Americas · South America
Capital: Buenos Aires
Argentina
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Argentina in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #26
Argentina's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
45.9M
#35 of 196
83rd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$683.10B
#24 of 196
88th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$4.18B
#52 of 196
74th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$3.90B
#37 of 196
82nd percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$92.79B
#29 of 196
86th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Country code
- ARG
Three interesting facts
Argentina shares land borders with 5 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Argentina is the 8th-largest country in this factbook by land area.
Argentina’s position in South America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Argentina on the map
Argentina is located in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay. Its terrain is rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border. The climate is mostly temperate, arid in southeast, subantarctic in southwest. In area, the country is slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US.
Economy
Economic profile
Argentina's economy is characterized by large diversified economy, financial risks from debt obligations, rapid inflation, and reduced investor appetites, resource-rich, export-led growth model, increasing trade relations with China, G20 and OAS leader, tendency to nationalize businesses and under-report inflation. Major industries include food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel. Important agricultural products include maize, soybeans, sugarcane, wheat, milk, sunflower seeds, barley, beef, potatoes, chicken (2023). Notable exports include soybean meal, corn, trucks, soybean oil, crude petroleum (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Argentina has an estimated population of 46,735,004. Language and cultural traditions vary across Argentina. The population includes European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Indigenous ancestry) 97.2%, Indigenous 2.4%, African descent 0.4% (2010 est.). The urban population represents 92.5% of total population (2023).
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