Demographics of Argentina

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date04 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Argentina is projected at 45.70 million, compared to 45.54 million in 2023. It is the third-most populous country in South America and ranks 35th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.34 percent, the 160th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 22.68 million males and 23.02 million females in Argentina. The percentage of the male population is 49.63%, compared to 50.37% of the female population. Argentina has 335k more females than males. The sex ratio in Argentina in 2024 will be 98.546 males per 100 females. Argentina is in the 124th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

Argentina population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
19508,669,6098,348,42817,018,0361.98103.847
19559,443,6169,272,41318,716,0291.76101.846
196010,210,51710,175,52820,386,0451.65100.344
196511,023,95711,088,67322,112,6291.5499.416
197011,854,48312,023,84423,878,3271.5898.591
197512,782,17413,091,93325,874,1071.5697.634
198013,805,84014,205,75628,011,5961.5997.185
198514,936,59315,399,84830,336,4411.5796.992
199016,124,93916,630,96232,755,9011.4796.957
199517,276,67217,793,34835,070,0201.2897.096
200018,343,79818,870,18637,213,9841.1197.210
200519,341,99419,874,79639,216,7891.0497.319
201020,404,97820,883,71641,288,6941.0697.708
201521,537,70221,939,31043,477,0121.0398.169
202022,419,48422,772,48045,191,9650.3498.450
202122,478,11522,834,16645,312,2810.2098.441
202222,527,12922,880,77545,407,9040.2398.454
202322,596,98422,941,41645,538,4010.3598.499
202422,680,71323,015,44645,696,1590.3498.546
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195061.27524.3743.164
195562.70325.0493.139
196064.24225.5273.136
196565.05325.7123.005
197065.64725.8643.085
197566.96525.9583.271
198068.57625.9993.301
198569.87926.0683.066
199071.61526.2923.034
199572.86426.4092.864
200073.91026.8372.591
200575.23127.7542.426
201075.68028.8742.411
201576.60029.8612.350
202075.87831.0801.601
202173.94831.4031.585
202275.80631.7391.482
202377.39532.1221.500
202477.54332.5231.504
  • Total
  • Crude

Argentina death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950166,859443,0929.80526.037
1955170,919470,5349.13225.141
1960176,413492,3638.65424.152
1965195,286500,0048.83122.612
1970218,592557,6849.15423.355
1975235,412644,9729.09824.927
1980248,707692,4468.87924.720
1985255,107683,9748.40922.546
1990256,538723,1937.83222.078
1995265,200734,8457.56220.954
2000281,694719,2767.57019.328
2005289,667717,9027.38618.306
2010314,839756,1447.62518.314
2015323,877768,0237.44917.665
2020381,886533,2288.45011.799
2021440,644529,3399.72511.682
2022399,475496,1158.79710.926
2023349,195503,8237.66811.064
2024353,302506,6097.73211.086
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Argentina

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195011,205,8065,944,53065.339
195513,181,0705,748,27669.633
196015,177,9465,441,12973.611
196517,017,6875,265,70376.369
197018,909,9655,063,09378.880
197521,106,2934,960,68280.969
198023,296,0764,809,81282.887
198525,841,8924,546,89185.038
199028,469,5644,260,17586.984
199530,852,8284,141,98688.164
200033,033,7594,023,69389.142
200535,243,1343,902,35490.031
201037,451,5893,772,30090.849
201539,728,3583,689,40791.503
202041,919,8573,590,54292.111
202142,346,4373,567,98992.229
202242,768,7273,544,54692.347
202343,186,7633,520,25792.463
202443,600,6653,495,16992.579
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Argentina population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,333,451 1,269,938 2,603,390 5.70 105.001
05-09 1,826,706 1,734,572 3,561,278 7.79 105.312
10-14 1,906,456 1,801,049 3,707,505 8.11 105.853
15-19 1,826,551 1,728,784 3,555,334 7.78 105.655
20-24 1,771,110 1,694,045 3,465,155 7.58 104.549
25-29 1,778,822 1,711,900 3,490,723 7.64 103.909
30-34 1,765,306 1,706,424 3,471,730 7.60 103.451
35-39 1,655,630 1,607,882 3,263,512 7.14 102.970
40-44 1,599,727 1,570,812 3,170,539 6.94 101.841
45-49 1,504,405 1,483,052 2,987,456 6.54 101.440
50-54 1,257,866 1,277,695 2,535,560 5.55 98.448
55-59 1,072,770 1,112,720 2,185,490 4.78 96.410
60-64 981,115 1,043,735 2,024,850 4.43 94.000
65-69 832,317 938,705 1,771,022 3.88 88.667
70-74 655,481 810,480 1,465,960 3.21 80.876
75-79 461,092 644,547 1,105,639 2.42 71.537
80-84 267,418 446,579 713,997 1.56 59.881
85-89 127,258 264,287 391,545 0.86 48.151
90-94 44,920 122,924 167,844 0.37 36.543
95-99 10,694 38,420 49,114 0.11 27.834
100+ 1,617 6,899 8,515 0.02 23.438
Total 22,680,712 23,015,449 45,696,158 98.546