Argentina
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and South America.
Argentina tapers south to its part of Tierra del Fuego.
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Continent
- South America
More South America quizzes - Land neighbours
- Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Population
- 45,851,378 (2025)
- Total area
- 2,780,400 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 34.5° S, 64.7° W
Argentina at a glance
Argentina is a country in South America. Its capital is Buenos Aires. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Within South America, Argentina has the lowest share of land under forest (10.3% in 2023).
Flag of Argentina
Argentina’s flag is drawn in the proportions 5:8 (height to width), like 4 other flags in our quizzes.
Argentina and Uruguay: light blue and white with a golden sun; Argentina has three bands with the sun in the centre, Uruguay nine stripes with the sun in the top corner.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Botswana.
Argentina in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in South America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 45,851,378 | 35thof 195 | 3rdof 12 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 2,780,400 km² | 8thof 194 | 2ndof 12 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $683.1B | 24thof 182 | 2ndof 12 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $14,898 | 61stof 182 | 4thof 12 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 77.5 years | 65thof 195 | 6thof 12 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.50 | 139thof 195 | 10thof 12 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $1,457 | 52ndof 191 | 3rdof 12 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 92.4% | 14thof 195 | 2ndof 12 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 89.7% | 56thof 180 | 3rdof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 10.3% | 152ndof 191 | 12thof 12 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 4.01 t | 59thof 181 | 3rdof 12 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Argentina compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Argentina
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Flag, outline and capital quizzes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Argentina · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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