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Argentina vs Somalia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Argentina has a population of 45.7M (ranked 35/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Argentina's land area is 1,056,642 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 8th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Argentina ranks 24/197 ($633B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Argentina ranks 73/197 ($13,858), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Main facts and rankings

Argentina Somalia
Population
45973765
20177806
Population rank 35/197 66/197
GDP
$633B
2024
$12.1B
2024
GDP rank 24/197 149/197
GDP per capita
$13,858
2024
$637
2024
GDP per capita rank 73/197 191/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$30,176
2024
$1,601
2024
Government debt
$540B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
73.1%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$11,826
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 47/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,221
2025
$1,941
2025
Land area
1,056,642 sq mi
2025
242,217 sq mi
2025
Population density
43.2 ppl/mi²
2024
78.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
6.13
2023
Median age
33.5 years
2024
16.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
59.1 years
2025

Argentina and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Argentina and Somalia economies compared

GDP
Argentina

Somalia
Year GDP
Argentina Somalia
1960 $15,865,474,315 $180,459,937
1961 $20,132,220,375 $191,659,914
1962 $18,337,691,145 $203,531,928
1963 $18,272,123,664 $216,145,936
1964 $25,605,249,382 $229,529,913
1965 $28,344,705,967 $243,725,898
1966 $28,630,474,728 $257,375,897
1967 $24,256,667,553 $271,781,887
1968 $26,436,857,247 $286,719,885
1969 $31,256,284,544 $306,357,285
1970 $31,584,210,366 $347,985,394
1971 $33,293,199,095 $347,039,446
1972 $34,733,000,536 $447,883,941
1973 $52,544,000,117 $483,699,611
1974 $72,436,777,342 $572,504,036
1975 $52,438,647,922 $757,015,879
1976 $51,169,499,892 $871,344,245
1977 $56,781,000,101 $498,550,725
1978 $89,049,453,088 $564,571,823
1979 $69,252,328,952 $589,566,929
1980 $76,961,923,741 $602,515,548
1981 $78,676,842,367 $699,302,473
1982 $84,307,486,837 $774,578,932
1983 $103,979,106,778 $735,408,642
1984 $116,915,052,107 $787,434,542
1985 $88,150,891,728 $875,702,247
1986 $105,872,372,614 $916,590,786
1987 $108,810,885,301 $1,018,972,664
1988 $126,890,235,049 $1,051,596,967
1989 $76,629,728,760 $1,181,360,844
1990 $141,352,654,305 $1,031,282,081
1991 $189,719,984,268 $717,974,930
1992 $228,778,917,308 $709,297,579
1993 $236,741,715,015 $1,260,132,956
1994 $257,440,000,000 $1,481,205,098
1995 $258,031,750,000 $1,534,756,135
1996 $272,149,750,000 $1,792,234,297
1997 $292,859,000,000 $2,191,749,014
1998 $298,948,250,000 $2,962,047,564
1999 $283,523,000,000 $3,045,751,528
2000 $284,203,750,000 $3,412,797,450
2001 $268,696,750,000 $2,252,847,465
2002 $97,724,004,252 $2,192,684,135
2003 $127,586,973,492 $2,836,724,352
2004 $164,657,930,453 $3,859,592,813
2005 $198,737,095,012 $4,683,246,454
2006 $232,557,260,817 $5,026,743,282
2007 $287,530,508,431 $5,430,713,729
2008 $361,558,037,110 $5,913,620,293
2009 $332,976,484,578 $2,948,594,552
2010 $423,627,422,092 $2,687,807,004
2011 $530,158,122,010 $2,906,000,097
2012 $545,982,375,701 $4,364,670,160
2013 $552,025,140,252 $5,062,881,600
2014 $526,319,673,732 $5,728,399,720
2015 $594,749,285,413 $6,152,149,100
2016 $557,532,320,663 $6,613,743,070
2017 $643,628,393,281 $7,621,501,710
2018 $524,819,892,360 $7,873,440,830
2019 $447,754,683,615 $8,655,023,960
2020 $385,740,508,437 $8,628,393,720
2021 $486,564,085,480 $9,483,997,390
2022 $632,790,070,063 $10,202,767,270
2023 $646,075,277,525 $10,968,517,090
2024 $633,266,692,534 $12,108,515,110

