Argentina covers 2,780,400 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 2.0% of all land on Earth. It ranks 8th of 237 countries worldwide and 2nd in South America. At 35° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.5×, drawing it closer to 4,111,934 km², a difference of roughly 48%.
For scale, Argentina is roughly the same size as Kazakhstan (2,724,910 km²).
You could fit 3 of Nigeria inside Argentina.
Argentina: key figures
| True area | 2,780,400 km² |
| World rank | 8th |
| Share of world land | 2.0% |
| Rank in South America | 2nd / 14 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.5× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 4,111,934 km² |
Largest countries in South America (true area)
| South America | |
|---|
| Brazil | 8,510,346 km² |
| Argentina (this country) | 2,780,400 km² |
| Peru | 1,285,216 km² |
| Colombia | 1,138,910 km² |
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² |
| Venezuela | 912,050 km² |