Argentina vs Brazil: Land area in square kilometres

Argentina
2.74 million sq. km
in 2023
Brazil
8.36 million sq. km
in 2023
Argentina rank
8th
Brazil rank
5th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 8.36 million sq. km against 2.74 million sq. km in Argentina, a difference of 5.62 million sq. km.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.1 times Argentina's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 5th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.