Recognised as Country
Argentina
- AR
- South America
- ARS
- .ar
Argentina (AR/ARG) is a country in South America with its capital at Buenos Aires. It covers about 2,780,400 km² with a population of roughly 46,000,000, uses the ARS, dials on +54, owns the .ar internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameArgentina
CapitalBuenos Aires
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ARG
Internet TLD.ar
Calling code+54
Currency codeARS
Geography
Latitude38.4161° S
Longitude63.6167° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area2,780,400 km²1,073,518 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London11,740 kmto the approximate centre of Argentina, not to Buenos Aires. SW, bearing 226.7°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Argentina/Buenos_Airesthe IANA zone for Buenos Aires; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-03:00
Offset in JulyUTC-03:00
Current offsetUTC-03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 11:59
Hours ahead of UTC-3
Population & scale
Population46,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density16.5 per km²≈
Share of world population0.568%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset8 of 196
Population rank in this dataset33 of 196
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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