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{{Infobox place demographics
 | place              = [[Argentina]]
 | image              = [[File:Argentina_2022_population_pyramid.svg|350px]]
 | caption            = [[Population pyramid]] of [[Argentina]] in 2022
<!-- main demographics -->
 | size_of_population = {{increase}} 46,044,703 (2022 census)<ref name="P12-CENSO">{{cite news |access-date=31 January 2023 |periodical=[[Página/12]] |quote=La población argentina tiene actualmente 46.044.703 habitantes, es decir, 5.927.607 de personas más que las relevadas en el último censo, en 2010. En mayo de 2022, pocos días después del relevamiento, el INDEC había difundido los primeros resultados preliminares, que indicaban que la población argentina tenía 47.327.407 habitantes. Sin embargo el dato fue corregido esta tarde. |title=El INDEC difundió los resultados provisionales Censo 2022: 4 datos claves sobre la población argentina |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/520102-censo-2022-4-datos-clave-sobre-la-poblacion-argentina}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
 | density            = {{increase}} 16.46/km2
 | growth             = {{decrease}} 0.2% (2023 est.)
 | birth              = {{decrease}} 10.7 births/1,000 population (2022)<ref name=deis>{{cite web|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/serie_5_nro_66_anuario_vitales_2022_3.pdf|title=Estadísticas Vitales: Información Básica. Argentina - Año 2022|work=[[Ministry of Health (Argentina)]]|date=January 2024|language=es}}</ref>
 | death              = {{decreasePositive}} 8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022)<ref name=deis/>
 | life               = {{increase}} 78.55 years
 | life_male          = {{increase}} 75.49 years
 | life_female        = {{increase}} 81.81 years (2023 est.)<ref name=cia>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina|title=Argentina|work=World Factbook|date=11 April 2023 |publisher=[[CIA]]}}</ref>
 | infant_mortality   = {{decreasePositive}} 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2022)<ref name=deis/>
 | fertility          = {{decrease}} 1.36 children born/woman (2022)<ref name=Renaper>{{Cite web|title=SISTEMA ESTADÍSTICO DE POBLACIÓN Nacimientos en Argentina (2012 - 2022) |url=https://estadisticas.renaper.gob.ar/app_myn/|access-date=2023-11-07 |website=RENAPER -Dirección Nacional de Población}}</ref>
| net_migration       = {{increase}} -0.08 migrant(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/1,000 population (2023 est.)<ref name=cia/>
<!-- age structure -->
 | age_0-14_years     = {{decrease}} 22.0% (male 5,645,070/female 5,316,156)
 | age_15-64_years    = {{increase}} 66.1% (male 14,929,084/female 14,827,733)
 | age_65_years       = {{increaseNegative}} 11.9% (male 2,511,984/female 3,391,820) (2022 census)<ref name=c22>{{cite web|url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/censo2022_indicadores_demograficos.pdf|title=Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022: Indicadores demográficos, por sexo y edad|work=[[INDEC]]|date=November 2023}}</ref>
<!-- sex ratio -->
 | total_mf_ratio     = 0.98 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female (2023 est.)<ref name=cia/>
 | sr_at_birth        = 1.07 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
 | sr_under_15        = 1.06 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
 | sr_15-64_years     = 1.01 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
 | sr_65_years_over   = 0.74 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
<!-- nationality -->
 | nation             = [[Argentines|Argentine]]
| major_ethnic       = [[European Argentine|European]] and [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]](N/D)
| minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Asian Argentines|Asian]] (N/D)
* [[Indigenous peoples in Argentina|Indigenous]] (2.83%)<ref name='Censo 2022'>{{cite news |access-date=8 March 2024 |agency=INDEC |title=Censo 2022 |trans-title=Census 2022 |url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-Tema-2-41-165|website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, República Argentina}}</ref>
** [[Mapuche]] (0.32%)
** [[Guaraní people|Guaraní]] (0.29%)
** [[Diaguita]] (0.19%)
** [[Toba people|Toba]] (0.17%)
** [[Qulla]] (0.15%)
** [[Wichí]] (0.15%)
** Others (1.56%)
* [[Afro-Argentines|African]] (0.65%)<ref name='Censo 2022'/>
{{tree list/end}}}}
<!-- language -->
 | official           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (96.8%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.datosmundial.com/america/argentina/index.php |title=datosmundial.com (Argentina) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417002409/https://www.datosmundial.com/america/argentina/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | spoken             = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Italian language|Italian]] (1.7%)
* [[Southern Quechua|Quechua]] (0.4%)
* Others (1.1%)
{{tree list/end}}}}
}}

This is a [[demographics|demography]] of Argentina including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[Economy of Argentina|economic status]] and other aspects of the population.

As of the {{census-ar|2022}}, [[Argentina]] had a population of 46,044,703<ref name="P12-CENSO">{{cite news |access-date=31 January 2023 |periodical=[[Página/12]] |quote=La población argentina tiene actualmente 46.044.703 habitantes, es decir, 5.927.607 de personas más que las relevadas en el último censo, en 2010. En mayo de 2022, pocos días después del relevamiento, el INDEC había difundido los primeros resultados preliminares, que indicaban que la población argentina tenía 47.327.407 habitantes. Sin embargo el dato fue corregido esta tarde. |title=El INDEC difundió los resultados provisionales Censo 2022: 4 datos claves sobre la población argentina |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/520102-censo-2022-4-datos-clave-sobre-la-poblacion-argentina}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> - a 15.3% increase from the 40,117,096 counted in the {{census-ar|2010}}.<ref name=censo2010>{{cite web|url=http://200.51.91.231/censo2010/|title=Censo 2010 Argentina resultados definitivos: mapas|website=200.51.91.231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901061446/http://200.51.91.231/censo2010/|archive-date=1 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Argentina ranks third in [[South America]] in total population and 33rd globally. The population density is 16.5 people per square kilometer - well below the world average of 62 people. Argentina's population growth rate in 2020 was estimated to be 0.35% annually, with a birth rate of 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 8.3 per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15, at 22%, is somewhat below the world average (25%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 12%.<ref name=c22/> 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 32 years,<ref name=c22/> and [[life expectancy]] at birth is of 78 years.<ref name = "cia.gov1"/> 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<ref name="p12-cc">Página/12, 27 December 2006. [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-78287-2006-12-27.html Los idiomas de los argentinos]</ref> and 5.9% speak Italian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/AR|title=Argentina|website=Ethnologue.com|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

==Cities==
{{See also|List of cities in Argentina by population}}
Argentina is highly urbanized,<ref name="cia.gov1"/> with the ten largest metropolitan areas accounting for half of the population, and fewer than one in ten living in rural areas. About 3&nbsp;million people live in Buenos Aires proper, and including suburban [[Greater Buenos Aires]] the metropolitan area totals around 14&nbsp;million - making it one of the 15 largest urban areas in the world.<ref name=majorcities>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1484 |title=Major Cities |publisher=Government of Argentina |access-date=2009-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919212817/http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1484 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> The metropolitan areas of [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]] and [[Rosario]] have around 1.3&nbsp;million inhabitants each,<ref name=majorcities/> and six other cities ([[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]], [[San Miguel de Tucumán|Tucumán]], [[La Plata]], [[Mar del Plata]], [[Salta]] and [[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]])<ref name=majorcities/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://turismo.municipalidad-salta.gov.ar:8081/ubicacion.aspx |title=Ubicacion |publisher=Directorate-General of Tourism, Municipality of the City of Salta |access-date=2009-09-03 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117032939/http://turismo.municipalidad-salta.gov.ar:8081/ubicacion.aspx |archive-date=17 January 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> have at least half a million people each.

