Demographics of Argentina

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Demographics of Argentina
ArgentinaPopulationPyramid2024.png
Population pyramid of Argentina in 2024
PopulationIncrease2.svg 46,735,004 (2025) [1]
DensityIncrease2.svg16.80873/km2
Growth rateDecrease2.svg 0.23% (2023 est.)
Birth rateDecrease2.svg 9.9 births/1,000 population (2023) [2]
Death rateDecrease Positive.svg 7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023) [2]
Life expectancyIncrease2.svg 78.8 years
 • maleIncrease2.svg 75.8 years
 • femaleIncrease2.svg 82.0 years (2024 est.) [3]
Fertility rateDecrease2.svg 1.16 children born/woman (2024) [4]
Infant mortality rateDecrease Positive.svg 8.0 deaths/1,000 live births (2023) [2]
Net migration rateIncrease2.svg −0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.) [3]
Age structure
0–14 yearsDecrease2.svg 20.1% (male 4,812,709/female 4,636,022)
15–64 yearsIncrease2.svg 67.7% (male 15,923,617/female 15,914,994)
65 and overIncrease Negative.svg 12.2% (male 2,441,497/female 3,279,977) (2025) [1]
Sex ratio
Total0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.) [3]
At birth1.07 male(s)/female
Under 151.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years1.01 male(s)/female
65 and over0.74 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality Argentine
Major ethnic
Minor ethnic
Language
Official Spanish (96.8%) [6]
Spoken

This is a demography of Argentina including population density, ethnicity, economic status, age and other aspects of the population.

Contents

As of the 2022 census [INDEC], Argentina had a population of 46,044,703 [7] - a 15.3% increase from the 40,117,096 counted in the 2010 census [INDEC]. [8]

Argentina ranks third in South America in total population and 33rd globally. The country's population density is of 16.9 people per square kilometer of land area - well below the world average of 62 people. Argentina's population growth rate in 2023 was estimated to be 0.23% annually, with a birth rate of 9.9 per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 7.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15, at 20%, is well below the world average (25%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 12%. [7] 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 9.8%.

The median age is approximately 34 years, [1] and life expectancy at birth is of 78 years. [9] 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), 9.3% speak Portuguese [10] and 5.9% speak Italian. [11]

Population size and structure

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1650 298,000—    
1778 420,900+0.27%
1800 551,500+1.24%
1809 609,200+1.11%
1825 766,400+1.45%
1839 926,300+1.36%
1857 1,299,600+1.90%
1869 1,830,214+2.89%
1895 4,044,911+3.10%
1914 7,903,662+3.59%
1947 15,893,811+2.14%
1960 20,013,793+1.79%
1970 23,364,431+1.56%
1980 27,949,480+1.81%
1991 32,615,528+1.41%
2001 36,260,130+1.06%
2010 40,117,096+1.13%
2022 46,044,703+1.16%
Source: [12] [13]

Sources: Pantelides and National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina [13]

Years Total fertility rates
(children/woman)		 Crude birth rates Age
0-14		Age
15-29		Age
30-44		Age
45-59		Age
60-74		Age
75+
18696.849.1
45.3%
29.7%
16.0%
7.0%
1.8%
0.2%
18957.044.5
40.3%
27.7%
19.5%
8.9%
2.9%
0.7%
19145.236.5
38.4%
30.8%
17.9%
8.9%
3.3%
0.7%
19473.224.7
30.8%
27.5%
21.5%
13.6%
5.5%
1.1%
19603.122.9
30.8%
23.8%
21.2%
15.3%
7.3%
1.6%
19703.122.7
29.3%
24.6%
19.9%
15.4%
8.6%
2.2%
19803.424.8
30.4%
23.9%
18.8%
15.1%
9.0%
2.8%
19912.921.1
30.6%
23.3%
19.3%
13.9%
9.6%
3.3%
20012.618.4
28.3%
25.0%
18.6%
14.7%
9.3%
4.1%
20102.418.5
25.5%
24.8%
20.2%
15.2%
9.8%
4.5%
20221.410.7
22.0%
23.3%
22.1%
16.4%
11.2%
5.0%

Cities

By 2022 census, the % of the population living in: [5]
  1. Buenos Aires (35.8%)
  2. Córdoba (4.06%)
  3. Rosario (3.34%)
  4. Mendoza (2.72%)
  5. Tucumán (2.35%)
  6. Rest of Argentina (51.7%)

