Demographics of Argentina

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Demographics of Argentina
Argentina single age population pyramid 2020.png
Argentina population pyramid in 2020
Population44,361,150[1][2]
Growth rate1.036% (2010 est.)[3]
Birth rate13.9 births/1,000 population (2019)[4]
Death rate7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2019)[4]
Life expectancy77.14 years
 • male73.9 years
 • female80.54 years (2012 est.)
Fertility rate1.83 children born/woman (2019)
Infant mortality rate9.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2019)[4]
Net migration rate0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years25.2% (male 5,450,679/ female 5,200,704)
15–64 years63.6% (male 13,400,997/ female 13,440,948)
65 and over11.1% (male 1,940,810/ female 2,758,356) (2012 est.)
Sex ratio
Total0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.05 male(s)/female
15–64 years1 male(s)/female
65 and over0.7 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityArgentine
Language
OfficialSpanish language
SpokenEnglish, Italian, German, Welsh, Yiddish, Portuguese, Guarani, Quechua, Mapudungun and many others are also spoken varying by region

This article is about the demographic features of Argentina, including population density, ethnicity, economic status and other aspects of the population.

In the 2001 census [INDEC], Argentina had a population of 36,260,130 inhabitants, and preliminary results from the 2010 census [INDEC] census were of 40,117,096 inhabitants.[5][6] Argentina ranks third in South America in total population and 33rd globally. The population density is 15 persons per square kilometer, well below the world average of 50 persons. The population growth rate in 2008 was estimated to be 0.92% annually, with a birth rate of 16.32 live births per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 7.54 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15, at 24.6%, is somewhat below the world average (28%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 10.8%. The percentage of senior citizens in Argentina has long been second only to Uruguay in Latin America and well above the world average, which is currently 7%.

The median age is approximately 30 years and life expectancy at birth is of 76 years. According to an official cultural consumption survey conducted in 2006, 42.3% of Argentines speak English (though only 15.4% of those claimed to have a high level of English comprehension), 8.3% speak Portuguese[7] and 6.9% speak Italian.[8]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1650 298,000—    
1778 420,900+41.2%
1800 551,500+31.0%
1809 609,200+10.5%
1825 766,400+25.8%
1839 926,300+20.9%
1857 1,299,600+40.3%
1869 1,830,214+40.8%
1895 4,044,911+121.0%
1914 7,903,662+95.4%
1947 15,893,811+101.1%
1960 20,013,793+25.9%
1970 23,364,431+16.7%
1980 27,949,480+19.6%
1991 32,615,528+16.7%
2001 36,260,130+11.2%
2010 40,117,096+10.6%
2020 45,376,763+13.1%
Source:[9][10]

Cities[]

See also: List of cities in Argentina by population

Argentina is highly urbanized,[3] with the ten largest metropolitan areas accounting for half of the population, and fewer than one in ten living in rural areas. About 3 million people live in Buenos Aires proper, and the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area totals around 13 million, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world.[11] The metropolitan areas of Córdoba and Rosario have around 1.3 million inhabitants each,[11] and six other cities (Mendoza, Tucumán, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Salta and Santa Fe)[11][12] have at least half a million people each.

The population is unequally distributed amongst the provinces, with about 60% living in the Pampa region (21% of the total area), including 15 million people in Buenos Aires Province, and 3 million each in Córdoba Province, Santa Fe Province and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Seven other provinces each have about one million people: Mendoza, Tucumán, Entre Ríos, Salta, Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones. Tucumán is the most densely populated (with 60 inhabitants/km2, the only Argentine province more densely populated than the world average), while the southern province of Santa Cruz has less than 1 inhabitant/km2.

In the mid-19th century, a large wave of immigration started to arrive to Argentina due to new Constitutional policies that encouraged immigration, and issues in the countries the immigrants came from such as wars, poverty, hunger, famines, pursuit of a better life, among other reasons. The main immigration sources were from Europe, the countries from the Near and Middle East, Russia and Japan. In fact, the immigration torrent was so strong that Argentina eventually received the second-largest number of immigrants in the world, second only to the US and ahead of such immigration receptor countries such as Canada, Brazil, Australia, etc.[13][14]

Most of these European immigrants settled in the cities which offered jobs, education and other opportunities enabling them to enter the middle class. Many also settled in the growing small towns along the expanding railway system and since the 1930s many rural workers have moved to the big cities.[15] Urban areas reflect the influence of European immigration, and most of the larger ones feature boulevards and diagonal avenues inspired by the redevelopment of Paris. Argentine cities were originally built in a colonial Spanish grid style, centered on a plaza overlooked by a cathedral and important government buildings. Many still retain this general layout, known as a damero, meaning checkerboard, since it is based on a pattern of square blocks. The city of La Plata, designed at the end of the 19th century by Pedro Benoit, combines the checkerboard layout with added diagonal avenues at fixed intervals, and was the first in South America with electric street illumination.[16]