The population is unequally distributed amongst the provinces, with 61% living in the Pampa region (21% of the total area), including 17.5&nbsp;million people in [[Buenos Aires Province]], 4&nbsp;million in [[Córdoba Province (Argentina)|Córdoba Province]], and over 3&nbsp;million each in [[Santa Fe Province]] and the [[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]]. Eight other provinces each have over one million people: Mendoza, Tucumán, Salta, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Corrientes, Chaco, and Santiago del Estero. Tucumán is the most densely populated (with 75 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>, the only Argentine province more densely populated than the world average), while the southern province of Santa Cruz has just 1.4 inhabitant/km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="pop2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/proyecciones_provinciales_vol31.pdf |title=Proyecciones provinciales de población por sexo y grupos de edad 2001–2015 |access-date=2008-06-24 |work=Gustavo Pérez |publisher=[[INDEC]] |page=16 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084227/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/proyecciones_provinciales_vol31.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

In the mid-19th century, a large wave of [[Immigration in Argentina|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 East|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 immigrant receptor countries such as Canada, Brazil, Australia, etc.<ref name="ref1b">{{cite web|url=http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610215422/http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Capítulo VII. Inmigrantes|work=CELS|archive-date=10 June 2007|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor%20and%20Immigration%20in%20LA-2005.pdf |title=European Immigration into Latin America, 1870–1930 |last=Sánchez-Alonso |first=Blanca |publisher=Universidad San Pablo-CEU |location=Madrid |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814202421/http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor%20and%20Immigration%20in%20LA-2005.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2011 }}</ref>

Most of these [[Argentines of European descent|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.<ref name=rock>Rock, David. ''Argentina, 1516–1982.'' University of California Press, 1987.</ref> 

Urban areas reflect the influence of European immigration, and most of the larger ones feature boulevards and diagonal avenues inspired by the [[Haussmann's renovation of Paris|redevelopment of Paris]]. Argentine cities were originally built in a colonial Spanish [[urban planning|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 lighting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edelap.com.ar/120/llego.htm |title=EDELAP&nbsp;– 120 años de alumbrado público |publisher=Edelap.com.ar |access-date=2010-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513053936/http://www.edelap.com.ar/120/llego.htm |archive-date=13 May 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===Provinces and districts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! Flag
! Province/District
! Capital
! Population {{smaller|(2022)<ref name=c22/>}}!!| Rank !!width="30px"| Density {{smaller|(/km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=c22/>}} !!width="30px"| {{smaller|Avg. growth from 2010 census<ref name=censo2010/><ref name=c22/>}} !!width="30px"| Births {{smaller|(2021)<ref name=deis/>}} !!| Rate !!width="30px"| Deaths {{smaller|(2021)<ref name=deis/>}} !!| Rate !!| {{smaller|Infant mortality (2021)<ref name=deis/>}}
|-bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Buenos Aires}}
|\\\\ align="left"| [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires City]] || –
| {{commas|3121707}} || 4 || {{commas|15372.5}} || 0.64 || 26,044 || 8.3 || 36,201 || 11.6 || 4.6
|-bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Buenos Aires Province}}
|align="left"| [[Buenos Aires Province]]
|align="left"| [[La Plata]]
| {{commas|17523996}} || 1 || {{commas|57.1}} || 0.98 || 190,096 || 10.8 || 177,133 || 10.1 || 7.9
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Catamarca}}
|align="left"| [[Catamarca Province]]
|align="left"| [[San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca]]
| {{commas|429562}} || 20 || {{commas|4.2}} || 1.30 || 4,764 || 11.1 || 3,572 || 8.3 || 7.6
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Chaco}}
|align="left"| [[Chaco Province]]
|align="left"| [[Resistencia, Chaco|Resistencia]]
| {{commas|1129606}} || 11 || {{commas|11.5}} || 0.67 || 18,673 || 16.3 || 11,231 || 9.8 || 9.5
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Chubut}}
|align="left"| [[Chubut Province]]
|align="left"| [[Rawson, Chubut|Rawson]]
| {{commas|592621}} || 18 || {{commas|2.7}} || 1.42 || 6,426 || 10.7 || 4,484 || 7.4 || 9.2
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Córdoba}}
|align="left"| [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba Province]]
|align="left"| [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]]
| {{commas|3840905}} || 2 || {{commas|24.1}} || 1.55 || 44,159 || 11.1 || 37,491 || 9.4 || 6.6
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Corrientes}}
|align="left"| [[Corrientes Province]]
|align="left"| [[Corrientes]]
| {{commas|1212696}} || 10 || {{commas|13.6}} || 1.58 || 15,743 || 13.1 || 9,324 || 7.8 || 11.2
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Entre Ríos}}
|align="left"| [[Entre Ríos Province]]
|align="left"| [[Paraná, Argentina|Paraná]]
| {{commas|1425578}} || 8 || {{commas|18.1}} || 1.20 || 16,402 || 11.5 || 13,097 || 9.2 || 9.5
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Formosa}}
|align="left"| [[Formosa Province]]
|align="left"| [[Formosa, Argentina|Formosa]]
| {{commas|607419}} || 17 || {{commas|8.4}} || 1.12 || 8,818 || 14.6 || 5,134 || 8.5 || 11.6
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Jujuy}}
|align="left"| [[Jujuy Province]]
|align="left"| [[San Salvador de Jujuy]]
| {{commas|811611}} || 14 || {{commas|15.0}} || 1.43 || 8,434 || 10.6 || 5,786 || 7.3 || 10.0
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|La Pampa}}
|align="left"| [[La Pampa Province]]
|align="left"| [[Santa Rosa, Argentina|Santa Rosa]]
| {{commas|361859}} || 22 || {{commas|2.6}} || 1.15 || 3,573 || 9.8 || 3,445 || 9.4 || 4.8
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|La Rioja (Argentina)}}
|align="left"| [[La Rioja Province (Argentina)|La Rioja Province]]
|align="left"| [[La Rioja, Argentina|La Rioja]]
| {{commas|383865}} || 21 || {{commas|4.3}} || 1.19 || 4,605 || 12.0 || 3,176 || 8.3 || 10.6
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Mendoza}}
|align="left"| [[Mendoza Province]]
|align="left"| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
| {{commas|2043540}} || 5 || {{commas|13.5}} || 1.23 || 22,903 || 11.4 || 18,086 || 9.0 || 7.0
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Misiones}}
|align="left"| [[Misiones Province]]
|align="left"| [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]]
| {{commas|1278873}} || 9 || {{commas|43.0}} || 1.27 || 20,584 || 16.1 || 9,643 || 7.5 || 8.4
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Neuquén}}
|align="left"| [[Neuquén Province]]
|align="left"| [[Neuquén]]
| {{commas|710814}} || 16 || {{commas|7.7}} || 2.33 || 7,769 || 10.7 || 5,202 || 7.2 || 4.8
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Río Negro (Argentina)}}
|align="left"| [[Río Negro Province]]
|align="left"| [[Viedma]]
| {{commas|750768}} || 15 || {{commas|3.8}} || 1.48 || 8,033 || 10.5 || 6,686 || 8.8 || 8.6
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Salta}}
|align="left"| [[Salta Province]]
|align="left"| [[Salta]]
| {{commas|1441351}} || 7 || {{commas|9.3}} || 1.43 || 20,366 || 14.1 || 10,092 || 7.0 || 8.7
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|San Juan}}
|align="left"| [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan Province]]
|align="left"| [[San Juan, Argentina|San Juan]]
| {{commas|822853}} || 13 || {{commas|9.1}} || 1.54 || 11,147 || 13.6 || 6,891 || 8.4 || 7.3
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|San Luis}}
|align="left"| [[San Luis Province]]
|align="left"| [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]]
| {{commas|542069}} || 19 || {{commas|7.0}} || 1.89 || 6,007 || 11.1 || 4,673 || 8.6 || 9.8
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Santa Cruz}}
|align="left"| [[Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)|Santa Cruz Province]]
|align="left"| [[Río Gallegos]]
| {{commas|337226}} || 23 || {{commas|1.4}} || 1.65 || 3,536 || 10.6 || 2,298 || 6.9 || 7.4
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Santa Fe}}
|align="left"| [[Santa Fe Province]]
|align="left"| [[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz]]
| {{commas|3544908}} || 3 || {{commas|26.7}} || 0.90 || 43,310 || 12.2 || 37,931 || 10.7 || 7.8
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Santiago del Estero}}
|align="left"| [[Santiago del Estero Province]]{{spaces|2}}
|align="left"| [[Santiago del Estero]]
| {{commas|1060906}} || 12 || {{commas|7.7}} || 1.57 || 13,623 || 12.9 || 8,229 || 7.8 || 6.8
|- bgcolor="#f5faff"
|{{flagicon|Tierra del Fuego}}
|align="left"| [[Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)|Tierra del Fuego Province]] {{smallsup|a}}
|align="left"| [[Ushuaia]]
| {{commas|185732}} || 24 || {{commas|8.8}} || 3.43 || 1,753 || 9.2 || 849 || 4.5 || 5.7
|- bgcolor="#d0e7ff"
|{{flagicon|Tucumán}}
|align="left"| [[Tucumán Province]]
|align="left"| [[San Miguel de Tucumán]]{{spaces|2}}
| {{commas|1731820}} || 6 || {{commas|75.6}} || 1.36 || 21,987 || 12.9 || 14,906 || 8.8 || 9.9
|}
{{smaller|<sup>a</sup> Not including claims to the [[Islas Malvinas]] ([[Falkland Islands]]) and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]].}}