Provinces and districts

FlagProvince/DistrictCapitalPopulation
(2023) [7] 		RankDensity (/km2) [7] Avg. growth from 2010 census [8] [7] Births (2023) [2] RateDeaths (2023) [2] RateInfant
mortality
(2022) [2]
[ Units? ]
Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires City –3,083,770415,372.50.6423,9887.829,4899.65.5
Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires Province La Plata 18,039,509157.10.98162,3809.0144,6058.07.6
Bandera de la Provincia de Catamarca.svg Catamarca Province San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca 425,885204.21.304,24810.02,7756.58.7
Flag of Chaco province in Argentina 2007.svg Chaco Province Resistencia 1,238,9891111.50.6716,76913.59,2357.59.5
Flag of chubut province in argentina - bandera de chubut.svg Chubut Province Rawson 649,330182.71.425,4348.43,6075.65.2
Bandera de la Provincia de Cordoba 2014.svg Córdoba Province Córdoba 3,872,830224.11.5538,1269.830,4617.97.5
Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes Province Corrientes 1,148,6311013.61.5814,25312.47,5806.611.6
Flag of Entre Rios.svg Entre Ríos Province Paraná 1,423,136818.11.2014,0739.910,8567.69.5
Flag of Formosa.svg Formosa Province Formosa 619,240178.41.128,25013.33,9936.410.2
Bandera de la Provincia de Jujuy.svg Jujuy Province San Salvador de Jujuy 795,5391415.01.437,3659.34,7876.07.2
Bandera de la Provincia de La Pampa.svg La Pampa Province Santa Rosa 367,207222.61.153,2388.82,6797.39.0
Flag of La Rioja province in Argentina.svg La Rioja Province La Rioja 408,760214.31.194,18410.22,4576.010.3
Bandera de la Provincia de Mendoza.svg Mendoza Province Mendoza 2,049,411513.51.2320,0369.814,0626.95.8
Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg Misiones Province Posadas 1,301,723943.01.2718,93214.57,4985.88.8
Bandera de la Provincia del Neuquen.svg Neuquén Province Neuquén 688,850167.72.336,89110.03,8115.57.0
Flag of Rio Negro Province.svg Río Negro Province Viedma 775,610153.81.487,3759.54,9846.47.1
Bandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg Salta Province Salta 1,476,53979.31.4316,97411.58,5385.89.8
Flag of the San Juan Province.svg San Juan Province San Juan 805,830139.11.549,79512.25,3656.78.9
Flag of San Luis Province.svg San Luis Province San Luis 527,023197.01.894,9639.43,4466.56.0
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Cruz.svg Santa Cruz Province Río Gallegos 392,904231.41.653,1398.01,7114.411.5
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Fe.svg Santa Fe Province Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz 3,616,227326.70.9037,63510.430,4098.48.6
Flag of Santiago del Estero.svg Santiago del Estero Province    Santiago del Estero 1,007,830127.71.5711,87111.86,6696.68.3
Bandera de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego.svg Tierra del Fuego Province a Ushuaia 186,285248.83.431,4407.77023.88.3
Bandera de la Provincia de Tucuman.svg Tucumán Province San Miguel de Tucumán   1,753,523675.61.3618,53710.612,2157.08.8

a Not including claims to the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Structure of the population

According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [21] [22] the total population was 45,276,780 in 2021 - double the number in 1966 (for a 1.27% average annual growth rate in that period). The population below the age of 15 in 2022 was 22%, 66% was between 15 and 64, while 12% was 65 or older. [3]