Largest cities[]

 
  • v
  • t
Largest cities or towns in Argentina
(2015 INDEC metro area estimate)[17]
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Córdoba
Córdoba 		1 Buenos Aires (Autonomous city) 3,054,000 11 Resistencia Chaco 409,000 Rosario
Rosario
Mendoza
Mendoza
2 Córdoba Córdoba 1,519,000 12 Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero 406,000
3 Rosario Santa Fe 1,429,000 13 Corrientes Corrientes 383,000
4 Mendoza Mendoza 1,082,000 14 Posadas Misiones 355,000
5 San Miguel de Tucumán Tucumán 868,000 15 San Salvador de Jujuy Jujuy 338,000
6 La Plata Buenos Aires 836,000 16 Neuquén Neuquén 309,000
7 Mar del Plata Buenos Aires 633,000 17 Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires 307,000
8 Salta Salta 625,000 18 Paraná Entre Ríos 274,000
9 Santa Fe Santa Fe 530,000 19 Formosa Formosa 258,000
10 San Juan San Juan 513,000 20 San Luis San Luis 218,000

Provinces and districts[]

Flag Province/District Capital Official Language Population (2010)[18] Rank Area (km2) Rank Density (/km2)[18] Rank
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City – 2,891,082 4 203 24 14,241.8 1
Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires Province La Plata 15,594,428 1 307,571 1 50.7 3
Catamarca Province Catamarca Province San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca 367,820 20 102,602 11 3.6 20
Chaco Province Chaco Province Resistencia 1,053,466 10 99,633 12 10.6 11
Chubut Province Chubut Province Rawson Spanish, Welsh 506,668 18 224,686 3 2.3 22
Córdoba Province, Argentina Córdoba Province Córdoba 3,304,825 2 165,321 5 20.0 6
Corrientes Province Corrientes Province Corrientes Spanish, Guaraní 993,338 11 88,199 16 11.3 10
Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos Province Paraná 1,236,300 7 78,781 17 15.7 7
Formosa Province Formosa Province Formosa 527,895 17 72,066 19 7.3 14
Jujuy Province Jujuy Province San Salvador de Jujuy 672,260 14 53,219 20 12.6 8
La Pampa Province La Pampa Province Santa Rosa 316,940 22 143,440 8 2.2 23
La Rioja Province, Argentina La Rioja Province La Rioja 331,847 21 89,680 14 3.7 19
Mendoza Province Mendoza Province Mendoza 1,741,610 5 148,827 7 11.7 9
Misiones Province Misiones Province Posadas 1,097,829 9 29,801 21 36.8 4
Neuquén Province Neuquén Province Neuquén 550,334 16 94,078 13 5.8 17
Río Negro Province Río Negro Province Viedma 633,374 15 203,013 4 3.1 21
Salta Province Salta Province Salta 1,215,207 8 155,488 6 7.8 12
San Juan Province, Argentina San Juan Province San Juan 680,427 13 89,651 15 7.6 13
San Luis Province San Luis Province San Luis 431,588 19 76,748 18 5.6 18
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Santa Cruz Province Río Gallegos 272,524 23 243,943 2 1.1 24
Santa Fe Province Santa Fe Province Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz 3,200,736 3 133,007 10 24.1 5
Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero Province   Santiago del Estero 896,461 12 136,351 9 6.6 15
Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Tierra del Fuego Province Ushuaia 126,190 24 21,263a 23 5.8a 16
Tucumán Province Tucumán Province San Miguel de Tucumán   1,448,200 6 22,524 22 64.3 2

a Not including claims to the Falkland Islands and the Argentine Antarctica.

Historical total fertility rates and crude birth rates[]

Sources: Pantelides and National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina[10]

Years 1869 1895 1914 1947 1960 1970 1980 1991 2000-2015
Total Fertility Rates (children/woman) 6.8 7.0 5.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.4
Crude Birth Rates 49.1 44.5 36.5 26.3 23.6 23.2 24.8 19.5

Vital statistics[]

The table below gives an overview of the number of birth and deaths in Argentina during the past century. Several sources were combined to construct the table.[19][20][21] The number of births in 2010 (756,176) was the highest number ever recorded. The number of deaths in 2010 also was the highest ever record. However, as the population of Argentina showed a sixfold increase during the past century, the birth and death rates in 2010 (18.7 and 7.9, respectively) were rather low in a historical perspective.