==Historical census data==
{{Historical populations
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Portal población|url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/nivel2_default.asp?id_tema=2&seccion=P|website=INDEC|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="uba.ar"/>
| percentages = pagr
|1650 | 298000
|1778 | 420900
|1800 | 551500
|1809 | 609200
|1825 | 766400
|1839 | 926300
|1857 | 1299600
|1869 | 1830214
|1895 | 4044911
|1914 | 7903662
|1947 | 15893811
|1960 | 20013793
|1970 | 23364431
|1980 | 27949480
|1991 | 32615528
|2001 | 36260130
|2010 | 40117096
|2022 | 45892285
}}
Sources: Pantelides and [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina]]<ref name="uba.ar">{{citation|url=http://webiigg.sociales.uba.ar/pobmigra/archivos/Ramiro_Flores/Crecimiento.pdf|pages=2, 10|title=El crecimiento de la población argentina|author=Ramiro A. Flores Cruz|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025124711/http://webiigg.sociales.uba.ar/pobmigra/archivos/Ramiro_Flores/Crecimiento.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Years
! [[Total fertility rate]]s<br>(children/woman)
! [[Crude birth rate]]s
! Age<br>0-14
! Age<br>15-29
! Age<br>30-44
! Age<br>45-59
! Age<br>60-74
! Age<br>75+
|-
| 1869
| 6.8
| 49.1
| {{percentage bar|width=50|45.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|29.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|16.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|7.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|1.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
|-
| 1895
| 7.0
| 44.5
| {{percentage bar|width=50|40.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|27.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|19.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|8.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|2.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|0.7}}
|-
| 1914
| 5.2
| 36.5
| {{percentage bar|width=50|38.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|30.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|17.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|8.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|3.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|0.7}}
|-
| 1947
| 3.2
| 24.7
| {{percentage bar|width=50|30.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|27.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|21.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|13.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|5.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|1.1}}
|-
| 1960
| 3.1
| 22.9
| {{percentage bar|width=50|30.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|23.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|21.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|15.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|7.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|1.6}}
|-
| 1970
| 3.1
| 22.7
| {{percentage bar|width=50|29.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|24.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|19.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|15.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|8.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|2.2}}
|-
| 1980
| 3.4
| 24.8
| {{percentage bar|width=50|30.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|23.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|18.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|15.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|9.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|2.8}}
|-
| 1991
| 2.9
| 21.1
| {{percentage bar|width=50|30.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|23.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|19.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|13.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|9.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|3.3}}
|-
| 2001
| 2.6
| 18.4
| {{percentage bar|width=50|28.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|25.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|18.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|14.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|9.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|4.1}}
|-
| 2010
| 2.4
| 18.5
| {{percentage bar|width=50|25.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|24.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|20.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|15.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|9.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|4.5}}
|-
| 2022
| 1.4
| 10.1
| {{percentage bar|width=50|22.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|23.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|22.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|16.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|11.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=50|5.0}}
|}

==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.<ref name=mitchell>{{cite book|author=B.R. Mitchell|title=International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750–1993|page=79-81; 90-91}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab01.pdf|title=UN Demographic Yearbook: 1997 - Historical Supplement|website=Unstats.un.org}}</ref><ref name=serie5>{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/salud/deis/publicaciones |title=Publicaciones de la DEIS: Serie 5 - Estadísticas Vitales |date=1980–2020}}</ref>

The number of births in 2021 (529,794) was 32% below the record set in 2014, while the number of deaths (436,799) was the highest ever recorded<ref name=deis/> - though as the population of Argentina showed a five-fold increase during the past century, the birth rate in 2021 (11.6) was a record low while the death rate (9.5) rose to its highest since 1947 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=deis/> 