YearTotal populationPopulation percentage in age bracket
aged 0–14aged 15–64aged 65+
195017 150 000
31.2%
64.6%
4.2%
195518 928 000
31.3%
63.9%
4.8%
196020 616 000
30.8%
63.6%
5.6%
196522 283 000
30.2%
63.6%
6.2%
197023 963 000
29.3%
63.7%
7.0%
197526 049 000
29.4%
63.0%
7.6%
198028 094 000
30.4%
61.4%
8.2%
198530 305 000
31.0%
60.5%
8.5%
199032 527 000
30.7%
60.4%
8.9%
199534 768 000
29.6%
61.0%
9.4%
200036 784 000
28.5%
61.8%
9.7%
200538 592 000
27.3%
62.8%
9.9%
201040 788 000
25.5%
64.3%
10.2%
201543 132 000
25.2%
64.1%
10.7%
202045 377 000
23.6%
65.0%
11.4%
202547 011 000
20.1%
67.7%
12.2%
Population by Sex and Age Group (18.V.2022): [23]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total22 182 31723 704 26345 886 580100
0–41 442 3391 404 2112 846 5506.20
5–91 825 6471 773 6003 599 2477.84
10–141 845 1461 788 4143 633 5607.92
15–191 800 6811 768 3873 569 0687.78
20–241 757 4721 779 7913 537 2637.71
25–291 755 4961 824 0753 579 5717.80
30–341 706 7821 787 4923 494 2747.62
35–391 616 2111 692 1473 308 3587.21
40–441 617 7961 713 8743 331 6707.26
45–491 386 6291 488 3692 874 9986.27
50–541 177 3011 281 0242 458 3255.36
55–591 044 8571 158 0482 202 9054.80
60–64929 0411 057 6931 986 7344.33
65–69796 143946 0141 742 1573.80
70–74627 993799 2121 427 2053.11
75–79424 945611 0351 035 9802.26
80+427 838830 8771 258 7152.74
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–145 113 1324 966 22510 079 35721.97
15–6414 792 26615 550 90030 343 16666.12
65+2 276 9193 187 1385 464 05711.91
Population by Sex and Age Group (27.X.2010): [24]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total19 523 76620 593 33040 117 096100
0–41 697 9721 639 6803 337 6528.32
5–91 717 7521 663 4673 381 2198.43
10–141 779 3721 724 0743 503 4468.73
15–191 785 0611 757 0063 542 0678.83
20–241 648 4561 651 6933 300 1498.23
25–291 552 1061 578 4033 130 5097.80
30–341 523 3421 575 3713 098 7137.72
35–391 311 5281 366 9072 678 4356.68
40–441 125 8871 184 8882 310 7755.76
45–491 067 4681 128 8822 196 3505.48
50–54986 1961 056 7972 042 9935.09
55–59893 570975 3801 868 9504.66
60–64760 914860 2761 621 1904.04
65–69588 569704 4921 293 0613.22
70–74438 438577 4591 015 8972.53
75–79321 481480 178801 6592.00
80+325 654668 377994 0312.48
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–145 195 0965 027 22110 222 31725.48
15–6412 654 52813 135 60325 790 13164.29
65+1 674 1422 430 5064 104 64810.23

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 compile the table. [25] [26] [27]

The number of births in 2023 (460,902) was 41% below the record set in 2014, while the number of deaths was 353,428. [2] As the population of Argentina showed a five-fold increase during the past century, the birth rate in 2023 (9.9) was a record low - now comparable to most European countries.

Death rates declined rapidly in the half century until around 1940 - then more gradually as the country's population aged. The death rate in 2023 (7.6) was near historic lows after having briefly risen in 2021 to the highest rate (9.5) since 1947 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Birth rates were relatively stable from 1934 through 1980, [25] and after declining stabilized from 1995 to 2015 - before again declining sharply since then. [27]