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate
(per 1000) 		Crude death rate
(per 1000) 		Natural change
(per 1000) 		Total fertility rates[22]
1910 6,800,000 260,000 129,000 131,000 38.3 18.9 19.4
1911 7,070,000 268,000 129,000 139,000 37.9 18.2 19.7
1912 7,470,000 288,000 127,000 161,000 38.6 17.0 21.6
1913 7,840,000 298,000 127,000 171,000 38.0 16.2 21.8
1914 8,000,000 294,000 123,000 171,000 36.7 15.4 21.3
1915 8,150,000 288,000 129,000 159,000 35.3 15.8 19.5
1916 8,300,000 293,000 142,000 151,000 35.3 17.1 18.2
1917 8,450,000 284,000 136,000 148,000 33.6 16.1 17.5
1918 8,600,000 283,000 157,000 126,000 32.9 18.2 14.7
1919 8,750,000 286,000 161,000 125,000 32.7 18.4 14.3
1920 8,970,000 290,000 139,000 151,000 32.3 15.5 16.8
1921 9,220,000 302,000 146,000 156,000 32.8 15.8 17.0
1922 9,520,000 315,000 133,000 182,000 33.1 14.0 19.1
1923 9,890,000 336,000 146,000 190,000 34.0 14.8 19.2
1924 10,220,000 335,000 146,000 189,000 32.8 14.3 18.5
1925 10,500,000 334,000 148,000 186,000 31.8 14.1 17.7
1926 10,800,000 337,000 147,000 190,000 31.2 13.6 17.6
1927 11,130,000 342,000 157,000 185,000 30.7 14.1 16.6
1928 11,440,000 352,000 151,000 201,000 30.8 13.2 17.6
1929 11,750,000 355,000 162,000 193,000 30.2 13.8 16.4
1930 12,050,000 355,000 153,000 202,000 29.5 12.7 16.8
1931 12,290,000 350,000 156,000 194,000 28.5 12.7 15.8
1932 12,520,000 352,000 139,000 213,000 28.1 11.1 17.0
1933 12,730,000 332,000 150,000 182,000 26.1 11.8 14.3
1934 12,940,000 319,661 143,065 176,596 24.7 11.1 13.6
1935 13,150,000 322,002 162,768 159,234 24.5 12.4 12.1
1936 13,370,000 318,651 150,092 168,559 23.8 11.2 12.6
1937 13,610,000 319,024 154,275 164,749 23.4 11.3 12.1
1938 14,202,000 325,412 161,555 163,857 22.9 11.4 11.5
1939 14,397,000 329,393 149,153 180,240 22.9 10.4 12.5
1940 14,591,000 339,029 151,856 187,173 23.2 10.4 12.8
1941 14,796,000 340,339 148,947 191,392 23.0 10.1 12.9
1942 15,004,000 338,199 150,030 188,169 22.5 10.0 12.5
1943 15,216,000 358,977 150,166 208,811 23.6 9.9 13.7
1944 15,441,000 380,950 154,093 226,857 24.7 10.0 14.7
1945 15,674,000 388,191 157,785 230,406 24.8 10.1 14.7
1946 15,912,000 387,496 149,895 237,601 24.4 9.4 14.9
1947 16,109,000 398,468 158,059 240,409 24.7 9.7 15.0
1948 16,284,000 413,132 152,648 260,484 25.4 9.4 16.0
1949 16,671,000 419,656 150,604 269,052 25.2 9.0 16.1
1950 17,150,000 438,766 154,540 284,226 25.6 9.0 16.6 3.2
1951 17,506,000 444,326 156,406 287,920 25.4 9.0 16.5
1952 17,865,000 446,156 153,887 292,269 25.0 8.6 16.4
1953 18,224,000 459,734 162,217 297,517 25.3 8.9 16.4
1954 18,580,000 457,559 156,347 301,212 24.6 8.4 16.2
1955 18,931,000 461,293 167,357 293,936 24.4 8.8 15.5
1956 19,277,000 474,142 161,321 312,821 24.6 8.4 16.2
1957 19,618,000 478,368 179,578 298,790 24.4 9.2 15.2
1958 19,955,000 472,865 166,235 306,630 23.7 8.3 15.4
1959 20,291,000 476,211 173,409 302,802 23.5 8.5 14.9
1960 20,625,000 473,038 179,266 293,772 22.9 8.7 14.2 3,1
1961 20,961,000 476,259 176,477 299,782 22.7 8.4 14.3
1962 21,297,000 490,414 184,013 306,401 23.0 8.6 14.4
1963 21,633,000 491,109 187,492 303,617 22.7 8.7 14.0