Birth rates were relatively stable from 1934 through 1980,<ref name=mitchell/> and after declining stabilized from 1995 to 2015 - before again declining sharply since then.<ref name=serie5/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="60pt"|Average population (June 30)
! width="60pt"|Live births
! width="60pt"|Deaths
! width="60pt"|Natural change
! width="60pt"|Crude birth rate<br />{{smaller|(per 1000)}}
! width="60pt"|Crude death rate<br />{{smaller|(per 1000)}}
! width="60pt"|Natural change<br />{{smaller|(per 1000)}}
! width="60pt"|Crude migration<br />{{smaller|(per 1000)}}
! width="60pt"|[[Total fertility rate]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.eurosur.org/FLACSO/mujeres/argentina/demo-3.htm|title=Fecundidad|work=[[European Border Surveillance System]]|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227003015/http://www.eurosur.org/FLACSO/mujeres/argentina/demo-3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="60pt"|[[Infant mortality rate]]
|-
| 1910
|6,800,000
| style="color:red"|260,000
|129,000||131,000
|38.3||style="color:red"|18.9||19.4|| ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.26||
|-
| 1911
|7,070,000
|268,000||129,000||139,000
|37.9||18.2||19.7|| 19,3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.24||148.0
|-
| 1912
|7,470,000
|288,000||127,000||161,000
|style="color:blue;"|38.6||17.0||21.6||33.8 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.43||143.0
|-
| 1913
|7,840,000
|298,000||127,000||171,000
|38.0||16.2||style="color:blue;"|21.8||26.6 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.42||130.0
|-
| 1914
|8,000,000
|294,000
| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"|123,000
|171,000
|36.7||15.4||21.3||-1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16||125.0
|-
| 1915
|8,150,000
|288,000||129,000||159,000
|35.3||15.8||19.5||-1.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.94||124.0
|-
| 1916
|8,300,000
|293,000||142,000||151,000
|35.3||17.1||18.2||-0.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.90||124.0
|-
| 1917
|8,450,000
|284,000||136,000||148,000
|33.6||16.1||17.5||0,2 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.64||128.0
|-
| 1918
|8,600,000
|283,000||157,000||126,000
|32.9||18.2||14.7||2.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.51||138.0
|-
| 1919
|8,750,000
|286,000||161,000||125,000
|32.7||18.4||14.3||2.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.45||134.0
|-
| 1920
|8,970,000
|290,000||139,000||151,000
|32.3||15.5||16.8||7.9 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.40||127.0
|-
| 1921
|9,220,000
|302,000||146,000||156,000
|32.8||15.8||17.0||10.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.47||116.0
|-
| 1922
|9,520,000
|315,000||133,000||182,000
|33.1||14.0||19.1||12.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.55||112.0
|-
| 1923
|9,890,000
|336,000||146,000||190,000
|34.0||14.8||19.2||18.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.74||112.0
|-
| 1924
|10,220,000
|335,000||146,000||189,000
|32.8||14.3||18.5||14.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.61||116.0
|-
| 1925
|10,500,000
|334,000||148,000||186,000
|31.8||14.1||17.7||9.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.49||121.0
|-
| 1926
|10,800,000
|337,000||147,000||190,000
|31.2||13.6||17.6||10.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.42||119.0
|-
| 1927
|11,130,000
|342,000||157,000||185,000
|30.7||14.1||16.6||13.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.38||126.0
|-
| 1928
|11,440,000
|352,000||151,000||201,000
|30.8||13.2||17.6||9.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.40||113.0
|-
| 1929
|11,750,000
|355,000||162,000||193,000
|30.2||13.8||16.4||10.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.33||107.0
|-
| 1930
|12,050,000
|355,000||153,000||202,000
|29.5||12.7||16.8||8.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.22||100.0
|-
| 1931
|12,290,000
|350,000||156,000||194,000
|28.5||12.7||15.8||3.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.07||100.0
|-
| 1932
|12,520,000
|352,000||139,000||213,000
|28.1||11.1||17.0||1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.99||95.0
|-
| 1933
|12,730,000
|332,000||150,000||182,000
|26.1||11.8||14.3||2.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.67||87.0
|-
| 1934
|12,940,000
|319,661||143,065||176,596
|24.7||11.1||13.6||2.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.45||96.6
|-
| 1935
|13,150,000
|322,002||162,768||159,234
|24.5||12.4||12.1||3.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.39||105.6
|-
| 1936
|13,370,000
|318,651||150,092||168,559
|23.8||11.2||12.6||3.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.28||96.2
|-
| 1937
|13,610,000
|319,024||154,275||164,749
|23.4||11.3||12.1||5.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.20||95.4
|-
| 1938
|14,202,000
|325,412||161,555||163,857
|22.9||11.4||11.5||31.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.19||105.3
|-
| 1939
|14,397,000
|329,393||149,153||180,240
|22.9||10.4||12.5||1.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.14||91.7
|-
| 1940
|14,591,000
|339,029||151,856||187,173
|23.2||10.4||12.8||0.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.18||90.2
|-
| 1941
|14,796,000
|340,339||148,947||191,392
|23.0||10.1||12.9||0.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.11||84.8 
|-
| 1942
|15,004,000
|338,199||150,030||188,169
|22.5||10.0||12.5||1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.03||86.1
|-
| 1943
|15,216,000
|358,977||150,166||208,811
|23.6||9.9||13.7||0.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.12||79.8
|-
| 1944
|15,441,000
|380,950||154,093||226,857
|24.7||10.0||14.7||-0.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.23||80.7
|-
| 1945
|15,674,000
|388,191||157,785||230,406
|24.8||10.1||14.7||0.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.21||82.1
|-
| 1946
|15,912,000
|387,496||149,895||237,601
|24.4||9.4||14.9||0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.12||79.0
|-
| 1947
|16,109,000
|398,468||158,059||240,409
|24.7||9.7||15.0||-2.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.14||77.1
|-
| 1948
|16,284,000
|413,132||152,648||260,484
|25.4||9.4||16.0||-5.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.19||69.5
|-
| 1949
|16,671,000
|419,656||150,604||269,052
|25.2||9.0||16.1||7.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.18||67.0
|-
| 1950
|17,150,000
|438,766||154,540||284,226
|25.6||9.0||16.6||11.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.26||68.2
|-
| 1951
|17,506,000
|444,326||156,406||287,920
|25.4||9.0||16.5||4.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.26||67.4
|-
| 1952
|17,865,000
|446,156||153,887||292,269
|25.0||8.6||16.4||3.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.22||64.3
|-
| 1953
|18,224,000
|459,734||162,217||297,517
|25.3||8.9||16.4||3.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.27||63.8
|-
| 1954
|18,580,000
|457,559||156,347||301,212
|24.6||8.4||16.2||3.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.21||60.4
|-
| 1955
|18,931,000
|461,293||167,357||293,936
|24.4||8.8||15.5||3.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.20||61.8
|-
| 1956
|19,277,000
|474,142||161,321||312,821
|24.6||8.4||16.2||1.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.24||57.0
|-
| 1957
|19,618,000
|478,368||179,578||298,790
|24.4||9.2||15.2||2.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.24||68.5
|-
| 1958
|19,955,000
|472,865||166,235||306,630
|23.7||8.3||15.4||1.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.16||61.4
|-
| 1959
|20,291,000
|476,211||173,409||302,802
|23.5||8.5||14.9||1.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.15||59.1
|-
| 1960
|20,625,000
|473,038||179,266||293,772
|22.9||8.7||14.2||2.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.08||62.4
|-
| 1961
|20,961,000
|476,259||176,477||299,782
|22.7||8.4||14.3||1.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.06||59.1
|-
| 1962
|21,297,000
|490,414||184,013||306,401
|23.0||8.6||14.4||1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.11||58.7
|-
| 1963
|21,633,000
|491,109||187,492||303,617
|22.7||8.7||14.0||1.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.07||61.8
|-
| 1964
|21,966,000
|496,256||193,141||303,115
|22.6||8.8||13.8||1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.05||58.3
|-
| 1965
|22,297,000
|481,814||196,467||285,347
|21.6||8.8||12.8||2.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.92||56.9
|-
| 1966
|22,622,000
|479,396||194,450||284,946
|21.2||8.6||12.6||1.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.87||53.4
|-
| 1967
|22,945,000
|480,317||195,265||285,052
|20.9||8.5||12.4||1.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.84||55.0
|-
| 1968
|23,273,000
|493,354||213,313||280,041
|21.2||9.2||12.0||2.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.87||59.9
|-
| 1969
|23,617,000
|580,699||222,937||357,762
|24.6||9.4||15.2||-0.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.34||52.5
|-
| 1970
|23,983,000
|544,521||222,113||322,408
|22.7||9.3||13.5||1.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.09||59.1
|-
| 1971
|24,376,000
|564,787||225,000||339,787
|23.2||9.2||14.0||2.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.16||50.0
|-
| 1972
|24,792,000
|559,398||220,000||339,398
|22.6||9.0||13.6||3.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.09||49.0
|-
| 1973
|25,222,000
|561,500||226,000||335,500
|22.3||9.1||13.2||3.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.06||47.0
|-
| 1974
|25,654,000
|602,000||231,000||371,000
|23.5||9.0||14.5||2.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.24||46.0
|-
| 1975
|26,079,000
|620,000||229,000||391,000
|23.8||8.8||15.0||1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.29||44.0
|-
| 1976
|26,493,000
|656,768||240,764||416,004
|24.8||9.1||15.7||-0.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.44||44.4
|-
| 1977
|26,899,000
|661,222||234,430||426,792
|24.6||8.7||15.9||-0.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.43||44.5
|-
| 1978
|27,303,000
|665,000||233,482||431,518
|24.4||8.6||15.8||-1.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.41||40.8
|-
| 1979
|27,712,000
|647,864||234,926||412,938
|23.4||8.5||14.9||-0.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.29||38.5
|-
| 1980
|28,131,000
|697,775||241,125||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|456,650
|24.8||8.6||16.3||-1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.49||33.2
|-
| 1981
|28,562,000
|680,292||241,904||438,388
|23.8||8.5||15.4||-0.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.37||33.6
|-
| 1982
|29,001,000
|663,429||234,926||428,503
|22.9||8.1||14.8||0.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.24||30.5
|-
| 1983
|29,448,000
|655,876||233,071||422,805
|22.3||7.9||14.4||0.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.15||29.7
|-
| 1984
|29,900,000
|635,323||255,591||379,732
|21.3||8.6||12.7||2.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.00||30.4
|-
| 1985
|30,354,000
|650,783||241,377||409,406
|21.5||8.0||13.5||1.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.02||26.2
|-
| 1986
|30,811,000
|675,388||241,004||434,384
|22.0||7.8||14.1||0.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.08||26.9
|-
| 1987
|31,270,000
|668,136||249,882||418,254
|21.4||8.0||13.4||1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.99||26.6
|-
| 1988
|31,729,000
|680,605||254,953||425,652
|21.5||8.1||13.5||1.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.00||25.8
|-
| 1989
|32,187,000
|667,058||252,302||414,756
|20.8||7.9||12.9||1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.89||25.7
|-
| 1990
|32,642,000
|678,644||259,683||418,961
|20.9||8.0||12.9||1.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.89||25.6
|-
| 1991
|33,094,000
|694,776||255,609||439,167
|21.0||7.7||13.3||0.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.91||24.7
|-
| 1992
|33,540,000
|678,761||262,287||416,474
|20.2||7.8||12.4||0.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.79||23.9
|-
| 1993
|33,982,000
|667,518||267,286||400,232
|19.6||7.9||11.8||1.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.70||22.9
|-
| 1994
|34,420,000
|673,787||257,431||416,356
|19.6||style="color:blue;"|7.5||12.1||0.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.68||22.0
|-
| 1995
|34,855,000
|658,735||268,997||389,738
|18.9||7.7||11.2||1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.58||22.2
|-
| 1996
|35,287,000
|675,437||268,715||406,722
|19.1||7.6||11.5||0.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.60||20.9
|-
| 1997
|35,715,000
|692,357||270,910||421,447
|19.4||7.6||11.8||0.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.63||18.8
|-
| 1998
|36,135,000
|683,301||280,180||403,121
|18.9||7.8||11.2||0.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.56||19.1
|-
| 1999
|36,541,000
|686,748||289,543||397,205
|18.8||7.9||10.9||0.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.54||17.6
|-
| 2000
|36,931,000
|701,878||277,148||424,730
|19.0||7.5||11.5||-1.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.57||16.6
|-
| 2001
|37,302,000
|683,495||285,941||397,554
|18.3||7.7||10.7||-0.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.50||16.3
|-
| 2002
|37,657,000
|694,684||291,190||403,494
|18.4||7.7||10.7||-1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.48||16.8
|-
| 2003
|38,001,000
|697,952||302,064||395,888
|18.4||7.9||10.4||-1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.46||16.5 
|-
| 2004
|38,341,000
|736,261||294,051||442,210
|19.2||7.7||11.5||-2.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.57||14.4 
|-
| 2005
|38,681,000
|721,220||293,529||427,691
|18.6||7.6||11.1||-2.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.45||13.3
|-
| 2006
|39,024,000
|696,451||292,313||404,138
|17.8||7.5||10.4||-1.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.37||12.9
|-
| 2007
|39,368,000
|700,792||315,852||384,940
|17.8||8.0||9.8||-1.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.36||13.3
|-
| 2008
|39,714,000
|746,460||301,801||444,659
|18.8||7.6||11.2||-2.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.49||12.5
|-
| 2009<ref>[https://www.argentina.gob.ar/salud/deis/publicaciones Publicaciones de la DEIS, visited june 20 2024]</ref>
|40,134,400
|745,336||304,525||440,811
|18.6||7.6||11.0||-0.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.46||12.1
|-
| 2010
|40,518,851
|756,176||318,602||437,574
|18.5||7.8||10.7||-1.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.47||11.9
|-
| 2011
|40,900,496
|758,042||319,059||438,983
|18.4||7.7||10.7||-1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.45||11.7
|-
| 2012
|41,281,631
|738,318||319,539||418,779
|18.0||7.7||10.2||-1.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.28||11.1
|-
| 2013
|42,203,000
|754,063||326,197||428,406
|17.9||7.7||10.2||11.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.28||10.8
|-
| 2014
|42,669,500
| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"|777,012
|325,539||451,437
|18.2||7.6||10.6||0.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.33||10.6
|-
| 2015
|43,132,000
|770,040||333,407||436,633
|17.9||7.7||10.2||0.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.24||9.7
|-
| 2016
|43,590,000
|728,035||352,992||375,043
|16.7||8.2||8.5||1.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.13||9.7
|-
| 2017
|44,044,811
|704,609
|341,668||362,941
|15.9||7.8||8.1||2.1||2.06||9.3
|-
| 2018
|44,494,502
|685,394||336,823||348,571
|15.4||7.6||7.8||2.3||2.00||8.8
|-
| 2019
|44,938,712
|625,441
|341,728
|283,713
|13.9||7.6||6.3||3.6||1.81||9.2
|-
| 2020
|45,376,763
|533,299
| 376,219
|157,080
|11.8||8.3||3.5||6.3||1.61||8.4
|-
| 2021
| 45,808,747
| 529,724
| style="color:red"|436,799
| style="color:red"|92,995
| 11.6
| 9.5
| style="color:red"|2.1
| 7.5
|1.48
| 8.0
|-
| 2022
| style="color:blue"|46,234,830
| 495,295
| 397,115
| 98,180
| style="color:red"|10.7
| 8.6
| style="color:red"| 2.1
| 7.2
| style="color:red"|1.39
| 8.4
|}

