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Argentina
Argentine Republic
Argentina is a country in South America. Its capital city is Buenos Aires. About 44.5 million people live there, in an area of 2 780 400 square kilometres.
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Where is Argentina?
Argentina lies in South America, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 3 785 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 4 989 km long.
It shares a border with 5 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
How big is Argentina?
Argentina covers 2 780 400 square kilometres.
That is about 7.8 times the size of Germany.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 8th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 16 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Argentina?
About 44.5 million people live in Argentina.
That is the 32nd biggest population in the world.
People here speak Guaraní and Spanish.
They pay with the Argentine peso ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 75 years.
The land of Argentina
The land in Argentina sits on average 595 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 4 989 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 249 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Argentina different?
A dish the country is known for: Asado.
Websites from here often end in .ar.
Argentina and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 6 live in Argentina.
It takes up about 2.1 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 4th largest of 35 countries, and the 5th most populated.
That is emptier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Argentina and its neighbours
Brazil, its largest neighbour, is about 3.1 times bigger.
Brazil has more people: 209.5 million against 44.5 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 5 live wild in Argentina: Jaguar, Nine-banded armadillo, Llama, Toco toucan and Western honey bee. The highest mountain we cover here is Aconcagua, at 6 961 metres. The longest river is the Paraná, running 4 880 km from source to mouth.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Argentina?
The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Argentina?
About 44.5 million people live in Argentina, which makes it the 32nd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Argentina?
Argentina borders Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay — 5 neighbours in total.
How big is Argentina?
Argentina covers 2 780 400 square kilometres, making it the 8th largest country in the world. That is about 7.8 times the size of Germany.
Which continent is Argentina in?
Argentina is in Americas, in the part called South America.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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