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title: "Argentina — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Argentina: capital Buenos Aires, area 2,780,400 km², population 45,851,378 (2025), currency Argentine peso. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Kazakhstan](https://atoneplace.net/country/kazakhstan/)
- [Algeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/algeria/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)
- [Paraguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/paraguay/)

## 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]