1964 21,966,000 496,256 193,141 303,115 22.6 8.8 13.8
1965 22,297,000 481,814 196,467 285,347 21.6 8.8 12.8
1966 22,622,000 479,396 194,450 284,946 21.2 8.6 12.6
1967 22,945,000 480,317 195,265 285,052 20.9 8.5 12.4
1968 23,273,000 493,354 213,313 280,041 21.2 9.2 12.0
1969 23,617,000 580,699 222,937 357,762 24.6 9.4 15.2
1970 23,983,000 544,521 222,113 322,408 22.7 9.3 13.5 3.2
1971 24,376,000 564,787 225,000 339,787 23.2 9.2 14.0
1972 24,792,000 559,398 228,000 331,398 22.6 9.2 13.4
1973 25,222,000 561,500 231,000 330,500 22.3 9.2 13.1
1974 25,654,000 590,000 234,000 356,000 23.0 9.1 13.9
1975 26,079,000 620,000 237,000 383,000 23.8 9.1 14.7 3.4
1976 26,493,000 656,768 240,764 416,004 24.8 9.1 15.7
1977 26,899,000 661,222 234,430 426,792 24.6 8.7 15.9
1978 27,303,000 665,000 233,482 431,518 24.4 8.6 15.8
1979 27,712,000 647,864 234,926 412,938 23.4 8.5 14.9
1980 28,131,000 697,775 241,125 456,650 24.8 8.6 16.3 3.2
1981 28,562,000 680,292 241,904 438,388 23.8 8.5 15.4
1982 29,001,000 663,429 234,926 428,503 22.9 8.1 14.8
1983 29,448,000 655,876 233,071 422,805 22.3 7.9 14.4
1984 29,900,000 635,323 255,591 379,732 21.3 8.6 12.7
1985 30,354,000 650,783 241,377 409,406 21.5 8.0 13.5 3.0
1986 30,811,000 675,388 241,004 434,384 22.0 7.8 14.1
1987 31,270,000 668,136 249,882 418,254 21.4 8.0 13.4
1988 31,729,000 680,605 254,953 425,652 21.5 8.1 13.5
1989 32,187,000 667,058 252,302 414,756 20.8 7.9 12.9
1990 32,642,000 678,644 259,683 418,961 20.9 8.0 12.9 2.8
1991 33,094,000 694,776 255,609 439,167 21.0 7.7 13.3
1992 33,540,000 678,761 262,287 416,474 20.2 7.8 12.4
1993 33,982,000 667,518 267,286 400,232 19.6 7.9 11.8
1994 34,420,000 673,787 257,431 416,356 19.6 7.5 12.1
1995 34,855,000 658,735 268,997 389,738 18.9 7.7 11.2
1996 35,287,000 675,437 268,715 406,722 19.1 7.6 11.5
1997 35,715,000 692,357 270,910 421,447 19.4 7.6 11.8
1998 36,135,000 683,301 280,180 403,121 18.9 7.8 11.2
1999 36,541,000 686,748 289,543 397,205 18.8 7.9 10.9
2000 36,931,000 701,878 277,148 424,730 19.0 7.5 11.5
2001 37,302,000 683,495 285,941 397,554 18.3 7.7 10.7 2.64
2002 37,657,000 694,684 291,190 403,494 18.4 7.7 10.7
2003 38,001,000 697,952 302,064 395,888 18.4 7.9 10.4
2004 38,341,000 736,261 294,051 442,210 19.2 7.7 11.5
2005 38,681,000 721,220 293,529 427,691 18.6 7.6 11.1 2.34
2006 39,024,000 696,451 292,313 404,138 17.8 7.5 10.4 2.27
2007 39,368,000 700,792 315,852 384,940 17.8 8.0 9.8 2.25
2008 39,714,000 746,460 301,801 444,659 18.8 7.6 11.2 2.38
2009 40,062,000 745,336 304,525 440,811 18.6 7.6 11.0 2.35
2010 40,788,000 756,176 318,602 437,574 18.7 7.9 10.8 2.35
2011 41,261,000 758,042 319,059 438,983 18.5 7.8 10.7 2.35
2012 41,733,000 738,318 319,539 418,779 17.9 7.7 10.2 2.25
2013 42,203,000 754,603 326,197 428,406 18.1 7.8 10.3 2.30
2014 42,669,000 777,012 325,539 451,437 18.2 7.6 10.6 2.34
2015 43,132,000 770,040 333,407 436,633 17.9 7.7 10.2 2.30
2016 43,590,000 728,035 352,992 375,043 16.7 8.2 8.5 2.18
2017 44,044,811 704,609 341,668 362,941 15.9 7.8 8.1 2.07
2018 44,494,502 685,394 336,823 348,571 15.4 7.6 7.8 2.01
2019 44,938,712 625,441 341,728 283,713 13.9 7.6 6.3 1.83
2020 45,376,763 378,995 8.4

