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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

India is 18% bigger than Argentina

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · India: 3,287,260 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

India’s coastline is 40% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 1,624 m above Argentina’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

India has 32 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

India is 29 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 8.3 cm taller than in India

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · India: 166.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 6.0 cm taller than in India

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · India: 155.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 4.1 years older than in India

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in India have 0.5 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 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 7.4% in India

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

India hosts 51% more refugees per resident than Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 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, India 0.1

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

India has 3 official languages, Argentina 2

Argentina: 2 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

India’s economy is 5.8 times the size of Argentina’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 2.8 times as much per person as India

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in India (Gini 19.4 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · India: 23 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 4.2% in India

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

India spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Argentina’s central government collects 10% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 2× India’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 17 times as much on health per person as India

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · India: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 5.3 years longer than in India

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · India: 72.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 7.1 times as many doctors per person as India

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as India

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in India is 37% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 23% in India

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 1.89 points higher than in India

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 35% more alcohol than in India

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 14 times as much meat per person as India

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 692 kcal more food per person per day than India

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in India put in 770 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 4.3 years longer than in India

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 21 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · India: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

India has 33 more World Heritage sites than Argentina (45 against 12)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, India 41

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 70% in India

Argentina: 90% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 2.1 times as fast as in India

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in India have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 36% in India

Argentina: 92% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Argentina: 140 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

India’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Argentina’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 3.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

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

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 70% more CO₂ than someone in India

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 60% more likely to be murdered in Argentina than in India

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 56% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

India is on average 9.3 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

India gets 89% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 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 India?

India is larger. India is 18% bigger than Argentina.

Which has more people, Argentina or India?

India has 32 times as many people as Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or India?

People in Argentina live 5.3 years longer than in India. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 72.2 in India.

Are people taller in Argentina or India?

Men in Argentina are 8.3 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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