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Argentina vs Chile
How Argentina and Chile compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Chile was higher: 81.2 years against 77.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Chile was higher: $14,900 against $13,290
- Population · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 45.5 million people against 19.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Chile was higher: 1.52% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Argentina was higher: 4.01 tonnes against 3.94 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Chile: 81.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Chile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Chile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Chile: 4.06% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Chile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Chile: 19.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Chile: 0.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Chile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Chile: 89.2% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Chile: 36 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Chile: 13.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Chile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Chile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Chile: $5.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Chile: $269 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Chile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Chile: 114,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Chile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Chile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Chile: 14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Chile: 8 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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