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Argentina: area, population and density
Argentina has 2,736,690 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 45,851,378; calculated population density is 17 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Argentina ranks 8th of 196 by land area, 35th by population and 178th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 2,736,690 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 45,851,378World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 17 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Argentina in the country comparison set
Argentina has 2,736,690 sq km of land area and a population value of 45,851,378 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 8th by land area, 35th by population, and 178th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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