Argentina Population

One hundred years ago, Argentina was one of the world’s ten richest countries, but failed economic policies and corruption have led to several economic downturns in the country. Today, there are major differences between the poor and the rich in Argentina, and about every fourth inhabitant lives below the poverty line.

Key figures and facts

• Capital: Buenos Aires
• Ethnic groups: Argentines of Spanish and Italian origin, mestizo 97.2%, American indigenous population 2.4% and African origin 0.4% (2010)
• Language: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, and languages ​​spoken by indigenous peoples; Mapudungun and Quechua
• Religion: Roman Catholic 92%, Protestants 2%, Jews 2%, other/unspecified 4%
• Population: 44 688 864 (2017)
• Control Form: Republic
• Area: 2 780 400 Km2
• Currency: peso
• GNP per capita: 19 940 PPP $
• National Day: May 25th

Argentina’s population is at 44 044 811 (INDEC, 2017). Life expectancy at birth is 76.2 years (World Bank, 2018), and 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line (2016). GDP per capita is $ 11,970 (World Bank, 2016), about 3.6 percent lower than the previous year.

Population of Argentina by Year (Historical)

Year	Population	Annual Growth Rate	Population Density	Global Rank
2020	45,195,663	0.930%	16.5148	32
2019	44,780,566	0.950%	16.3631	31
2018	44,361,039	0.970%	16.2098	31
2017	43,937,029	0.980%	16.0548	32
2016	43,508,349	1.000%	15.8982	32
2015	43,075,305	1.040%	15.7400	32
2010	40,895,641	1.010%	14.9435	32
2005	38,892,820	1.070%	14.2117	30
2000	36,870,676	1.150%	13.4728	31
1995	34,828,059	1.320%	12.7264	31
1990	32,618,540	1.540%	11.9190	31
1985	30,216,168	1.610%	11.0412	29
1980	27,896,417	1.520%	10.1935	29
1975	25,865,665	1.610%	9.4515	28
1970	23,880,450	1.510%	8.7261	28
1965	22,159,539	1.590%	8.0973	28
1960	20,481,668	1.740%	7.4841	28
1955	18,789,307	1.980%	6.8658	28
1950	17,037,801	0.000%	6.2257	28

