Argentina is 1.10× the size of Mediterranean Sea
Argentina (country) covers about 2,783,000 km² (1,074,000 mi²) and the Mediterranean Sea (sea) about 2,521,000 km² (973,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Mediterranean Sea outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 2,783,000km²Argentina
- 2,521,000km²Mediterranean Sea
- Argentina
- Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea: Natural Earth draws the Mediterranean as its central basin and cuts out its named marginal seas (Alboran, Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian, Adriatic, Aegean, the Sea of Crete, the Gulf of Lion, the Gulf of Sidra and the Gulf of Gabès). This page adds them back; the Sea of Marmara and the straits are not counted.
What fits
- Mediterranean Sea is 91% of the size of Argentina.
- Argentina is larger by 262,000 km² (101,000 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Mediterranean Sea.
- Measured in Belgiums: Argentina is about 90.7, Mediterranean Sea about 82.2.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
- Together Argentina and Mediterranean Sea cover 5,304,000 km², close to the size of Australia (7,691,000 km², 45% bigger).
- The gap between them, 262,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
- Mediterranean Sea's centre is 72.0° of latitude, about 8,000 km, farther north than Argentina's.
- Argentina ranks 8th of 212 countries by area.
- The Mediterranean Sea is a sea and ranks 4th of the 42 seas on sizeversus by area if counted as one.
- Laid out flat, Argentina stretches about 3,680 km north to south and 1,740 km east to west; the Mediterranean Sea about 1,720 km by 3,730 km.
- Poured over Argentina, the 3,839,000 km³ that Wikidata records for the Mediterranean Sea would stand 1,379 m deep.
- Counted as one, the 12 pieces measure 2,521,000 km². The published figure for the whole, 2,500,000 km² (Wikidata, for the whole), is 0.9% below it.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Argentina | 1.10× |
| Farther north | Mediterranean Sea | 72.0° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Mediterranean Sea | 1.6× against 1.5× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Argentina | Mediterranean Sea |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 90.7× | 82.2× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 11.4× | 10.3× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 7.78× | 7.05× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 7.45× | 6.75× |
| France 548,000 km² | 5.08× | 4.60× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.88× | 0.80× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.33× | 0.30× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.29× | 0.27× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.16× | 0.15× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Argentina | Mediterranean Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | Sea12 pieces counted together |
| Area, measured | 2,783,000 km²1,074,000 mi² | 2,521,000 km²973,000 mi² |
| Area, published | 2,780,000 km²Wikidata | 2,500,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 212countries | 4th of 42seas |
| Greatest depth | – | 5,267 mWikidata |
| Volume | – | 3,839,000 km³ |
| Latitude range | 55°S to 22°S | 30°N to 46°N |
| On the shore | – | 12 on the shore |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain, France, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Croatia, Algeria, Albania and Morocco lie within 25 km of the outline of the Mediterranean Sea. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11