Average population (June 30)Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate
(per 1000)		Crude death rate
(per 1000)		Natural change
(per 1000)		Crude migration
(per 1000)		 Total fertility rate [28] Infant mortality rate
19106,800,000260,000129,000131,00038.318.919.45.26
19117,070,000268,000129,000139,00037.918.219.719.35.24148.0
19127,470,000288,000127,000161,00038.617.021.633.85.43143.0
19137,840,000298,000127,000171,00038.016.221.826.65.42130.0
19148,000,000294,000123,000171,00036.715.421.3-1.45.16125.0
19158,150,000288,000129,000159,00035.315.819.5-1.14.94124.0
19168,300,000293,000142,000151,00035.317.118.2-0.14.90124.0
19178,450,000284,000136,000148,00033.616.117.50,24.64128.0
19188,600,000283,000157,000126,00032.918.214.72.84.51138.0
19198,750,000286,000161,000125,00032.718.414.32.94.45134.0
19208,970,000290,000139,000151,00032.315.516.87.94.40127.0
19219,220,000302,000146,000156,00032.815.817.010.54.47116.0
19229,520,000315,000133,000182,00033.114.019.112.84.55112.0
19239,890,000336,000146,000190,00034.014.819.218.94.74112.0
192410,220,000335,000146,000189,00032.814.318.514.34.61116.0
192510,500,000334,000148,000186,00031.814.117.79.24.49121.0
192610,800,000337,000147,000190,00031.213.617.610.54.42119.0
192711,130,000342,000157,000185,00030.714.116.613.44.38126.0
192811,440,000352,000151,000201,00030.813.217.69.84.40113.0
192911,750,000355,000162,000193,00030.213.816.410.34.33107.0
193012,050,000355,000153,000202,00029.512.716.88.34.22100.0
193112,290,000350,000156,000194,00028.512.715.83.84.07100.0
193212,520,000352,000139,000213,00028.111.117.01.43.9995.0
193312,730,000332,000150,000182,00026.111.814.32.23.6787.0
193412,940,000319,661143,065176,59624.711.113.62.63.4596.6
193513,150,000322,002162,768159,23424.512.412.13.93.39105.6
193613,370,000318,651150,092168,55923.811.212.63.93.2896.2
193713,610,000319,024154,275164,74923.411.312.15.63.2095.4
193814,202,000325,412161,555163,85722.911.411.531.53.19105.3
193914,397,000329,393149,153180,24022.910.412.51.03.1491.7
194014,591,000339,029151,856187,17323.210.412.80.53.1890.2
194114,796,000340,339148,947191,39223.010.112.90.93.1184.8
194215,004,000338,199150,030188,16922.510.012.51.33.0386.1
194315,216,000358,977150,166208,81123.69.913.70.23.1279.8
194415,441,000380,950154,093226,85724.710.014.7-0.13.2380.7
194515,674,000388,191157,785230,40624.810.114.70.23.2182.1
194615,912,000387,496149,895237,60124.49.414.903.1279.0
194716,109,000398,468158,059240,40924.79.715.0-2.73.1477.1
194816,284,000413,132152,648260,48425.49.416.0-5.33.1969.5
194916,671,000419,656150,604269,05225.29.016.17.23.1867.0
195017,150,000438,766154,540284,22625.69.016.611.73.2668.2
195117,506,000444,326156,406287,92025.49.016.54.03.2667.4
195217,865,000446,156153,887292,26925.08.616.43.83.2264.3
195318,224,000459,734162,217297,51725.38.916.43.43.2763.8
195418,580,000457,559156,347301,21224.68.416.23.03.2160.4
195518,931,000461,293167,357293,93624.48.815.53.13.2061.8
195619,277,000474,142161,321312,82124.68.416.21.83.2457.0
195719,618,000478,368179,578298,79024.49.215.22.23.2468.5
195819,955,000472,865166,235306,63023.78.315.41.53.1661.4
195920,291,000476,211173,409302,80223.58.514.91.73.1559.1
196020,625,000473,038179,266293,77222.98.714.22.03.0862.4
196120,961,000476,259176,477299,78222.78.414.31.83.0659.1
196221,297,000490,414184,013306,40123.08.614.41.43.1158.7
196321,633,000491,109187,492303,61722.78.714.01.53.0761.8
196421,966,000496,256193,141303,11522.68.813.81.43.0558.3