Structure of the population[]

According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[1][2] the total population was 44,361,150 in 2018, compared to only 17,150,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 24.9%, 64.5% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 10.6% was 65 years or older .[23]

Total population Proportion
aged 0–14
(%) 		Proportion
aged 15–64
(%) 		Proportion
aged 65+
(%)
1950 17 150 000
1955 18 929 000
1960 20 619 000
1965 22 283 000
1970 23 973 000
1975 26 067 000
1980 28 106 000
1985 30 389 000
1990 32 730 000
1995 34 995 000
2000 37 057 000 29.9 64.8 5.2
2005 39 145 000 27.4 66.6 6.0
2010 41 223 000 24.8 68.4 6.8
2015 43 417 000 22.4 69.6 8.0
2020 45 300 000 (Estimated population) 20.7 69.7 9.6

Structure of the population (01.07.2010 ) (Estimates- Data refer to projections based on 2001 Population Census):[24]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 19,846,671 20,672,280 40,518,951 100
0–4 1,740,485 1,679,188 3,419,673 8.44
5–9 1,689,364 1,632,628 3,321,992 8.20
10–14 1,735,344 1,679,302 3,414,646 8.43
15–19 1,751,386 1,698,173 3,449,559 8.51
20–24 1,697,550 1,652,173 3,349,723 8.27
25–29 1,618,705 1,591,188 3,209,903 7.92
30–34 1,628,149 1,620,658 3,248,807 8.02
35–39 1,353,587 1,358,431 2,712,018 6.69
40–44 1,179,076 1,194,181 2,373,257 5.86
45–49 1,093,940 1,131,951 2,225,891 5.49
50–54 991,757 1,076,899 2,068,656 5.11
55–59 906,470 996,927 1,903,397 4.70
60–64 760,092 867,044 1,627,136 4.02
65–69 602,756 726,318 1,329,074 3.28
70–74 456,960 614,371 1,071,331 2.64
75–79 331,313 513,715 845,028 2.09
80+ 309,737 639,123 948,860 2.34
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 5,165,193 4,991,118 10,156,311 25.07
15–64 12,980,712 13,187,635 26,168,347 64.58
65+ 1,700,766 2,493,527 4,194,293 10.35

Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates) :

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 20,409,830 21,250,587 41,660,417 100
0–4 1,749,655 1,687,476 3,437,131 8.25
5–9 1,715,945 1,657,086 3,373,031 8.10
10–14 1,700,757 1,645,030 3,345,787 8.03
15–19 1,744,462 1,690,668 3,435,130 8.25
20–24 1,730,871 1,683,204 3,414,075 8.20
25–29 1,656,747 1,621,991 3,278,738 7.87
30–34 1,622,019 1,607,268 3,229,287 7.75
35–39 1,524,110 1,527,463 3,051,573 7.32
40–44 1,261,322 1,275,243 2,536,565 6.09
45–49 1,124,926 1,154,104 2,279,030 5.47
50–54 1,032,385 1,099,746 2,132,131 5.12
55–59 929,866 1,033,655 1,963,521 4.71
60–64 811,871 927,818 1,739,689 4.18
65–69 646,847 782,142 1,428,989 3.43
70–74 484,152 642,176 1,126,328 2.70
75–79 340,769 524,101 864,870 2.08
80+ 333,126 691,416 1,024,542 2.46
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 5,166,357 4,989,592 10,155,949 24.38
15–64 13,438,579 13,621,160 27,059,739 64.95
65+ 1,804,894 2,639,835 4,444,729 10.67

UN estimates[]

The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates of vital statistics of Argentina. [23]

