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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ukraine fits inside Argentina 4.6 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Argentina’s coastline is 79% longer than Ukraine’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 4,901 m above Ukraine’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Argentina has 18% more people than Ukraine

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ukraine is 4 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 6.2 cm taller than in Argentina

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 5.4 cm taller than in Argentina

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 9.9 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Argentina have 0.5 more children on average than in Ukraine

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Argentina hosts 77% more refugees per resident than Ukraine

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (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 3.2 times the size of Ukraine’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 72% more per person than Ukraine

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Ukraine (Gini 16.8 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 7.1% in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Ukraine’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 2.9 years longer than in Ukraine

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Argentina is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in Ukraine

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 45% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 83% more hospital beds per person than Argentina

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 69% higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Ukraine and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 1.77 points higher than in Ukraine

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 83% more alcohol than in Ukraine

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Ukraine

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 575 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ukraine put in 433 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 0.06 years longer than in Ukraine

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ukraine (12 against 8)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Argentina 80

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

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

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 8% faster than in Ukraine

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

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

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 21% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 40 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Ukraine and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

Ukraine and Argentina are nearly identical here

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Argentina carries 2% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 19% more likely to be murdered in Argentina than in Ukraine

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 15% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Argentina is on average 4.9 °C warmer than Ukraine

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Argentina gets 8% more rain than Ukraine

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 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 Ukraine?

Argentina is larger. Ukraine fits inside Argentina 4.6 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Ukraine?

Argentina has 18% more people than Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Ukraine?

People in Argentina live 2.9 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Argentina or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 6.2 cm taller than in Argentina (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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