Argentina and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita
Argentina

Somalia
Year GDP per capita
Argentina Somalia
1960 $778 $62.7
1961 $971 $64.9
1962 $870 $67.2
1963 $853 $69.5
1964 $1,176 $71.9
1965 $1,282 $74.4
1966 $1,275 $76.5
1967 $1,064 $78.7
1968 $1,142 $80.8
1969 $1,330 $84.1
1970 $1,323 $93.1
1971 $1,373 $90.4
1972 $1,409 $113.7
1973 $2,098 $119.6
1974 $2,845 $137.9
1975 $2,027 $177.8
1976 $1,947 $199.6
1977 $2,126 $111.2
1978 $3,282 $117.3
1979 $2,512 $108.2
1980 $2,748 $101.5
1981 $2,764 $116.9
1982 $2,915 $129
1983 $3,538 $118.6
1984 $3,915 $122.5
1985 $2,906 $130.8
1986 $3,436 $131.4
1987 $3,477 $141
1988 $3,993 $145.3
1989 $2,375 $166
1990 $4,315 $145.6
1991 $5,709 $105.4
1992 $6,790 $109.2
1993 $6,932 $188.6
1994 $7,438 $210.8
1995 $7,358 $210.7
1996 $7,663 $237.2
1997 $8,147 $280.1
1998 $8,219 $363
1999 $7,706 $359
2000 $7,637 $386
2001 $7,141 $244.9
2002 $2,570 $229.6
2003 $3,320 $286.3
2004 $4,242 $375
2005 $5,068 $440
2006 $5,869 $458
2007 $7,185 $480
2008 $8,944 $507
2009 $8,150 $246.5
2010 $10,260 $219.2
2011 $12,704 $235.3
2012 $12,950 $350
2013 $12,964 $393
2014 $12,233 $429
2015 $13,680 $446
2016 $12,700 $461
2017 $14,533 $511
2018 $11,753 $510
2019 $9,956 $540
2020 $8,536 $518
2021 $10,738 $549
2022 $13,936 $573
2023 $14,187 $597
2024 $13,858 $637

Argentina vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Argentina

Somalia
Year Life expectancy, years
Argentina Somalia
1950 61.3 41.5
1951 61.7 41.7
1952 62.5 41.9
1953 62.5 42.1
1954 63.1 42.3
1955 62.7 42.5
1956 63.6 42.7
1957 63.2 42.9
1958 64.2 43.1
1959 64.1 43.3
1960 64.2 43.5
1961 64.6 43.7
1962 64.6 44
1963 64.9 44.2
1964 64.8 44.4
1965 65.1 44.6
1966 65.4 44.8
1967 65.5 45.1
1968 65.2 45.3
1969 65.1 45.5
1970 65.6 45.6
1971 65.6 45.8
1972 66 46
1973 66.2 46.2
1974 66.4 44.3
1975 67 44.5
1976 67 44.7
1977 67.6 47
1978 68 47
1979 68.4 47.4
1980 68.6 47.6
1981 68.9 47.8
1982 69 48
1983 69.3 48.2
1984 69.4 48.4
1985 69.9 48.3
1986 70.3 48.4
1987 70.7 49
1988 71.1 43.9
1989 71.5 46.6
1990 71.6 46.9
1991 72 25.4
1992 72.1 25
1993 72.3 50.6
1994 72.7 50.3
1995 72.9 50.6
1996 73.1 50.5
1997 73.4 50.3
1998 73.4 50.8
1999 73.7 50.6
2000 73.9 50.7
2001 74.2 50.8
2002 74.3 50.8
2003 74.3 50.7
2004 74.9 50.7
2005 75.2 50.9
2006 75.3 50.9
2007 74.8 50.9
2008 75.4 51.5
2009 75.6 52.1
2010 75.7 48.9
2011 76.1 32.5
2012 75.8 49.1
2013 75.8 54
2014 76.3 54.4
2015 76.6 55.1
2016 76.1 55.3
2017 76.5 52.2
2018 76.8 54.8
2019 76.8 57.2
2020 75.9 57.1
2021 73.9 55.7
2022 75.8 53.9
2023 77.4 58.8
2024 77.5 59
2025 77.7 59.1