==Structure of the population==
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Argentina}} in {{UN_Population|Year}} - 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.<ref name=cia/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
!rowspan=2| Year
!rowspan=2| Total population
!colspan=3| Population percentage in age bracket
|-
! aged 0–14
! aged 15–64
! aged 65+
|-
| 1950
|17 150 000
|{{percentage bar|31.2}}
|{{percentage bar|64.6}}
|{{percentage bar|4.2}}
|-
| 1955
|18 928 000
|{{percentage bar|31.3}}
|{{percentage bar|63.9}}
|{{percentage bar|4.8}}
|-
| 1960
|20 616 000
|{{percentage bar|30.8}}
|{{percentage bar|63.6}}
|{{percentage bar|5.6}}
|-
| 1965
|22 283 000
|{{percentage bar|30.2}}
|{{percentage bar|63.6}}
|{{percentage bar|6.2}}
|-
| 1970
|23 963 000
|{{percentage bar|29.3}}
|{{percentage bar|63.7}}
|{{percentage bar|7.0}}
|-
| 1975
|26 049 000
|{{percentage bar|29.4}}
|{{percentage bar|63.0}}
|{{percentage bar|7.6}}
|-
| 1980
|28 094 000
|{{percentage bar|30.4}}
|{{percentage bar|61.4}}
|{{percentage bar|8.2}}
|-
| 1985
|30 305 000
|{{percentage bar|31.0}}
|{{percentage bar|60.5}}
|{{percentage bar|8.5}}
|-
| 1990
|32 527 000
|{{percentage bar|30.7}}
|{{percentage bar|60.4}}
|{{percentage bar|8.9}}
|-
| 1995
|34 768 000
|{{percentage bar|29.6}}
|{{percentage bar|61.0}}
|{{percentage bar|9.4}}
|-
| 2000
|36 784 000
|{{percentage bar|28.5}}
|{{percentage bar|61.8}}
|{{percentage bar|9.7}}
|-
| 2005
|38 592 000
|{{percentage bar|27.3}}
|{{percentage bar|62.8}}
|{{percentage bar|9.9}}
|-
| 2010
|40 788 000
|{{percentage bar|25.5}}
|{{percentage bar|64.3}}
|{{percentage bar|10.2}}
|-
| 2015
|43 132 000
|{{percentage bar|25.2}}
|{{percentage bar|64.1}}
|{{percentage bar|10.7}}
|-
| 2020
|45 177 000 
|{{percentage bar|23.6}}
|{{percentage bar|65.0}}
|{{percentage bar|11.4}}
|}

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|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (18.V.2022): <ref>{{Cite web |title=Estructura por sexo y edad de la población: Total del país. Total de población, por sexo registrado al nacer e índice de feminidad, según edad. Año 2022 |url=https://censo.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/c2022_tp_est_c4.xlsx|work=INDEC|date=November 2023}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 22 182 317
| align="right" | 23 704 263
| align="right" | 45 886 580
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 442 339
| align="right" | 1 404 211
| align="right" | 2 846 550
| align="right" | 6.20
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 825 647
| align="right" | 1 773 600
| align="right" | 3 599 247
| align="right" | 7.84
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 845 146
| align="right" | 1 788 414
| align="right" | 3 633 560
| align="right" | 7.92
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 800 681
| align="right" | 1 768 387
| align="right" | 3 569 068
| align="right" | 7.78
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 757 472
| align="right" | 1 779 791
| align="right" | 3 537 263
| align="right" | 7.71
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 755 496
| align="right" | 1 824 075
| align="right" | 3 579 571
| align="right" | 7.80
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 706 782
| align="right" | 1 787 492
| align="right" | 3 494 274
| align="right" | 7.62
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 616 211
| align="right" | 1 692 147
| align="right" | 3 308 358
| align="right" | 7.21
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 617 796
| align="right" | 1 713 874
| align="right" | 3 331 670
| align="right" | 7.26
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 386 629
| align="right" | 1 488 369
| align="right" | 2 874 998
| align="right" | 6.27
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 1 177 301
| align="right" | 1 281 024
| align="right" | 2 458 325
| align="right" | 5.36
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1 044 857
| align="right" | 1 158 048
| align="right" | 2 202 905
| align="right" | 4.80
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 929 041
| align="right" | 1 057 693
| align="right" | 1 986 734
| align="right" | 4.33
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 796 143
| align="right" | 946 014
| align="right" | 1 742 157
| align="right" | 3.80
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 627 993
| align="right" | 799 212
| align="right" | 1 427 205
| align="right" | 3.11
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 424 945
| align="right" | 611 035
| align="right" | 1 035 980
| align="right" | 2.26
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 427 838
| align="right" | 830 877
| align="right" | 1 258 715
| align="right" | 2.74
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 5 113 132
| align="right" | 4 966 225
| align="right" | 10 079 357
| align="right" | 21.97
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 14 792 266
| align="right" | 15 550 900
| align="right" | 30 343 166
| align="right" | 66.12
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 2 276 919
| align="right" | 3 187 138
| align="right" | 5 464 057
| align="right" | 11.91
|-
|}
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{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (27.X.2010): <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-CensoNacional-3-6-Censo-2010|title=Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2010|work=INDEC}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 19 523 766
| align="right" | 20 593 330
| align="right" | 40 117 096
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 697 972
| align="right" | 1 639 680
| align="right" | 3 337 652
| align="right" | 8.32
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 717 752
| align="right" | 1 663 467
| align="right" | 3 381 219
| align="right" | 8.43
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 779 372
| align="right" | 1 724 074
| align="right" | 3 503 446
| align="right" | 8.73
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 785 061
| align="right" | 1 757 006
| align="right" | 3 542 067
| align="right" | 8.83
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 648 456
| align="right" | 1 651 693
| align="right" | 3 300 149
| align="right" | 8.23
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 552 106
| align="right" | 1 578 403
| align="right" | 3 130 509
| align="right" | 7.80
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 523 342
| align="right" | 1 575 371
| align="right" | 3 098 713
| align="right" | 7.72
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 311 528
| align="right" | 1 366 907
| align="right" | 2 678 435
| align="right" | 6.68
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 125 887
| align="right" | 1 184 888
| align="right" | 2 310 775
| align="right" | 5.76
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 067 468
| align="right" | 1 128 882
| align="right" | 2 196 350
| align="right" | 5.48
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 986 196
| align="right" | 1 056 797
| align="right" | 2 042 993
| align="right" | 5.09
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 893 570
| align="right" | 975 380
| align="right" | 1 868 950
| align="right" | 4.66
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 760 914
| align="right" | 860 276
| align="right" | 1 621 190
| align="right" | 4.04
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 588 569
| align="right" | 704 492
| align="right" | 1 293 061
| align="right" | 3.22
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 438 438
| align="right" | 577 459
| align="right" | 1 015 897
| align="right" | 2.53
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 321 481
| align="right" | 480 178
| align="right" | 801 659
| align="right" | 2.00
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 325 654
| align="right" | 668 377
| align="right" | 994 031
| align="right" | 2.48
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 5 195 096
| align="right" | 5 027 221
| align="right" | 10 222 317
| align="right" | 25.48
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 12 654 528
| align="right" | 13 135 603
| align="right" | 25 790 131
| align="right" | 64.29
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 1 674 142
| align="right" | 2 430 506
| align="right" | 4 104 648
| align="right" | 10.23
|-
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| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
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| x = 1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 6.8, 7.07, 7.47, 7.84, 8, 8.15, 8.3, 8.45, 8.6, 8.75, 8.97, 9.22, 9.52, 9.89, 10.22, 10.5, 10.8, 11.13, 11.44, 11.75, 12.05, 12.29, 12.52, 12.73, 12.94, 13.15, 13.37, 13.61, 14.2, 14.4, 14.59, 14.8, 15, 15.22, 15.44, 15.67, 15.91, 16.11, 16.28, 16.67, 17.15, 17.51, 17.86, 18.22, 18.58, 18.93, 19.28, 19.62, 19.95, 20.29, 20.63, 20.96, 21.3, 21.63, 21.97, 22.3, 22.62, 22.95, 23.27, 23.62, 23.98, 24.38, 24.79, 25.22, 25.65, 26.08, 26.49, 26.9, 27.3, 27.71, 28.13, 28.56, 29, 29.45, 29.9, 30.35, 30.81, 31.27, 31.73, 32.19, 32.64, 33.09, 33.54, 33.98, 34.42, 34.85, 35.29, 35.72, 36.13, 36.54, 36.93, 37.3, 37.66, 38, 38.34, 38.68, 39.02, 39.37, 39.71, 40.13, 40.79, 41.26, 41.73, 42.2, 42.67, 43.13, 43.59, 44.04, 44.49, 44.94, 45.17, 45,61