196522,297,000481,814196,467285,34721.68.812.82.12.9256.9
196622,622,000479,396194,450284,94621.28.612.61.82.8753.4
196722,945,000480,317195,265285,05220.98.512.41.72.8455.0
196823,273,000493,354213,313280,04121.29.212.02.12.8759.9
196923,617,000580,699222,937357,76224.69.415.2-0.63.3452.5
197023,983,000544,521222,113322,40822.79.313.51.83.0959.1
197124,376,000564,787225,000339,78723.29.214.02.23.1650.0
197224,792,000559,398220,000339,39822.69.013.63.13.0949.0
197325,222,000561,500226,000335,50022.39.113.23.83.0647.0
197425,654,000602,000231,000371,00023.59.014.52.43.2446.0
197526,079,000620,000229,000391,00023.88.815.01.33.2944.0
197626,493,000656,768240,764416,00424.89.115.7-0.13.4444.4
197726,899,000661,222234,430426,79224.68.715.9-0.83.4344.5
197827,303,000665,000233,482431,51824.48.615.8-1.03.4140.8
197927,712,000647,864234,926412,93823.48.514.9-0.13.2938.5
198028,131,000697,775241,125456,65024.88.616.3-1.43.4933.2
198128,562,000680,292241,904438,38823.88.515.4-0.33.3733.6
198229,001,000663,429234,926428,50322.98.114.80.33.2430.5
198329,448,000655,876233,071422,80522.37.914.40.83.1529.7
198429,900,000635,323255,591379,73221.38.612.72.53.0030.4
198530,354,000650,783241,377409,40621.58.013.51.53.0226.2
198630,811,000675,388241,004434,38422.07.814.10.73.0826.9
198731,270,000668,136249,882418,25421.48.013.41.32.9926.6
198831,729,000680,605254,953425,65221.58.113.51.13.0025.8
198932,187,000667,058252,302414,75620.87.912.91.42.8925.7
199032,642,000678,644259,683418,96120.98.012.91.12.8925.6
199133,094,000694,776255,609439,16721.07.713.30.42.9124.7
199233,540,000678,761262,287416,47420.27.812.40.92.7923.9
199333,982,000667,518267,286400,23219.67.911.81.22.7022.9
199434,420,000673,787257,431416,35619.67.512.10.62.6822.0
199534,855,000658,735268,997389,73818.97.711.21.32.5822.2
199635,287,000675,437268,715406,72219.17.611.50.72.6020.9
199735,715,000692,357270,910421,44719.47.611.80.22.6318.8
199836,135,000683,301280,180403,12118.97.811.20.52.5619.1
199936,541,000686,748289,543397,20518.87.910.90.22.5417.6
200036,931,000701,878277,148424,73019.07.511.5-1.02.5716.6
200137,302,000683,495285,941397,55418.37.710.7-0.72.5016.3
200237,657,000694,684291,190403,49418.47.710.7-1.32.4816.8
200338,001,000697,952302,064395,88818.47.910.4-1.42.4616.5
200438,341,000736,261294,051442,21019.27.711.5-2.72.5714.4
200538,681,000712,220293,529427,69118.67.611.1-2.32.4513.3
200639,024,000696,451292,313404,13817.87.510.4-1.62.3712.9
200739,368,000700,792315,852384,94017.88.09.8-1.02.3613.3
200839,714,000746,460301,801444,65918.87.611.2-2.52.4912.5
2009 [29] 40,134,400745,336304,525440,81118.67.611.0-0.52.4612.1
201040,518,851756,176318,602437,57418.57.810.7-1.32.4711.9
201140,900,496758,042319,059438,98318.47.710.7-1.42.4511.7
201241,281,631738,318319,539418,77918.07.710.2-0.92.2811.1
201342,203,000754,603326,197428,40617.97.710.211.92.2810.8
201442,669,500777,012325,539451,43718.27.610.60.42.3310.6
201543,132,000770,040333,407436,63317.97.710.20.62.249.7
201643,590,000728,035352,992375,04316.78.28.51.92.139.7
201744,044,811704,609341,668362,94115.97.88.12.12.069.3
201844,494,502685,394336,823348,57115.47.67.82.32.008.8
201944,938,712625,441341,728283,71313.97.66.33.61.819.2
202045,376,763533,299376,219157,08011.88.33.56.31.618.4
202145,808,747529,794436,79992,99511.69.52.17.51.488.0
202246,044,703495,295397,11598,18010.78.62.13.01.398.4
202346,654,581460,902353,428107,4749.97.62.310.91.338.0
2024 [30] 47,067,000420,000(e)1.16(e)