Major Cities in Argentina by Population

Rank	City	Population
1	Buenos Aires	13,076,189
2	Cordoba	1,428,103
3	Rosario	1,173,422
4	Mendoza	876,773
5	San Miguel de Tucuman	780,912
6	La Plata	694,056
7	Mar del Plata	553,824
8	Quilmes	518,677
9	Salta	512,575
10	Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz	489,394
11	San Juan	446,937
12	Resistencia	387,047
13	Santiago del Estero	354,581
14	Corrientes	338,956
15	Posadas	323,628
16	Moron	319,823
17	San Salvador de Jujuy	305,780
18	Bahia Blanca	276,435
19	Parana	262,184
20	Neuquen	241,981
21	Pilar	226,406
22	Formosa	221,272
23	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	188,701
24	San Luis	183,871
25	Berazategui	167,387
26	La Rioja	162,509
27	Rio Cuarto	153,646
28	Balvanera	152,087
29	Concordia	145,099
30	Comodoro Rivadavia	140,739
31	Belgrano	138,831
32	San Nicolas de los Arroyos	127,631
33	Villa Lugano	113,889
34	Santa Rosa	111,313
35	San Rafael	109,052
36	Tandil	104,214
37	Villa Mercedes	96,670
38	San Carlos de Bariloche	95,283
39	Trelew	93,331
40	Villa Maria	92,342
41	Reconquista	90,073
42	Zarate	88,670
43	Rafaela	88,602
44	Pergamino	87,541
45	Olavarria	86,209
46	Rio Gallegos	85,589
47	Junin	84,896
48	San Martin	82,438
49	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	81,768
50	Lujan	81,638
51	Campana	81,501
52	Necochea	80,367
53	Gualeguaychu	78,565
54	Barracas	77,363
55	Cipolletti	74,967
56	Gobernador Galvez	74,539
57	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	73,948
58	Chimbas	73,718
59	General Roca	73,101
60	Venado Tuerto	72,229
61	Goya	70,134
62	Villa Carlos Paz	69,340
63	Concepcion del Uruguay	67,784
64	Puerto Madryn	64,444
65	Tartagal	60,708
66	Santo Tome	58,961
67	San Francisco	58,951
68	San Pedro	58,319
69	Ushuaia	57,917
70	Punta Alta	57,098
71	General Pico	56,918
72	Colegiales	56,889
73	Obera	56,417
74	Chivilcoy	54,403
75	Puerto Eldorado	54,078
76	Azul	53,830
77	Rio Tercero	53,278
78	Mercedes	52,838
79	Rio Grande	52,570
80	Barranqueras	50,712
81	Yerba Buena	50,672
82	Libertador General San Martin	49,156
83	Viedma	48,829
84	Tafi Viejo	48,348
85	Boedo	48,120
86	Palpala	48,088
87	San Lorenzo	47,515
88	San Pedro	47,341
89	Cutral-Co	47,269
90	Tres Arroyos	47,025
91	San Isidro	45,079
92	Villa Constitucion	44,160
93	Paso de los Libres	43,694
94	Santa Lucia	43,454
95	Villa Angela	43,400
96	Chilecito	42,137
97	Lincoln	41,697
98	Pocito	40,858
99	Alta Gracia	40,273
100	Retiro	38,524
101	Alderetes	38,355
102	San Vicente	38,136
103	Castelli	36,477
104	Curuzu Cuatia	36,279
105	Caleta Olivia	35,966
106	Canada de Gomez	35,889
107	Esperanza	35,774
108	Bell Ville	34,994
109	Nueve de Julio	34,607
110	Chacabuco	34,476
111	Villa Santa Rita	33,889
112	Caucete	33,498
113	Pontevedra	33,404
114	Gualeguay	33,009
115	Aguilares	32,383
116	Granadero Baigorria	32,316
117	Quitilipi	31,972
118	Puerto Iguazu	31,927
119	Villaguay	31,916
120	Casilda	31,891
121	General Jose de San Martin	31,647
122	Zapala	31,423
123	Villa Regina	31,098
124	Tigre	30,995
125	Famailla	30,840
126	Chajari	30,544
127	Mercedes	30,538
128	Centenario	28,845
129	Garupa	28,703
130	Gobernador Ingeniero Valentin Virasoro	28,645
131	Esquel	28,375
132	Adrogue	28,154
133	Cruz del Eje	28,055
134	Machagai	27,959
135	Villa Dolores	27,898
136	Termas de Rio Hondo	27,727
137	Charata	27,702
138	Capitan Bermudez	26,949
139	Coronel Suarez	26,889
140	Las Brenas	26,844
141	Jesus Maria	26,714
142	Fontana	26,634
143	Esquina	26,288
144	Rawson	26,224
145	Allen	25,972
146	Dolores	25,079
147	Plottier	25,075
148	Victoria	25,028
149	Jardin America	24,794
150	La Calera	24,685
151	Tres Isletas	24,636
152	La Paz	24,605
153	Monte Caseros	24,560
154	Veinticinco de Mayo	24,557
155	Perez	24,325
156	Marcos Juarez	24,115
157	Embarcacion	23,850
158	Monteros	23,660
159	San Pedro	23,625
160	San Martin de los Andes	23,408
161	Villa Gesell	23,146
162	Avellaneda	22,966
163	Santo Tome	22,523
164	Villa Ortuzar	22,389
165	Montecarlo	22,118
166	San Justo	21,698
167	Villa Allende	21,572
168	San Jose de Jachal	20,907
169	Aristobulo del Valle	20,572
170	Albardon	20,302
171	Anatuya	20,150
172	Dean Funes	20,053
173	Arroyo Seco	19,897
174	Laboulaye	19,797
175	Cinco Saltos	19,708
176	General Enrique Mosconi	19,700
177	Vera	19,686
178	Arroyito	19,466
179	El Soberbio	19,460
180	Diamante	19,434
181	Joaquin V. Gonzalez	19,074
182	Pirane	19,013
183	Villa Ocampo	18,990
184	Villa Paula de Sarmiento	18,981
185	Cosquin	18,959
186	Sunchales	18,646
187	Santa Elena	18,299
188	Galvez	18,263
189	Rufino	18,250
190	Saladas	18,238
191	Crespo	18,185
192	Firmat	18,183
193	Rio Segundo	18,044
194	Puerto Rico	17,380
195	Coronda	16,864
196	San Antonio Oeste	16,855
197	San Jorge	16,762
198	Villa Nueva	16,730
199	Rio Ceballos	16,521