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| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
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| x = 1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

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| xGrid= 10
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96.6,105.6,96.2,95.4,105.3,91.7,90.2,84.8,86.1,79.8,80.7,82.1,79.0,77.1,69.5,67.0,68.2,67.4,64.3,63.8,60.4,61.8,57.0,68.5,61.4,59.1,62.4,59.1,58.7,61.8,58.3,56.9,53.4,55.0,59.9,52.5,59.1,50.0,49.0,47.0,46.0,44.0,44.4,44.5,40.8,38.5,33.2,33.6,30.5,29.7,30.4,26.2,26.9,26.6,25.8,25.7,25.6,24.7,23.9,22.9,22.0,22.2,20.9,18.8,19.1,17.6,16.6,16.3,16.8,16.5,14.4,13.3,12.9,13.3,12.5,12.1,11.9,11.7,11.1,10.8,10.6,9.7,9.7,9.3,8.8,9.2,8.4,8.0

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| type = line
| x = 1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 5.26,5.24,5.43,5.42,5.16,4.94,4.90,4.64,4.51,4.45,4.40,4.47,4.55,4.74,4.61,4.49,4.42,4.38,4.40,4.33,4.22,4.07,3.99,3.67,3.45,3.39,
3.28,3.20,3.19,3.14,3.18,3.11,3.03,3.12,3.23,3.21,3.12,3.14,3.19,3.18,3.26,3.26,3.22,3.27,3.21,3.20,3.24,3.24,3.16,3.15,3.08,3.06,3.11,3.07,
3.05,2.92,2.87,2.84,2.87,3.34,3.09,3.16,3.09,3.06,3.24,3.29,3.44,3.43,3.41,3.29,3.49,3.37,3.24,3.15,3.00,3.02,3.08,2.99,3.00,2.89,2.89,2.91,2.79,2.70,2.68,2.58,2.60,2.63,2.56,2.54,2.57,2.50,2.48,2.46,2.57,2.45,2.37,2.36,2.49,2.46,2.47,2.45,2.36,2.39,2.44,2.39,2.24,2.15,2.08,1.88,1.60,1.58

| y1Title=TFR

}}
{{Hidden end}}

===UN estimates===
The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates of vital statistics of Argentina.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Period
! rowspan=2|Live births<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Deaths<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Natural change<br />per year
! rowspan=2|CBR*
! rowspan=2|CDR*
! rowspan=2|NC*
! rowspan=2|TFR*
! rowspan=2|IMR*
! colspan=3|Life expectancy
|-
! total
! males
! 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 || 702,600|| 341,300|| 361,300||16.0||7.7||8.3||2.08||9||77.1||73.6||80.6
|-
| 2020–2025 || || || ||11.2||8.0||3.2||1.46||||||||
|-
| 2025–2030 || || || ||11.4||7.7||3.7||1.50||||||||
|-
|align="left" colspan="12" | * <small> 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)</small>
|}

==Other demographics statistics==
[[File:Population development of Argentina.svg|thumb|350px|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.<ref name="cia.gov1" />

Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor.<ref name = "cia.gov1"/>

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review.<ref name="WPR 2018">{{citation|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/argentina-population/|title=Argentina Population 2018|website=World Population Review}}</ref>

*One birth every 1 minute
*One death every 1.4 minutes
*One net migrant every 111 minutes
*Net gain of one person every 3 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the [[CIA World Factbook]], unless otherwise indicated.<ref name = "cia.gov1">{{citation|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#people-and-society|title=The World Factbook: Argentina|work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=January 23, 2023}}</ref>

;Population:
:46,245,668 (2022 est.)

;Ethnic groups:
European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry), 97.2%<br />
Amerindian, 2.4%<br />
African, 0.4%
(2010 est.)

;Age structure:
[[File:Argentinapop.svg|350px|thumb|right|Population pyramid of Argentina in 2017]]
[[File:Argentina Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|Estimated [[population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]] by year according to United Nations estimates]]
:''0–14 years:'' 24.02% (male 5,629,188 /female 5,294,723)
:''15–24 years:'' 15.19% (male 3,539,021 /female 3,367,321)
:''25–54 years:'' 39.60% (male 9,005,758 /female 9,002,931)
:''55–64 years:'' 9.07% (male 2,000,536 /female 2,122,699)
:''65 years and over:'' 12.13% (male 2,331,679 /female 3,185,262) (2020 est.)

;Median age:
:total: 32.4 years. Country comparison to the world: 107th
:male: 31.1 years
:female: 33.6 years (2020 est.)

;Birth rate:
:11.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 109th

;Death rate:
:8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 108th

;Total fertility rate:
:1.6 children born/woman (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 92nd

;Net migration rate:
:-0.1 migrant(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 101st

;Population growth rate:
:0.35% (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 121st

[[File:Life expectancy in Argentina.svg|thumb|350px|[[Life expectancy]] in Argentina since 1875]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Argentina -diff.png|thumb|350px|Life expectancy in Argentina since 1960 by gender]]
;Life expectancy at birth:
:total population: 78.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 74th
:male: 75.2 years
:female: 81.6 years (2022 est.)

;Infant mortality rate:
:total: 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)
:male: 9.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)
:female: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)

;Languages:
Spanish (official), Italian, Portuguese, 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]]: 54.3
:youth dependency ratio: 36.0
:elderly dependency ratio: 18.2
:[[potential support ratio]]: 5.5 (2021 est.)

;Urbanization:
:urban population: 92.5% of total population (2020)
:rate of urbanization: 0.97% annual rate of change (2020–25 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:'' 1.07 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''0–14 years:'' 1.06 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''15–24 years:'' 1.06 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''25–54 years:'' 1 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''55–64 years:'' 0.94 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''65 years and over:'' 0.57 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female
:''total population:'' 0.98 male(<span class="ltr">s</span>)/female (2017 est.)

