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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Paraguay fits inside Argentina 6.8 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Paraguay: 406,752 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 6,120 m above Paraguay’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Paraguay: 842 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 54% of Paraguay, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Paraguay: 54.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Argentina has 6.5 times as many people as Paraguay

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Paraguay: 7.01 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Paraguay is 6% more densely populated than Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Paraguay: 18 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 0.9 cm taller than in Paraguay

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Paraguay: 173.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 1.5 cm taller than in Paraguay

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Paraguay: 159.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 5.8 years older than in Paraguay

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Paraguay: 26.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Paraguay have 0.9 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Paraguay: 2.42 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 6.7% in Paraguay

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Paraguay: 6.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Paraguay hosts 6.1 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Paraguay: 0.7 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, Paraguay none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina and Paraguay are practically level

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Paraguay: 2 (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 14 times the size of Paraguay’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Paraguay: $49.3 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 61% more per person than Paraguay

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Paraguay: Int$20,181 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Paraguay than in Argentina (Gini 1.8 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Paraguay: 44.2 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

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

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

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 4.8% in Paraguay

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Paraguay: 4.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Paraguay and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Paraguay: 0.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Paraguay’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Paraguay: 11.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Paraguay’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Paraguay: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Paraguay

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Paraguay: $527 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 3.6 years longer than in Paraguay

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Paraguay: 74 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Paraguay is 81% more likely to die before turning one than in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Paraguay: 14.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 31% more doctors per person than Paraguay

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Paraguay: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Paraguay

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Paraguay: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Argentina is 6% higher than in Paraguay

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 10.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 34% in Paraguay

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Paraguay: 34.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 6.4% in Paraguay

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Paraguay: 6.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Paraguay

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Paraguay: 6.20 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 3% more alcohol than in Paraguay

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Paraguay: 6.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 4.3 times as much meat per person as Paraguay

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Paraguay: 26.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 293 kcal more food per person per day than Paraguay

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Paraguay: 3,067 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Paraguay put in 510 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Paraguay: 2,123 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 2.3 years longer than in Paraguay

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Paraguay: 8.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Paraguay welcomed 6% more tourists per resident than Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Paraguay: 0.15 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 11 more World Heritage sites than Paraguay (12 against 1)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Paraguay: 1 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Paraguay 1

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Paraguay: 1 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 82% in Paraguay

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Paraguay: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Paraguay is 23% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Paraguay: 236 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Paraguay: 99.8% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 70% in Paraguay

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Paraguay: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Paraguay 127

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Paraguay: 127 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 596 times as long as Paraguay’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Paraguay: 30 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 7.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Paraguay

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Paraguay: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 37% of Paraguay, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Paraguay: 36.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Paraguay

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Paraguay: 1.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

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

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Paraguay carries 47% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Paraguay: 21.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 51% more likely to be murdered in Paraguay than in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Paraguay are 2.2 times as deadly as in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 36.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Paraguay is on average 9.3 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Paraguay: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Paraguay gets 75% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Paraguay: 1,173 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 Paraguay?

Argentina is larger. Paraguay fits inside Argentina 6.8 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Paraguay?

Argentina has 6.5 times as many people as Paraguay (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Paraguay?

People in Argentina live 3.6 years longer than in Paraguay. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 74.0 in Paraguay.

Are people taller in Argentina or Paraguay?

Men in Argentina are 0.9 cm taller than in Paraguay (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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