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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uganda fits inside Argentina 12 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 1,852 m above Uganda’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uganda has 12% more people than Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 15 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Argentina are 6.0 cm taller than in Uganda

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Argentina are 2.7 cm taller than in Uganda

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 16 years older than in Uganda

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 2.7 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 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 2.2% in Uganda

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Uganda hosts 350 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 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, Uganda none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina and Uganda are practically level

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Uganda: 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 11 times the size of Uganda’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 9.3 times as much per person as Uganda

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Uganda (Gini 4.2 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Uganda’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 32 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 9.1 years longer than in Uganda

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 27 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uganda is 54% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 1.94 points higher than in Uganda

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 76% more alcohol than in Uganda

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 11 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 983 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uganda put in 516 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 4.9 years longer than in Uganda

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 4 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 9 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (12 against 3)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 3.6 times as fast as in Uganda

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

98% of people in Argentina have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 14 times as long as Uganda’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 1,090 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 12% of Uganda

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 30 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 48% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uganda is on average 8.6 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 2.2 times as much rain as Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 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 Uganda?

Argentina is larger. Uganda fits inside Argentina 12 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Uganda?

Uganda has 12% more people than Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Uganda?

People in Argentina live 9.1 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 68.5 in Uganda.

Are people taller in Argentina or Uganda?

Men in Argentina are 6.0 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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