==Ethnic groups==
{{main|Ethnic groups of Argentina|Immigration to Argentina}}
[[File:Ethnic map of Argentina and Uruguay.png|thumb|240px|Ethnic map of Argentina.]]{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Ethnicity in Argentina according to [[CIA World Factbook]] (2022)<ref name="cia.gov1"/>
|label1 = [[White Argentines|European]] and [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]
|value1 = 77.8
|color1 = Blue
|label2 = [[Indigenous peoples in Argentina|Indigenous]]
|value2 = 19.4
|color2 = Red
|label3 = [[Afro-Argentines|African]]
|value3 = 0.4
|color3 = Green
}}

In colonial times, the ethnic composition of Argentina was the result of the interaction of the pre-Columbian indigenous population with a colonizing population of Spanish origin and with sub-Saharan African slaves. Before the middle 19th century, the ethnic make up of Argentina was very similar to that of other countries of [[Latin America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fsigeneticssup.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1875-1768%2809%2900243-1|title=The genetic composition of Argentina prior to the massive immigration era: Insights from matrilineages of extant criollos in central-western Argentina}}</ref><ref name="structure">{{Cite journal|title=Population structure in Argentina|first1=Marina|last1=Muzzio|first2=Josefina M. B.|last2=Motti|first3=Paula B.|last3=Paz Sepulveda|first4=Muh-ching|last4=Yee|first5=Thomas|last5=Cooke|first6=María R.|last6=Santos|first7=Virginia|last7=Ramallo|first8=Emma L.|last8=Alfaro|first9=Jose E.|last9=Dipierri|first10=Graciela|last10=Bailliet|first11=Claudio M.|last11=Bravi|first12=Carlos D.|last12=Bustamante|first13=Eimear E.|last13=Kenny|date=1 May 2018|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=13|issue=5|pages=e0196325|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0196325|pmid=29715266|pmc=5929549|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1396325M|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=High interpopulation homogeneity in Central Argentina as assessed by Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs)|first1=Angelina|last1=García|first2=Darío A.|last2=Dermarchi|first3=Luciana|last3=Tovo-Rodrigues|first4=Maia|last4=Pauro|first5=Sidia M.|last5=Callegari-Jacques|first6=Francisco M.|last6=Salzano|first7=Mara H.|last7=Hutz|first8=Angelina|last8=García|first9=Darío A.|last9=Dermarchi|first10=Luciana|last10=Tovo-Rodrigues|first11=Maia|last11=Pauro|first12=Sidia M.|last12=Callegari-Jacques|first13=Francisco M.|last13=Salzano|first14=Mara H.|last14=Hutz|date=1 September 2015|journal=Genetics and Molecular Biology|volume=38|issue=3|pages=324–331|doi=10.1590/S1415-475738320140260|pmid=26500436|pmc=4612595}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Argentine Population Genetic Structure: Large Variance in Amerindian Contribution|first1=Michael F.|last1=Seldin|first2=Chao|last2=Tian|first3=Russell|last3=Shigeta|first4=Hugo R.|last4=Scherbarth|first5=Gabriel|last5=Silva|first6=John W.|last6=Belmont|first7=Rick|last7=Kittles|first8=Susana|last8=Gamron|first9=Alberto|last9=Allevi|first10=Simon A.|last10=Palatnik|first11=Alejandro|last11=Alvarellos|first12=Sergio|last12=Paira|first13=Cesar|last13=Caprarulo|first14=Carolina|last14=Guillerón|first15=Luis J.|last15=Catoggio|first16=Cristina|last16=Prigione|first17=Guillermo A.|last17=Berbotto|first18=Mercedes A.|last18=García|first19=Carlos E.|last19=Perandones|first20=Bernardo A.|last20=Pons-Estel|first21=Marta E.|last21=Alarcon-Riquelme|date=1 March 2007|journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology|volume=132|issue=3|pages=455–462|doi=10.1002/ajpa.20534|pmid=17177183|pmc=3142769}}</ref> Between 1857 and 1950 Argentina was the country with the second biggest immigration wave in the world, at 6.6&nbsp;million, second only to the United States in the numbers of immigrants received (27&nbsp;million) and ahead of other areas of new settlement like Canada, Brazil and Australia.<ref name="ref1a">{{cite web|url=http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|title=Capítulo VII. Inmigrantes|date=10 June 2007|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610215422/http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|archive-date=10 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="ref2b">{{cite web|url=http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor+and+Immigration+in+LA-2005.pdf|title=European immigration into Latin America, 1870–1930|date=14 August 2011|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814202421/http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor%20and%20Immigration%20in%20LA-2005.pdf|archive-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> However, mass European immigration did not have the same impact in the whole country. According to the 1914 national census, 30% of Argentina's population was foreign-born, including 50% of the people in the city of Buenos Aires, but foreigners were only 2% in the provinces of [[Catamarca Province|Catamarca]] and [[La Rioja Province, Argentina|La Rioja]] (North West region).<ref name="structure"/> Strikingly, at those times, the national population doubled every two decades. This belief is endured in the popular saying ''"los argentinos descienden de los barcos"'' (Argentines descend from the ships). Therefore, most Argentines are descended from the 19th- and 20th-century immigrants of the [[great European immigration wave to Argentina]] (1850–1955),<ref name="Lizcano">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcabJ98-t1wC&pg=PA93|title=Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI|isbn=978-970-757-052-8|author=Fernández, Francisco Lizcano|year=2007|page=93|publisher=Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México }}</ref> with a great majority of these immigrants coming from diverse European countries, particularly Italy and Spain.<ref name="ref1b" />

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Cultural ethnic groups in the late 20th century in Argentina according to the [[Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos|UAEM]]<ref name="GUS2016">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/conver/v12n38/2448-5799-conver-12-38-185-s1.pdf|title=Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI|last= ernández|first=Fran cisco Lizcano |publisher=Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, UAEM|language=es|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Argentines of European descent|European]]
|value1 = 85.0
|color1 = Blue
|label2 = [[Mestizo]]
|value2 = 11.4
|color2 = Purple
|label3 = [[Asian Argentines|Asian]] and [[Arab Argentines|Arab]]
|value3 = 2.2
|color3 = Yellow
|label4 = [[Amerindians|Amerindian]]
|value4 = 1.0
|color4 = Red
|label5 = [[Afro-Argentines|African]] and [[Mulatto]]
|value5 = 0.4
|color5 = Green
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Genetic ancestry of the Argentine [[gene pool]] according to a study, using X-DIPs (matrilineal).<ref name="M. Caputo et al, 2021" />
|label1 = [[White People|European Contribution]] 
|value1 = 52.9
|color1 = Blue
|label2 = [[Amerindian|Amerindian Contribution]]
|value2 = 39.6
|color2 = Red
|label3 = [[Black people|African Contribution]]
|value3 =  7.5
|color3 = Green
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Genetic ancestry of the mixed Argentines autosomal [[gene pool]]<ref name="M. Caputo et al, 2021">{{cite journal|url= https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00438-020-01755-w| title= Ancestral genetic legacy of the extant population of Argentina as predicted by autosomal and X-chromosomal DIPs | year= 2021 | doi= 10.1007/s00438-020-01755-w |access-date=13 February 2021| last1= Caputo | first1= M. | last2= Amador | first2= M. A. | last3= Sala | first3= A. | last4= Riveiro Dos Santos | first4= A. | last5= Santos | first5= S. | last6= Corach | first6= D. | journal= Molecular Genetics and Genomics | volume= 296 | issue= 3 | pages= 581–590 | pmid= 33580820 | s2cid= 231911367 }}</ref>
|label1 = [[White People|European Contribution]]
|value1 = 77.8
|color1 = Blue
|label2 = [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian Contribution]]
|value2 = 17.9
|color2 = Red
|label3 = [[Black people|African Contribution]]
|value3 = 4.2
|color3 = Green
}}

