South America
How it compares
- By area
- 8 of 200
- By population
- 35 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 7,741,220 | 27,614,411 |
| India | 3,287,263 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Argentina ← | 2,780,400 | 45,851,378 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 20,843,754 |
| Algeria | 2,381,740 | 47,435,312 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Argentina?
- Buenos Aires
- What currency does Argentina use?
- The Argentine peso (ARS).
- How big is Argentina?
- 2,780,400 km², or 1,073,518 square miles — 8 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Argentina drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)