Period Live births
per year 		Deaths
per year 		Natural change
per year 		CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR* Life expectancy
total 		Life expectancy
males 		Life expectancy
females
1950–1955 457,600 163,800 293,800 25.4 9.1 16.3 3.15 66 62.5 60.4 65.1
1955–1960 479,800 169,800 310,000 24.3 8.6 15.7 3.13 60 64.5 62.1 67.4
1960–1965 497,200 188,800 308,400 23.2 8.8 14.4 3.09 60 65.2 62.4 68.6
1965–1970 521,400 209,400 312,000 22.5 9.1 13.4 3.05 57 65.7 62.7 69.3
1970–1975 585,200 224,400 360,800 23.4 9.0 14.4 3.15 48 67.2 64.1 70.7
1975–1980 694,800 241,000 453,800 25.7 8.9 16.8 3.44 39 68.6 65.4 72.2
1980–1985 676,400 247,800 428,600 23.1 8.5 14.7 3.15 32 70.1 66.8 73.7
1985–1990 701,000 264,800 436,200 22.2 8.4 13.8 3.05 27 71.0 67.5 74.6
1990–1995 721,800 274,800 447,000 21.3 8.1 13.2 2.90 24 72.1 68.6 75.8
1995–2000 711,200 282,600 428,600 19.7 7.8 11.8 2.63 22 73.2 69.6 76.9
2000–2005 731,800 296,200 435,600 19.1 7.8 11.3 2.48 15 74.3 70.6 78.1
2005–2010 741,400 309,000 432,400 18.4 7.7 10.7 2.37 13 75.3 71.6 79.1
2010–2015 754,200 321,400 432,800 17.9 7.7 10.2 2.33 11 76.2 72.5 79.8
2015–2020 749,600 334,200 415,400 17.1 7.6 9.5 2.27 10 77.1 73.6 80.6
2020–2025 16.2 7.6 8.6 2.20
2025–2030 15.4 7.7 7.7 2.14
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Other demographics statistics[]

Argentina's population continues to grow but at a slower rate because of its steadily declining birth rate. Argentina's fertility decline began earlier than in the rest of Latin America, occurring most rapidly between the early 20th century and the 1950s and then becoming more gradual.[25]

Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor.[25]

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review.[26]

  • One birth every 42 seconds
  • One death every 2 minutes
  • One net migrant every 111 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 1 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[25]

Population
44,293,293 (July 2017 est.)
Ethnic groups

European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2% Amerindian 2.4% African 0.4% (2010 est.)

Age structure
Population pyramid of Argentina in 2017
0-14 years: 24.44% (male 5,629,345 /female 5,293,680)
15-24 years: 15.2% (male 3,476,344 /female 3,317,151)
25-54 years: 39.46% (male 8,808,591 /female 8,826,379)
55-64 years: 9.12%' (male 1,977,421 /female 2,096,665)
65 years and over: 11.79% (male 2,216,487 /female 3,052,135) (2018 est.)
0-14 years: 24.59% (male 5,612,766/female 5,278,857)
15-24 years: 15.28% (male 3,460,276/female 3,307,227)
25-54 years: 39.38% (male 8,707,818/female 8,733,370)
55-64 years: 9.13% (male 1,963,923/female 2,081,796)
65 years and over: 11.62% (male 2,159,811/female 2,987,449) (2017 est.)
Median age
total: 31.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 107th
male: 30.7 years
female: 33.1 years (2018 est.)
total: 31.7 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 32.9 years (2017 est.)
Birth rate
16.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 109th
16.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate
7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 108th
Total fertility rate
2.25 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 92nd
2.26 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 101st
Population growth rate
0.89% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 121st
0.91% (2017 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 74th
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.6 years (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 9.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
male: 10.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
female: 8.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
Languages

Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)

Religions

Roman Catholicism 66%, Protestantism 10%, No Religion 21%, Other 3%

Population distribution
One-third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 56.5
youth dependency ratio: 39.4
elderly dependency ratio: 17.1
potential support ratio: 5.8 (2015 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 91.9% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 1.07% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)

total population: 99.1%
male: 99.1%
female: 99.1% (2016 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 18 years
male: 16 years
female: 19 years (2016)
Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
total: 18.3%. Country comparison to the world: 71st
male: 15.6%
female: 22.8% (2014 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

Ethnic groups[]

Main articles: Ethnic groups of Argentina and Immigration to Argentina
South Center North
  European Contribution (32%)
  Amerindian Contribution (66%)
  African Contribution (2%)
  European Contribution (56%)
  Amerindian Contribution (41%)
  African Contribution (3%)
  European Contribution (29%)
  Amerindian Contribution (70%)
  African Contribution (1%)
Genetic ancestry of the Argentine gene pool by region, South, North and Centre [27] (urban populations).

Genetic ancestry of the Argentine gene pool[28]

  European Contribution (52.9%)
   (39.6%)
  African Contribution (7.5%)

Ethnic groupings in Argentina according to the UAEM[29]

  White (85%)
  Mestizo (11.1%)
  Amerindians (1.0%)
  Asian (2.9%)

Ethnic groupings in Argentina (2010 est.)[30]

  European and Mestizo (97.2%)
  Amerindian (2.4%)
  African (0.4%)

Indigenous peoples[]

Main article: Argentine Amerindians
Distribution of the Indigenous Peoples in Argentina

According to the data of INDEC's Complementary Survey of Indigenous Peoples (ECPI) 2004–2005, 600,000 officially recognized indigenous persons (about 1.4% of the total population) reside in Argentina. The most numerous of these communities are the Mapuches, who live mostly in the south, the Kollas and Wichís, from the northwest, and the Guaranis and Qom, who live mostly in the northeast.[31] In the census of 2010, 955,032 people self recognized as indigenous or descendants of indigenous peoples, thus representing 2.4% of the national population. This is without prejudice that more than half of the population has at least one indigenous ancestor, although in most cases family memory lost that origin.

