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🇦🇷 Argentina vs 🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazil has 167M more people — 212,812,405 against 45,851,378. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇦🇷 Argentina
45,851,378
South America · rank #35 · +0.34%
World Bank, 2025
🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorArgentinaBrazil
Population45,851,37835th of 240212,812,4057th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.34%164th of 240+0.38%161st of 240
Population Density/km²17/km²210th of 24025/km²195th of 240
Land Areakm²2,736,690 km²8th of 2408,358,140 km²5th of 240
Urban Population92.4%29th of 24088.2%45th of 240
GDP per Capita$14,898103rd of 240$10,713120th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%69th of 210+2.3%134th of 210
Life Expectancyyears77.5 years94th of 24076.0 years115th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.50 births per woman167th of 2401.61 births per woman149th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00011.1 per 1,000133rd of 21312.1 per 1,000117th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.7 per 1,00088th of 2137.1 per 1,000111th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births8.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 19412.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 194
Unemployment Rate7.1%60th of 1866.0%78th of 186
Inflation Rate219.9%2nd of 1915.0%48th of 191
Poverty Rate38.1%38th of 1646.4%152nd of 164
Gini Index42.432nd of 17050.38th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP10.3% of GDP26th of 1929.7% of GDP31st of 192
Physiciansper 1,0005.11 per 1,0009th of 2062.36 per 1,00078th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0003.36 per 1,00061st of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate99.1%28th of 17594.7%84th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.0% of GDP67th of 2025.6% of GDP35th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary105.6% gross, secondary39th of 207104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption9.2% of final consumption149th of 21146.5% of final consumption53rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area10.3% of land area163rd of 21159.0% of land area29th of 211
Internet Penetration89.7%63rd of 21184.5%88th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people140.2 per 100 people40th of 212101.9 per 100 people135th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births33 per 100,000 live births113th of 19367 per 100,000 live births79th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.62% of GDP147th of 1630.97% of GDP124th of 163
Protected Areasof land area8.8% of land area158th of 21130.6% of land area36th of 211
Median Ageyears32.9 years122nd of 24034.8 years108th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.9 years70th of 1488.0 years104th of 148
Human Development Index0.86547th of 1920.78683rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.43/ 1044th of 1646.63/ 1032nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita3.74 tonnes per capita90th of 2122.28 tonnes per capita125th of 212
Obesity Rate38.1%26th of 19830.9%60th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

ArgentinaBrazil
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Argentina and Brazil population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Argentina195017M
Argentina197525.9M
Argentina200037.2M
Argentina202545.9M
Argentina205048.3M
Argentina207545.1M
Argentina210038.3M
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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