Russia’s coastline is 7.5 times as long as Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 1,320 m above Russia’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 30% of Argentina, versus 13% of Russia

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 3.1 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Argentina is 91% more densely populated than Russia

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 7.3 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Argentina hosts 31% more refugees per resident than Russia

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Russia 1

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

Russia’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Argentina’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 52% more per person than Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Russia (Gini 9.4 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Russia: 33 (2023)

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 2.1% in Russia

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Russia and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

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

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

Argentina spends 45% more on health per person than Russia

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Argentina is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia and Argentina are nearly identical here

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

Russia has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Argentina

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 77% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 24% in Argentina

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.60 points higher than in Russia

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 47% more alcohol than in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Argentina has 36% more meat per person than Russia

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 168 kcal more food per person per day than Argentina

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 475 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 1.2 years longer than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 21 more World Heritage sites than Argentina (33 against 12)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Argentina 80

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 90% in Argentina

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Argentina 140

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 4.8 times as long as Argentina’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 50% more passengers per resident than those from Argentina

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

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

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

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

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Argentina carries 12% more fine dust than in Russia

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 74% more likely to be murdered in Russia than in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Argentina are 22% deadlier than in Russia

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Argentina is on average 17.7 °C warmer than Russia

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Argentina gets 14% more rain than Russia

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)