200	Federal	16,222
201	General Villegas	16,159
202	Embalse	15,789
203	General Pinedo	15,630
204	Carcarana	15,508
205	San Javier	15,495
206	Puerto Esperanza	15,468
207	El Bolson	15,426
208	Wanda	15,418
209	Unquillo	15,258
210	San Luis del Palmar	15,236
211	Catriel	15,058
212	Morteros	15,018
213	Bella Vista	15,015
214	La Falda	15,001
215	La Punta	14,889
216	Clorinda	14,889
217	Pico Truncado	14,874
218	La Quiaca	14,640
219	Funes	14,639
220	Las Varillas	14,538
221	Dos de Mayo	14,433
222	Tinogasta	14,398
223	Fray Luis A. Beltran	14,279
224	San Cristobal	14,175
225	Recreo	14,093
226	Andalgala	13,957
227	Santa Lucia	13,945
228	Tostado	13,889
229	Rosario del Tala	13,696
230	Federacion	13,678
231	Arauco	13,609
232	Fraile Pintado	13,571
233	Chamical	13,272
234	Ceres	12,952
235	Recreo	12,687
236	Las Rosas	12,682
237	El Colorado	12,669
238	Oncativo	12,549
239	General Acha	12,425
240	Pilar	12,377
241	Roldan	12,357
242	Plaza Huincul	12,162
243	Laguna Paiva	12,139
244	Presidencia de la Plaza	12,120
245	Campo Grande	11,929
246	Villa Berthet	11,918
247	Veinticinco de Mayo	11,817
248	Las Toscas	11,700
249	Cafayate	11,674
250	Chos Malal	11,610
251	Coronel Dorrego	11,533
252	Oliva	11,518
253	San Salvador	11,515
254	Pampa del Indio	11,477
255	La Carlota	11,379
256	Humahuaca	11,258
257	Las Parejas	11,206
258	San Clemente del Tuyu	11,063
259	Merlo	11,048
260	San Jose de Feliciano	11,026
261	San Bernardo	10,990
262	Candelaria	10,928
263	Quimili	10,848
264	Bernardo de Irigoyen	10,778
265	El Trebol	10,760
266	Campo Largo	10,632
267	Junin de los Andes	10,481
268	Almafuerte	10,423
269	Hernando	10,375
270	Corzuela	10,359
271	San Carlos Centro	10,354
272	Armstrong	10,277
273	Ingeniero Guillermo N. Juarez	10,246
274	Las Lomitas	10,243
275	General Cabrera	10,240
276	El Quebrachal	10,132
277	Puerto Deseado	10,126
278	Calchaqui	10,110
279	San Martin	10,029
280	Campo Ramon	9,977
281	La Leonesa	9,956
282	Leones	9,860
283	Corral de Bustos	9,771
284	Eduardo Castex	9,750
285	Choele Choel	9,680
286	El Carril	9,669
287	Puerto Tirol	9,656
288	Justo Daract	9,569
289	Totoras	9,476
290	Santa Rosa de Calamuchita	9,393
291	Abra Pampa	9,314
292	Malagueno	9,253
293	Villa Elisa	9,223
294	Villa Canas	9,217
295	Las Heras	9,192
296	Campo Viera	9,117
297	Las Lajitas	9,040
298	Coronel Du Graty	9,029
299	Capilla del Monte	8,974
300	Clodomira	8,932
301	Santa Sylvina	8,929
302	Mburucuya	8,901
303	Vicuna Mackenna	8,883
304	Viale	8,828
305	Ibarreta	8,576
306	Huinca Renanco	8,526
307	Malvinas Argentinas	8,517
308	General Ramirez	8,503
309	Apolinario Saravia	8,484
310	La Cruz	8,480
311	Puerto Piray	8,446
312	Taco Pozo	8,359
313	Chicoana	8,357
314	Puerto Vilelas	8,344
315	Colonia Aurora	8,296
316	El Galpon	8,246
317	Canals	8,232
318	Santa Rosa	8,219
319	Sarmiento	8,181
320	Garuhape	8,148
321	Brinkmann	8,126
322	Calingasta	8,065
323	Pampa del Infierno	8,065
324	Coronel Moldes	7,993
325	Fiambala	7,950
326	El Calafate	7,889
327	Urdinarrain	7,881
328	Bovril	7,866
329	Simoca	7,828
330	Alvear	7,806
331	Itati	7,791
332	Lamarque	7,708
333	Huillapima	7,668
334	Yuto	7,621
335	Nueve de Julio	7,541
336	Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Caa Cati	7,462
337	Villa La Angostura	7,415
338	Hermoso Campo	7,324
339	Justiniano Posse	7,295
340	Concepcion de la Sierra	7,287
341	San Miguel	7,285
342	Villa de Soto	7,192
343	Sampacho	7,127
344	La Cumbre	7,124
345	Realico	7,040
346	Laguna Larga	7,026
347	Villa del Totoral	6,999
348	Villa Maria Grande	6,990
349	La Cocha	6,955
350	Malabrigo	6,915
351	Intendente Alvear	6,879
352	Sierra Grande	6,867
353	Veinticinco de Mayo	6,851
354	Arias	6,817
355	Monte Maiz	6,809
356	Monte Cristo	6,803
357	San Agustin de Valle Fertil	6,753
358	Cruz Alta	6,751
359	Icano	6,746
360	Mina Clavero	6,744
361	Avia Terai	6,710
362	General Fernandez Oro	6,702
363	Santa Rosa de Rio Primero	6,677
364	San Benito	6,660
365	La Toma	6,552
366	Trancas	6,547
367	Alba Posse	6,541
368	Rio Turbio	6,539
369	Yacimiento Rio Turbio	6,539
370	Los Frentones	6,499
371	Victorica	6,454
372	Ingeniero Luis A. Huergo	6,372
373	San Jose	6,341
374	Berrotaran	6,335
375	Adelia Maria	6,323
376	Los Altos	6,310
377	Salsipuedes	6,300
378	Fray Luis Beltran	6,290
379	Trevelin	6,284
380	Senillosa	6,283
381	Capayan	6,247
382	Gobernador Roca	6,204
383	Rada Tilly	6,097
384	Larroque	6,089
385	San Julian	6,032
386	Puerto Libertad	6,032
387	Mocoreta	5,977
388	Suncho Corral	5,976
389	Panambi	5,859
390	Villa General Belgrano	5,777
391	Capiovi	5,749
392	Villa Ojo de Agua	5,721
393	Concepcion del Bermejo	5,719
394	Paso de la Patria	5,707
395	Macia	5,695
396	Ingeniero Jacobacci	5,674
397	Gaiman	5,642
398	Perugorria	5,574
399	Comandante Fontana	5,544
400	Despenaderos	5,534