Indigenous population of Argentina
Ethnic
group 		Survey 2004–2005
Number %
Aonikenk 10,590 1.8
Atacama 3,044 0.5
Avá-Guaraní 21,807 3.6
Aymara 4,104 0.7
Chané 4,376 0.7
Charrúa 4,511 0.7
Chorote 2,613 0.4
Chulupí 553 0.1
Comechingón 10,863 1.8
Diaguita/diaguita calchaquí 31,753 5.3
Guaraní 22,059 3.7
Het 736 0.1
Huarpe 14,633 2.4
Kolla 70,505 11.7
Lule 854 0.1
Mapuche 113,680 18.8
Mbyá 8,223 1.4
Mocoví 15,837 2.6
Omaguaca 1,553 0.3
Pilagá 4,465 0.7
Puelche 1,585 0.3
Qom 69,452 11.5
Quechua 6,739 1.1
Rankulche 10,149 1.7
Sanavirón 563 0.1
Selknam 696 0.1
Tapiete 524 0.1
Tonocoté 4,779 0.8
Wichí 40,036 6.6
Others 3,864 0.6
Not specified 102,247 16.0

Afro-Argentines[]

Main article: Afro-Argentines
Santiago Lovell Argentina boxer. Gold medal 1932 Olympics Games.

Since 2013, November 8 has been celebrated as the National Day of Afro-Argentines and African Culture. The date was chosen to commemorate the recorded date for the death of María Remedios del Valle, a rabona and guerrilla fighter, who served with the Army of the North in the war of Independence.[32][33]

The black population in Argentina declined since the middle 19th century from 15% of the total population in 1857 (Blacks and Mulatto people), to 1% at present (mainly mulattoes and immigrants from Cape Verde).

Afro-Argentines were up to a third of the population during colonial times, most of them slaves brought from Africa to work for the criollos. The 1813 Assembly abolished slavery and led to the Freedom of Wombs Law of 1813, which automatically freed slaves' children at birth. Many Afro-Argentines contributed to the independence of Argentina such as María Remedios del Valle who is known as "La Madre de la Patria" (mother of the fatherland in English) and Sgt. Juan Bautista Cabral. Also there is a debate, among the historians, as to whether or not Bernardino Rivadavia, the first president of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Present Argentina) had African ancestors. [34]

Immigration to Argentina[]

Main article: Immigration to Argentina

European settlement[]

As with other areas of new settlement such as Canada, Australia, the United States, Brazil, and New Zealand, Argentina is considered a country of immigrants.[35] When it is considered that Argentina was second only to the United States (27 million of immigrants) in the number of immigrants received, even ahead of such other areas of new settlement like Canada, Brazil and Australia;[13][14] and that the country was scarcely populated following its independence, the impact of the immigration to Argentina becomes evident.[13][14]

In the last national census, based on self-identification, 952,032 Argentines (2.4% of the population) declared to be Amerindians.[31] Most of the 6.2 million European immigrants arriving between 1850 and 1950, regardless of origin, settled in several regions of the country. Due to this large-scale European immigration, Argentina's population more than doubled.

Immigrant population in Argentina (1869–1991)

The majority of these European immigrants came from Italy, Spain, Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Wales, Scotland, Poland, Albania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Greece, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.

Italian population in Argentina arrived mainly from the northern Italian regions varying between Piedmont, Veneto and Lombardy, later from Campania and Calabria;[36] Many Argentines have the gentilic of an Italian city, place, street or occupation of the immigrant as their last names. Spanish immigrants were mainly Galicians and Basques.[37][38] Thousands of immigrants also came from France (notably Béarn and the Northern Basque Country), Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Russia and the United Kingdom.[39] The Welsh settlement in Patagonia, known as Y Wladfa, began in 1865; mainly along the coast of Chubut Province. In addition to the main colony in Chubut, a smaller colony was set up in Santa Fe and another group settled at Coronel Suárez, southern Buenos Aires Province.[40] Of the 50,000 Patagonians of Welsh descent, about 5,000 are Welsh speakers.[41] The community is centered on the cities of Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin.[42]

Recent immigrants[]

Foreign born residents in Argentina by country of birth.[43]

