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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Argentina is 45% bigger than Indonesia

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 11 times as long as Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 2,078 m above Indonesia’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 30% of Argentina, versus 29% of Indonesia

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 6.2 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 9 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 8.5 cm taller than in Indonesia

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 6.9 cm taller than in Indonesia

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 2.3 years older than in Indonesia

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.6 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 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 7.5% in Indonesia

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Indonesia: 7.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Argentina hosts 4.2 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 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, Indonesia 0.0

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Indonesia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Indonesia’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Argentina’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 85% more per person than Indonesia

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Indonesia (Gini 8 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Indonesia and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Indonesia’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 11 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 6.3 years longer than in Indonesia

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 90% more likely to die before turning one than in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 9.7 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Indonesia

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Argentina is 5.1 times that in Indonesia

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 24% in Argentina

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.81 points higher than in Indonesia

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 70 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 5.8 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 460 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Indonesia put in 346 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 2.5 years longer than in Indonesia

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 2 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (12 against 10)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 2.4 times as fast as in Indonesia

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 3.3 times as long as Indonesia’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 35% more passengers per resident than those from Indonesia

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 31% more CO₂ than someone in Indonesia

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Indonesia carries 28% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 15 times as likely to be murdered in Argentina as in Indonesia

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Indonesia are 7% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 10.5 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 5.1 times as much rain as Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 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 Indonesia?

Argentina is larger. Argentina is 45% bigger than Indonesia.

Which has more people, Argentina or Indonesia?

Indonesia has 6.2 times as many people as Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Indonesia?

People in Argentina live 6.3 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 71.3 in Indonesia.

Are people taller in Argentina or Indonesia?

Men in Argentina are 8.5 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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