Total fertility rates by province

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Total fertility rate by province in Argentina, 2023

Total fertility rate (TFR) in Argentina by province as of 2023:

2023
province TFR
Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg Misiones 1.82
Flag of Formosa.svg Formosa 1.71
Flag of Chaco province in Argentina 2007.svg Chaco 1.69
Flag of the San Juan Province.svg San Juan 1.62
Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes 1.59
Flag of Santiago del Estero.svg Santiago del Estero 1.48
Bandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg Salta 1.47
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Fe.svg Santa Fe 1.43
Bandera de la Provincia del Neuquen.svg Neuquén 1.37
Bandera de la Provincia de Tucuman.svg Tucumán 1.36
Flag of Entre Rios.svg Entre Ríos 1.35
Bandera de la Provincia de Mendoza.svg Mendoza 1.34
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1.33
Bandera de la Provincia de Cordoba 2014.svg Córdoba 1.33
Bandera de la Provincia de Catamarca.svg Catamarca 1.32
Flag of Rio Negro Province.svg Río Negro Province 1.30
Bandera de la Provincia de La Rioja.svg La Rioja Province 1.26
Bandera de la Provincia de San Luis.svg San Luis Province 1.25
Bandera de la Provincia de La Pampa.svg La Pampa 1.24
Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires Province 1.23
Bandera de la Provincia de Jujuy.svg Jujuy 1.21
Flag of chubut province in argentina - bandera de chubut.svg Chubut 1.14
Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires 1.10
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Cruz.svg Santa Cruz 1.05
Bandera de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego.svg Tierra del Fuego 0.98
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UN estimates

The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates of vital statistics of Argentina. [31]

PeriodLive births
per year		Deaths
per year		Natural change
per year		CBR*CDR*NC*TFR*IMR*Life expectancy
totalmalesfemales
1950–1954449,300156,700292,60025.18.816.33.2464.862.560.465.1
1955–1959472,600169,600303,00024.18.615.53.2061.664.562.167.4
1960–1964485,400184,100301,30022.88.614.23.0760.165.262.468.6
1965–1969503,100204,500298,60021.98.913.02.9755.565.762.769.3
1970–1974566,500224,800341,70022.89.113.73.1350.267.264.170.7
1975–1979650,200234,500415,70024.28.715.53.3742.468.665.472.2
1980–1984666,500241,300425,20023.08.314.73.2531.570.166.873.7
1985–1989668,400247,900420,50021.47.913.53.0026.271.067.574.6
1990–1994678,700260,500418,20020.27.812.42.7923.872.168.675.8
1995–1999679,300275,700403,60019.07.711.32.5819.773.269.676.9
2000–2004702,900290,100412,80018.77.711.02.5216.174.370.678.1
2005–2009720,300301,600418,70018.37.710.62.4312.875.371.679.1
2010–2014756,800321,800435,00018.27.710.52.3611.276.272.579.8
2015–2019702,700341,300361,40016.07.78.32.059.377.173.680.6
2020–2024488,000383,000105,00010.68.32.31.408.178.675.581.8
2025–20299.47.61.81.20
* 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)
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Historic population development of Argentina

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 1930s and then becoming more gradual. [9]

Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor. [9]

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review. [32]

Ethnic groups

Ethno-racial groups in Argentina (2022 census) [5]
  1. Undeclared (mainly White, Mixed and East Asian) (96.5%)
  2. Native (2.80%)
  3. Black (0.70%)

Languages

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. Additionally, the Argentinian accent sounds identical to Portuguese in the words that begin with 'll' or 'yo', and all the words in Portuguese that begin with 'ch'. For example, the following sentence English: What is your name? Portuguese: como se chama? Spanish: Como se llama? - 'chama' & 'llama' are pronounced as though they were spelled "Shama"in both Argentinian Spanish and Portuguese. Moreover, the sound shift of all of the words in Spanish that begin with "ll" or 'y' but sound like 'sh' i.e., 'llorar' 'llama, 'llegar' & 'yo'. In Portuguese the words that begin with 'ch' always sound like 'sh'. There are many more words like these shown above. The mutual intelligibility between Spanish and Portuguese is already high, but the 'sh' sound increases the intelligibility between both languages even more.

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. [9]

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). [10]

There are sources of around one million Levantine Arabic speakers in Argentina, [63] as a result of immigration from the Middle East, mostly from Syria and Lebanon.

Standard German is spoken by around 500,000 [63] [64] Argentines of German ancestry, though the number may be as high as 3,800,000 according to some sources. [65] German is the third or fourth most spoken language in Argentina.

There is a prosperous community of Argentine Welsh-speakers of approximately 25,000 [66] in the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia region, who descend from 19th century immigrants.

Religion

Religion in Argentina (2021) [67]
  1. Catholicism (48.9%)
  2. Evangelicalism (7.00%)
  3. No religion (39.8%)
  4. Islam (1.50%)
  5. Judaism (1.00%)
  6. Buddhism (0.50%)
  7. Hinduism (0.10%)
  8. Others (1.20%)

See also

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