Population Composition

About 90 percent of the population is of European descent, primarily Spanish or Italian. It is also part of German origin in the country. Between 1857 and 1939, about 5.5 million immigrants came to Argentina, the vast majority from Europe. There was great immigration even after World War II. Since 1950, immigrants have come from neighboring countries to a greater extent, especially from Paraguay and Bolivia. Only a small part of the population counts as indigenous people. Most of the indigenous people live in the north, on the border with Bolivia or Paraguay, or scattered in Patagonia and the Fire Land.

Population Density

The population density varies widely, but the national average is 15.1 residents per km². Parts of Gran Chaco, the Andes and Patagonia are almost empty. The population density is greatest in the humid parts of the pampas, and around Buenos Aires. ²/₃ of the country’s population lives on 20 percent of the area. The Andes Mountains in the northwest also have a relatively close settlement.

Religion

The Constitution states that the state must protect the Catholic Church, which is also the dominant one and comprises about 87.7 percent of the population. Around two of the population are Protestants, but there are also Jewish and Muslim minorities.

Language

The country’s official language and mother tongue for almost the entire population is Spanish. The pronunciation differs from European Spanish, as throughout Latin American Latin America, in that the “play sound” [þ] is pronounced s. Moreover, in the areas around Buenos Aires, they have a special way of pronouncing [lj]: calle pronunciation [kaʒe]. They share this peculiarity with Uruguay. Smaller groups speak indigenous languages.