According to the INDEC 1,531,940 of the Argentine resident population in 2001 were born outside Argentina, representing 4.22% of the total Argentine resident population.[44][45] In 2010, 1,805,957 of the Argentine resident population were born outside Argentina, representing 4.50% of the total Argentine resident population.[44][45][46][47]

Illegal immigration has been a recent factor in Argentine demographics. Most illegal immigrants come from Bolivia and Paraguay, countries which border Argentina to the north. Smaller numbers arrive from Peru and Ecuador. The Argentine government estimates that 750,000 inhabitants lack official documents and has launched a program called Patria Grande ("Greater Homeland")[48] to encourage illegal immigrants to regularize their status; so far over 670,000 applications have been processed under the program.[49]

Ethnic Map of Argentina and the Southern Cone.
Rank (2010) Country of birth census 2010 census 2001 census 1990
1  Paraguay 550,713 325,046 254,115
2  Bolivia 345,272 233,464 145,670
3  Chile 191,147 212,429 247,987
4  Colombia 177,000 50,250 15,939
4  Peru 157,514 88,260 15,939
5  Italy 147,499 216,718 356,923
6  Uruguay 116,592 117,564 135,406
7  Spain 94,030 134,417 244,212
8  Brazil 41,330 34,712 33,966
9  China 8,929 4,184 2,297
10  Germany 8,416 10,362 15,451
11  South Korea 7,321 8,290 8,371
12  France 6,995 6,578 6,309
13  Japan 4,036 4,753 5,674
14  Taiwan 2,875 3,511 1,870
15  Syria 1,337 2,350 N/D
16  Lebanon 933 1,619 3,171
Other countries 121,018 127,683 150,849
TOTAL 1,805,957 1,531,940 1,628,210

Languages[]

Main article: Languages of Argentina

The official language of Argentina is Spanish, and it is spoken by practically the entire population in several different accents.[citation needed] The most common variation of Spanish in Argentina is the Rioplatense Spanish (Spanish: Castellano Rioplatense), and it is so named because it evolved in the central areas around the Río de la Plata basin. Its distinctive feature is widespread voseo, the use of the pronoun vos instead of tú for the second person singular.

Non-indigenous minority languages[]

Many Argentines also speak other European languages (Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Welsh, Swedish and Croatian, as examples) due to the vast number of immigrants from Europe that came to Argentina.[3]

English language is a required subject in many schools, and there are also many private English-teaching academies and institutions. Young people have become accustomed to English through movies and the Internet, and knowledge of the language is also required in most jobs, so most middle-class children and teenagers now speak, read and/or understand it with various degrees of proficiency. According to an official cultural consumption survey conducted in 2006, 42.3% of Argentines claim to speak some English (though only 15.4% of those claimed to have a high level of English comprehension).[7]

There are sources of around one million Levantine Arabic speakers in Argentina,[50] as a result of immigration from the Middle East, mostly from Syria and Lebanon.

Standard German is spoken by around 500,000[50][51] Argentines of German ancestry, though the number may be as high as 3,800,000 according to some sources.[52] German is the third or fourth most spoken language in Argentina.

There is a prosperous community of Argentine Welsh-speakers of approximately 25,000[53] in the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia region, who descend from 19th century immigrants.

Religion[]

Religion in Argentina (2017)[54]

  Catholicism (66%)
  Evangelical Protestantism (10%)
  No religion (21%)
  Judaism (1%)
  Islam (1%)
  Others (1%)
The 17th century Cathedral of Córdoba

The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but until 1994 the President and Vice President had to be Catholic. The society, culture, and politics of Argentina are deeply imbued with Roman Catholicism.[55]

Estimates for the number of Roman Catholics vary from 70% of the population,[56] to as much as 90%.[57] The CIA Factbook lists 92% of the country is Catholic, but only 20% are practicing regularly or weekly at a church service.[3] The Jewish population is about 300,000 (around 0.75% of the population), the community numbered about 400,000 after World War II, but the appeal of Israel and economic and cultural pressures at home led many to leave; recent instability in Israel has resulted in a modest reversal of the trend since 2003.[57][58] Muslim Argentines number about 500,000–600,000, or approximately 1.5% of the population; 93% of them are Sunni.[57] Buenos Aires is home to one of the largest mosques in Latin America. A study from 2010 found that approximately 11% of Argentines are non-religious, including those who believe in God, though not religion, agnostics (4%) and atheists (5%). Overall, 24% attended religious services regularly. Protestants were the only group in which a majority regularly attended services.[59]

Gallery[]

  • Population distribution by province.

  • Built in 1906 to welcome hundreds of newcomers daily, the Hotel de Inmigrantes is now a national museum.

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