Argentina’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Portugal’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 4,611 m above Portugal’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Argentina has 4.2 times as many people as Portugal

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 7 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 14 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Argentina have 0.1 more children on average than in Portugal

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 60 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

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

Argentina’s economy is 2 times the size of Portugal’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 63% more per person than Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Portugal (Gini 8.5 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

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

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 2 times as much on health per person as Argentina

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Argentina is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 15% more doctors per person than Argentina

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 4% more hospital beds per person than Argentina

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Argentina is 30% higher than in Portugal

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 24% in Argentina

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.40 points higher than in Portugal

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 94% more alcohol than in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Argentina has 16% more meat per person than Portugal

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 193 kcal more food per person per day than Argentina

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 123 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Argentina went to school 1.5 years longer than in Portugal

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 19 times as many tourists per resident as Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 5 more World Heritage sites than Argentina (17 against 12)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 71% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Portugal: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 7.1 times as long as Portugal’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

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

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

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

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Argentina emits 10% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Argentina carries 38% more fine dust than in Portugal

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.2 times as likely to be murdered in Argentina as in Portugal

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Argentina are 48% deadlier than in Portugal

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 16% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)