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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Bolivia fits inside Argentina 2.5 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Bolivia: 1,098,580 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Bolivia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 420 m above Bolivia’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Bolivia: 6,542 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 36% of Bolivia, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Bolivia: 36.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Argentina has 3.6 times as many people as Bolivia

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Bolivia: 12.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Argentina is 45% more densely populated than Bolivia

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Bolivia: 12 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 6.7 cm taller than in Bolivia

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Bolivia: 168.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 5.6 cm taller than in Bolivia

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Bolivia: 155.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 7.5 years older than in Bolivia

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Bolivia: 24.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Bolivia have 1.0 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Bolivia: 2.52 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in Bolivia

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Bolivia: 5.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Argentina hosts 18% more refugees per resident than Bolivia

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Bolivia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bolivia none

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Bolivia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Bolivia has 4 official languages, Argentina 2

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Bolivia: 4 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Argentina’s economy is 11 times the size of Bolivia’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Bolivia: $64.8 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 2.5 times as much per person as Bolivia

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Bolivia: Int$12,873 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Bolivia (Gini 1.5 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Bolivia: 40.9 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.1% of people in Bolivia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Bolivia: 2.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 3.0% in Bolivia

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Bolivia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Bolivia spends 1.2% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Bolivia: 1.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Bolivia: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Bolivia’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Bolivia: 40% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 5.7 times as much on health per person as Bolivia

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Bolivia: $255 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 8.8 years longer than in Bolivia

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Bolivia: 68.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Bolivia is 77% more likely to die before turning one than in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Bolivia: 14.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 4 times as many doctors per person as Bolivia

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Bolivia: 1.3 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Bolivia

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Bolivia: 1.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Argentina is 93% higher than in Bolivia

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Bolivia: 5.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 29% in Bolivia

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Bolivia: 28.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 12% in Bolivia

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Bolivia: 12.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Bolivia

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Bolivia: 5.84 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 86% more alcohol than in Bolivia

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Bolivia: 3.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 36% more meat per person than Bolivia

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Bolivia: 84.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 987 kcal more food per person per day than Bolivia

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Bolivia: 2,374 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Bolivia put in 356 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Bolivia: 1,968 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 1.2 years longer than in Bolivia

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Bolivia: 10 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Bolivia (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Bolivia: 0.06 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 5 more World Heritage sites than Bolivia (12 against 7)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Bolivia: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Bolivia none

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Bolivia: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 80% in Bolivia

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Bolivia: 80% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 77% faster than in Bolivia

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Bolivia: 109 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

98% of people in Argentina have electricity, versus 97% in Bolivia

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Bolivia: 96.6% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 72% in Bolivia

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Bolivia: 72% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bolivia 98

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Bolivia: 98 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Bolivia’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Bolivia: 3,960 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 3% more passengers per resident than those from Bolivia

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Bolivia: 0.45 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Bolivia, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Bolivia: 50.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 62% more CO₂ than someone in Bolivia

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Bolivia: 2.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

36% of Bolivia’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Bolivia: 36.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Bolivia carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Bolivia: 40.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2% more likely to be murdered in Argentina than in Bolivia

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Bolivia: 4.4 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Bolivia are 38% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Bolivia: 22.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Bolivia is on average 5.7 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bolivia: 20.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Bolivia gets 2.1 times as much rain as Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Bolivia: 1,390 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Argentina bigger than Bolivia?

Argentina is larger. Bolivia fits inside Argentina 2.5 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Bolivia?

Argentina has 3.6 times as many people as Bolivia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Bolivia?

People in Argentina live 8.8 years longer than in Bolivia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 68.7 in Bolivia.

Are people taller in Argentina or Bolivia?

Men in Argentina are 6.7 cm taller than in Bolivia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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