Demographics of Argentina

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Argentina is projected at 45.60 million, up by 0.91% compared with 45.20 million in 2020. Argentina is ranked 32nd in terms of population and 118th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.75 million births in Argentina in 2021. That is 2,056 per day, which is ranked 40th. The crude birth rate is 16.46 per 1000 people. There are 0.35 million deaths in Argentina in 2021. That is 950 per day, which is ranked 30th. The crude death rate is 7.60 per 1000 people.

42.35 million people are living in urban areas, which is 92.23% of Argentina population. Argentina is ranked 27th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Argentina in 2021 is 95.304 males per 100 females. There are 22.25 million males and 23.35 million females in Argentina. The percentage of female population is 51.2% compare to 48.8% male population. Argentina has 1.1 million more females than males. Argentina is at 43rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Argentina population

Year Population Growth (%)
195017,037,912-
195518,443,3091.88
196018,789,4181.67
196520,146,3131.54
197020,481,7791.54
197521,824,4251.58
198022,159,6501.55
198523,517,6111.61
199023,880,5611.46
199525,462,3021.24
200025,865,7761.11
200527,471,0361.04
201027,896,5281.02
201529,737,0931.03
201630,216,2791.01
201730,698,9640.99
201831,184,4150.97
201931,668,9490.95
202045,195,7740.93
202145,605,8260.91
  • Total
  • Crude

Argentina death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950162,666446,7599.4125.93
1955162,504467,0938.6624.87
1960175,568486,9308.5723.77
1965196,615507,4288.8722.91
1970214,538552,3848.9723.09
1975229,759645,0388.8824.91
1980240,218689,6038.6024.72
1985251,970692,2968.3322.89
1990265,981724,6688.1622.23
1995276,636726,6127.9520.88
2000289,303719,3517.8419.50
2005302,349728,5467.7818.73
2010315,532743,2697.7118.15
2015328,929755,7437.6417.55
2020343,462752,0597.6016.64
2021346,615750,3597.6016.46
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Argentina

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195011,205,8065,944,530-65.339
195513,181,0705,748,2763.1269.633
196015,177,9465,441,1292.7273.611
196517,017,6875,265,7032.2076.369
197018,909,9655,063,0932.1878.880
197521,106,2934,960,6822.1680.969
198023,296,0764,809,8121.9882.887
198525,841,8924,546,8912.0685.038
199028,469,5644,260,1751.8886.984
199530,852,8284,141,9861.5088.164
200033,033,7594,023,6931.3389.142
200535,243,1343,902,3541.2790.031
201037,451,5893,772,3001.2290.849
201539,728,3583,689,4071.1591.503
202041,919,8573,590,5421.0492.111
202142,346,4373,567,9891.0292.229
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Argentina population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,897,888 1,827,730 3,725,618 8.17 103.839
05-09 1,897,598 1,828,872 3,726,470 8.17 103.758
10-14 1,841,553 1,776,141 3,617,694 7.93 103.683
15-19 1,805,166 1,745,230 3,550,396 7.78 103.434
20-24 1,763,347 1,714,430 3,477,777 7.63 102.853
25-29 1,779,148 1,745,946 3,525,094 7.73 101.902
30-34 1,683,437 1,680,778 3,364,215 7.38 100.158
35-39 1,561,073 1,579,642 3,140,715 6.89 98.824
40-44 1,535,070 1,583,698 3,118,768 6.84 96.929
45-49 1,322,077 1,401,076 2,723,153 5.97 94.362
50-54 1,122,980 1,218,091 2,341,071 5.13 92.192
55-59 1,011,726 1,129,677 2,141,403 4.70 89.559
60-64 886,664 1,020,291 1,906,955 4.18 86.903
65-69 753,398 910,029 1,663,427 3.65 82.788
70-74 591,087 773,272 1,364,359 2.99 76.440
75-79 398,219 591,869 990,088 2.17 67.282
80-84 234,602 412,755 647,357 1.42 56.838
85-89 117,884 255,211 373,095 0.82 46.191
90-94 42,638 121,331 163,969 0.36 35.142
95-99 8,290 31,504 39,794 0.09 26.314
100+ 741 3,664 4,405 0.01 20.224
Total 22,254,586 23,351,237 45,605,823 95.304