Argentina and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population
Argentina

Somalia
Year Population
Argentina Somalia
1960 20,386,045 2,876,331
1961 20,726,276 2,952,054
1962 21,072,538 3,030,091
1963 21,421,705 3,110,361
1964 21,769,453 3,192,796
1965 22,112,629 3,277,874
1966 22,453,893 3,365,106
1967 22,799,059 3,454,537
1968 23,150,583 3,546,590
1969 23,508,711 3,641,015
1970 23,878,327 3,738,448
1971 24,257,208 3,837,691
1972 24,644,328 3,939,436
1973 25,046,005 4,045,592
1974 25,461,351 4,151,842
1975 25,874,107 4,257,535
1976 26,282,283 4,365,812
1977 26,701,805 4,484,050
1978 27,132,158 4,814,892
1979 27,568,895 5,449,117
1980 28,011,596 5,936,154
1981 28,463,959 5,982,849
1982 28,924,262 6,003,840
1983 29,391,332 6,198,430
1984 29,863,093 6,428,389
1985 30,336,441 6,693,289
1986 30,811,980 6,974,788
1987 31,291,762 7,228,302
1988 31,780,532 7,235,360
1989 32,270,948 7,114,817
1990 32,755,901 7,082,811
1991 33,230,294 6,813,760
1992 33,693,527 6,495,107
1993 34,152,717 6,681,399
1994 34,613,491 7,026,797
1995 35,070,020 7,285,007
1996 35,513,793 7,554,474
1997 35,947,791 7,824,525
1998 36,372,860 8,155,417
1999 36,794,682 8,492,059
2000 37,213,984 8,838,713
2001 37,624,825 9,198,493
2002 38,029,349 9,550,063
2003 38,424,282 9,909,157
2004 38,815,916 10,280,998
2005 39,216,789 10,644,228
2006 39,622,115 10,975,502
2007 40,016,763 11,322,582
2008 40,424,148 11,663,084
2009 40,854,831 11,961,201
2010 41,288,694 12,261,756
2011 41,730,660 12,348,830
2012 42,161,721 12,461,160
2013 42,582,455 12,869,594
2014 43,024,071 13,339,491
2015 43,477,012 13,806,963
2016 43,900,313 14,348,740
2017 44,288,894 14,916,629
2018 44,654,882 15,452,487
2019 44,973,465 16,030,971
2020 45,191,965 16,651,191
2021 45,312,281 17,271,431
2022 45,407,904 17,801,897
2023 45,538,401 18,358,615
2024 45,696,159 19,009,151

Fertility rates in Argentina and Somalia

Fertility rate
Argentina

Somalia
Year Fertility rate
Argentina Somalia
1960 3.14 7.25
1961 3.12 7.25
1962 3.13 7.26
1963 3.11 7.26
1964 3.08 7.26
1965 3.01 7.26
1966 2.97 7.26
1967 2.98 7.25
1968 3.01 7.23
1969 3.05 7.21
1970 3.09 7.18
1971 3.11 7.15
1972 3.14 7.12
1973 3.17 7.09
1974 3.22 7.06
1975 3.27 7.03
1976 3.32 7.02
1977 3.36 7
1978 3.36 7.13
1979 3.34 7.16
1980 3.3 7.18
1981 3.25 7.23
1982 3.2 7.25
1983 3.15 7.28
1984 3.12 7.3
1985 3.07 7.33
1986 3.05 7.35
1987 3.04 7.37
1988 3.05 7.4
1989 3.02 7.42
1990 3.03 7.44
1991 3.01 7.47
1992 2.99 7.5
1993 2.97 7.53
1994 2.94 7.54
1995 2.86 7.58
1996 2.78 7.62
1997 2.71 7.66
1998 2.66 7.66
1999 2.64 7.66
2000 2.59 7.65
2001 2.53 7.64
2002 2.49 7.63
2003 2.45 7.6
2004 2.43 7.57
2005 2.43 7.53
2006 2.4 7.49
2007 2.37 7.46
2008 2.43 7.42
2009 2.4 7.38
2010 2.41 7.32
2011 2.39 7.27
2012 2.3 7.21
2013 2.34 7.14
2014 2.39 7.06
2015 2.35 6.98
2016 2.24 6.88
2017 2.17 6.77
2018 2.07 6.66
2019 1.88 6.56
2020 1.6 6.45
2021 1.59 6.35
2022 1.48 6.26
2023 1.5 6.13

