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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ethiopia fits inside Argentina 2.5 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Ethiopia: 1,129,820 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 2,412 m above Ethiopia’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ethiopia has 3 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ethiopia is 7.2 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 5.9 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 168.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 4.1 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 157.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 13 years older than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ethiopia have 2.4 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 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 3.3% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ethiopia hosts 69 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 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, Ethiopia 0.1

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (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 5.4 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 9 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Ethiopia (Gini 11.3 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Argentina and Ethiopia are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Argentina’s central government collects 10% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Ethiopia’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 42 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 9.9 years longer than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Ethiopia: 67.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ethiopia is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 36 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 10 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 29% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 2.44 points higher than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 17 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 802 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Argentina put in 13 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 8.8 years longer than in Ethiopia

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 36 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina and Ethiopia are practically level

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 8.9 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

98% of people in Argentina have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 24 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 4.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 28 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ethiopia carries 39% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ethiopia are 47% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ethiopia is on average 8.8 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ethiopia gets 44% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 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 Ethiopia?

Argentina is larger. Ethiopia fits inside Argentina 2.5 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Ethiopia?

Ethiopia has 3 times as many people as Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Ethiopia?

People in Argentina live 9.9 years longer than in Ethiopia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 67.6 in Ethiopia.

Are people taller in Argentina or Ethiopia?

Men in Argentina are 5.9 cm taller than in Ethiopia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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