Argentina
Argentine Republic · South America
Argentina is a country in South America, with Buenos Aires as its capital, home to about 45,851,378 people. Argentina shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Buenos Aires |
|---|---|
| Region | South America |
| Currency | Argentine peso (ARS $) |
| Calling code | +54 |
| ISO codes | AR / ARG / 032 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇦🇷 |
| Population | 45,851,378 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 2,780,400 km² |
| Languages | Guaraní, Spanish |
| Internet domain | .ar |
| Demonym | Argentine |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Argentina mean?
Argentina's light blue and white are popularly said to represent the sky, clouds and sun, but most historians reject that reading as a later invention. More documented explanations trace the colors either to loyalty toward the Spanish House of Bourbon or to the unofficial coat of arms of colonial Buenos Aires, in which blue stood for the sky and silver (later changed to white) for the waters of the Rio de la Plata. The golden Sun of May at the flag's center is a direct copy of the sun engraved on Argentina's first national coin, approved in 1813, with 32 alternating wavy and straight rays.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Argentina
About Argentina
Argentina, officially Argentine Republic, is a United Nations member state in South America. Its capital and seat of government is Buenos Aires. It shares land borders with 5 countries. The official currency is the Argentine peso ($), using the code ARS.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Argentina for Buenos Aires’s own facts and history.
To call Argentina from abroad, dial the country code +54. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes AR (alpha-2) and ARG (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 45,851,378.
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How Argentina compares
- Area: 2,780,400 km², ranking 8 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 45,851,378, ranking 35 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 16 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Argentina
10 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (blue, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.