Argentina and Somalia demographics compared

Median age
Argentina

Somalia
Year Median age, years
Argentina Somalia
1960 26.5 18.1
1961 26.6 17.9
1962 26.6 17.8
1963 26.7 17.7
1964 26.7 17.6
1965 26.7 17.5
1966 26.8 17.5
1967 26.8 17.5
1968 26.9 17.5
1969 26.9 17.5
1970 26.9 17.5
1971 27 17.6
1972 27 17.6
1973 27 17.6
1974 27 17.7
1975 27 17.7
1976 27 17.7
1977 27 17.7
1978 27 17.7
1979 27 17.6
1980 27 17.6
1981 27 17.5
1982 27 17.4
1983 27.1 17.4
1984 27.1 17.3
1985 27.1 17.2
1986 27.1 17.1
1987 27.2 17
1988 27.2 16.8
1989 27.3 16.7
1990 27.3 16.5
1991 27.3 16.5
1992 27.4 16.7
1993 27.4 16.8
1994 27.4 16.7
1995 27.5 16.6
1996 27.5 16.5
1997 27.6 16.4
1998 27.7 16.4
1999 27.8 16.3
2000 27.9 16.3
2001 28.1 16.2
2002 28.2 16.2
2003 28.4 16.1
2004 28.6 16
2005 28.8 15.9
2006 29 15.7
2007 29.2 15.6
2008 29.4 15.6
2009 29.7 15.6
2010 29.9 15.7
2011 30.1 15.8
2012 30.3 16
2013 30.5 16
2014 30.7 16
2015 30.9 16.1
2016 31.1 16.1
2017 31.3 16.2
2018 31.5 16.2
2019 31.8 16.3
2020 32.1 16.3
2021 32.4 16.4
2022 32.8 16.5
2023 33.2 16.5
2024 33.5 16.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Argentina Somalia
GNI, Atlas method
$614B
2024
$11.5B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.7%
2025
13%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.9%
2023
0.000008%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.47%
2023
1.53%
1989
Armed forces personnel
103,000
2020
14,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.43%
2025
-4.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.69%
2024
18.8%
2019
Services, % of GDP
53.4%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
24%
2024
9.66%
1986
Economic freedom index
54.2
2025
29
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.2%
2024
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
5
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
85
2021
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$52.9B
2022
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$29.6B
2024
$23.1M
1989
Personal remittances received
$1.04B
2024
$2.12B
2024
International tourist arrivals
7,399,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
2.64%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
81.7%
2024
38.7%
2014

Energy

Argentina Somalia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,832 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.4
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
183.8 megatons
2023
0.87 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
0.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
9.2%
2021
95.4%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
8.9%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
0.42%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,822 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
25.5%
2021
11.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
27.2%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
6.45%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Argentina Somalia
% of world population
0.56%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,454
2024
+26,859
2024
Urban population
92.6%
2024
48.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
7.34
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
37
2024
9
2024
Higher education index
80
2025
11
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.31
2022
4.31
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14.1
2019
27.4
2019
Visa free countries
162
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2020
54.1%
2022
English speaking
6.52%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
89.7%
2024
27.6%
2022

Health

Argentina Somalia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,371
2022
$15.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$362
2022
$6.47
2022
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
59.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.25%
2022
50.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.08
2022
0.02
2014
Maternal mortality per 100K births
33
2023
563
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.6
2023
104
2023
Obesity rate
36.4%
2022
14.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
14%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
60
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
23.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.05 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Argentina Somalia
% of world land
1.84%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
23,123 sq mi
2024
12,742 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
448,405 sq mi
2025
170,384 sq mi
2025
Forest area
109,059 sq mi
2025
22,200 sq mi
2025
Roads length
149,129 mi
2017
9,321 mi
2018

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