===Indigenous peoples===
{{main|Argentine Amerindians}}
[[File:AborigenesDistribucion.jpg|thumb|upright|240px|Distribution of the Indigenous Peoples in Argentina and The Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)]]
According to the data of [[INDEC]]'s Complementary Survey of Indigenous Peoples (ECPI) 2004–2005, 600,000 officially recognized indigenous people (about 1.4% of the total population) reside in Argentina. The most numerous of these communities are the [[Mapuche]]s, who live mostly in the south, the [[Qulla people|Kollas]] and [[Wichí people|Wichís]], from the northwest, and the [[Guaraní people|Guarani]]s and [[Qom people|Qom]], who live mostly in the northeast.<ref name=encuesta/>
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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Indigenous population of Argentina
|-
! width="100pt" rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | Survey 2004–2005
|-
! width="100pt" | Number
! width="100pt" | %
|-
|align=left|[[Tehuelche people|Aonikenk]]
|10,590
|{{percentage bar|1.8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Atacama people|Atacama]]
|3,044
|{{percentage bar|0.5}}
|-
|align=left|[[Avá-Guaraní]]
|21,807
|{{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
|align=left|[[Aymara people|Aymara]]
|4,104
|{{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Chané people|Chané]]
|4,376
|{{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Charrúa people|Charrúa]]
|4,511
|{{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Iyojwa'ja Chorote language|Chorote]]
|2,613
|{{percentage bar|0.4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Chulupí people|Chulupí]]
|553
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Comechingón]]
|10,863
|{{percentage bar|1.8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Diaguita|Diaguita/diaguita calchaquí]]
|31,753
|{{percentage bar|5.3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Guaraní people|Guaraní]]
|22,059
|{{percentage bar|3.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Querandí|Het]]
|736
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Huarpe people|Huarpe]]
|14,633
|{{percentage bar|2.4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Kolla people|Kolla]]
|70,505
|{{percentage bar|11.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Lule language|Lule]]
|854
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Mapuche people|Mapuche]]
|113,680
|{{percentage bar|18.8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Mbayá people|Mbyá]]
|8,223
|{{percentage bar|1.4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Mocoví people|Mocoví]]
|15,837
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
|align=left|[[Omaguaca]]
|1,553
|{{percentage bar|0.3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Pilagá people|Pilagá]]
|4,465
|{{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Puelche people|Puelche]]
|1,585
|{{percentage bar|0.3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Qom people|Qom]]
|69,452
|{{percentage bar|11.5}}
|-
|align=left|[[Quechua people|Quechua]]
|6,739
|{{percentage bar|1.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Rankulche]]
|10,149
|{{percentage bar|1.7}}
|-
|align=left|[[Sanavirón]]
|563
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ona people|Selknam]]
|696
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Tapieté dialect|Tapiete]]
|524
|{{percentage bar|0.1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Tonocoté]]
|4,779
|{{percentage bar|0.8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Wichí people|Wichí]]
|40,036
|{{percentage bar|6.6}}
|-
|align=left|Others
|3,864
|{{percentage bar|0.6}}
|-
|align=left|Not specified
|102,247
|{{percentage bar|16.0}}
|}

===Afro-Argentines===
{{main|Afro-Argentines}}

[[File:Santiago Lovell.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Santiago Lovell]], Argentine boxer and gold medalist at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]]]
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#Other sports and uses|rabona]]'' and [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla fighter]], who served with the [[Army of the North]] in the [[Argentine War of Independence|war of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ghidoli|first1=María de Lourdes|translator-last=Cronin |translator-first=Kate Adlena |editor-last1=Knight|editor-first1=Franklin W.|editor-last2=Gates|editor-first2=Henry Louis Jr.|title=Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|isbn=978-0-199-93579-6|chapter=Valle, María Remedios del (?–1847)|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199935796.001.0001}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hossein|first=Caroline Shenaz|title=The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dnk2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|year=2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|location=New York, New York|isbn=978-1-137-60047-9|page=120}}</ref>

The black population in Argentina declined since the middle 19th century from 15% of the total population in 1857 (Blacks and [[Mulatto]] people), to less than 0.5% at present (mainly mulattoes and immigrants from [[Cape Verde]]).

[[Afro-Argentine]]s were up to a third of the population during [[Governorate of the Río de la Plata|colonial times]]; most were slaves brought from Africa to work for the criollos. The [[Asamblea del Año XIII|1813 Assembly]] [[Abolition of slavery timeline|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.<ref name="Norma Pérez Martín">{{cite journal|url= http://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/archipielago/article/view/20033/19024| title= LA NEGRITUD PASADO Y PRESENTE EN ARGENTINA | journal= Archipielago. Revista Cultural de Nuestra América |date=2008| volume= 16 | issue= 60 | last1= Martín | first1= Norma Pérez }}</ref>

===Immigration to Argentina===
{{main|Immigration to Argentina}}

====European settlement====

[[File:Lionel Messi WC2022.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Lionel Messi]], the football player with the most titles.]]
As with other areas of new settlement such as [[Demography of Canada|Canada]], [[Demography of Australia|Australia]], the [[Demography of the United States|United States]], [[Demography of Brazil|Brazil]], and [[Demography of New Zealand|New Zealand]], Argentina is considered a country of immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|title=About Argentina|publisher=Government of Argentina|access-date=2009-09-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919230812/http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|archive-date=19 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> When it is considered that Argentina was second only to the United States (27&nbsp;million of immigrants) in the number of immigrants received, even ahead of such other areas of new settlement like Canada, Brazil and Australia;<ref name="ref1a"/><ref name="ref2b"/> and that the country was scarcely populated following its independence, the impact of the [[immigration to Argentina]] becomes evident.<ref name="ref1a"/><ref name="ref2b"/>

In the last national census, based on self-identification, 952,032 Argentines (2.4% of the population) declared to be Amerindians.<ref name=encuesta>{{cite web|url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina]]|title=Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indígenas 2004–2005|language=es|access-date=15 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611004448/http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|archive-date=11 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the 6.2&nbsp;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.
[[File:Carlos Gardel posa para la Revista『Sintonía』leyendo uno de sus ejemplares.png|thumb|right|[[Carlos Gardel]] is the most famous representative of Tango.]]
[[File:Non-native population in Argentina.png|thumb|240px|Immigrant population in Argentina (1869–1991)]]
The majority of these European immigrants came from Spain and Italy.
Thousands of immigrants also came from France, Germany, England, Portugal, Brazil, Switzerland, Wales, Scotland, Poland, Albania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 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]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feditalia.org.ar/arg/federaciones/feditalia_org_fed_regionales.html |title=Federaciones Regionales |publisher=Feditalia.org.ar |access-date=2010-04-25 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502020738/http://www.feditalia.org.ar/arg/federaciones/feditalia_org_fed_regionales.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[Spanish Argentine|Spanish]] immigrants were mainly [[Galician people|Galicians]] and [[Basque Argentine|Basques]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdtradition.net/historical-references.php |title=Historical references |publisher=Cdtradition.net |access-date=2010-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108073617/http://www.cdtradition.net/historical-references.php |archive-date=8 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monografias.com/trabajos14/gallegos/gallegos.shtml |title=Monografías |publisher=Monografias.com |date=7 May 2007 |access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>
Thousands of immigrants also came from [[French Argentine|France]] (notably [[Béarn]] and the [[Northern Basque Country]]), [[German Argentine|Germany]], Switzerland, Denmark, [[Swedish Argentine|Sweden]], Norway, [[Greek Argentine|Greece]], Portugal, Finland, Russia and the United Kingdom.<ref name=nyt85>{{cite news|last=Chavez |first=Lydia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/23/travel/fare-of-the-country-teatime-a-bit-of-britain-in-argentina.html?sec=travel |title=New York Times: A bit of Britain in Argentina |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 June 1985 |access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref> The [[Welsh people|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]].<ref>{{cite book | editor= Diarmuid Ó Néill| first=Paul W. |last=Birt | year=2005 | title=Rebuilding the Celtic Languages | publisher=[[Y Lolfa]] | location=Talybont | page=146 | chapter=Welsh (in Argentina) | isbn=0-86243-723-7}}</ref> Of the 50,000 Patagonians of Welsh descent, about 5,000 are [[Welsh language|Welsh speakers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wales and Argentina |url=http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/wales_and_argentina/wales_and_argentina.aspx |publisher=[[Welsh Assembly Government]] |year=2008 |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=Wales.com website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170650/http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/wales_and_argentina/wales_and_argentina.aspx |archive-date=16 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The community is centered on the cities of [[Gaiman, Chubut|Gaiman]], [[Trelew]] and [[Trevelin]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfQRcvqSW7UC&pg=PA175| first=Peter |last=Berresford Ellis |author-link=Peter Berresford Ellis |year=1983 | title=The Celtic revolution: a study in anti-imperialism | publisher=[[Y Lolfa]] |location=Talybont | pages=175–178 |isbn=0-86243-096-8}}</ref>

====Recent immigrants====
[[File:Immigrants in Argentina (2001).png|thumb|240px|Foreign born residents in Argentina by country of birth<ref>[http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/migracion1.xls Población extranjera empadronada en el país por lugar de nacimiento] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113163041/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/migracion1.xls |date=13 November 2009 }} INDEC</ref>]]
According to the [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina|INDEC]] 1,531,940 of the Argentine resident population in 2001 were born outside Argentina, representing 4.22% of the total Argentine resident population.<ref name="indec.gov.ar">[http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/aquisecuenta/Aqui12.pdf Tendencias recientes de la inmigración internacional] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824231326/http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/aquisecuenta/aqui12.pdf |date=24 August 2007 }} INDEC</ref><ref name="eclac.cl">[http://www.eclac.cl/migracion/imila/ Investigación de la Migración Internacional en Latinoamérica (IMILA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514041701/http://www.eclac.cl/migracion/imila/ |date=14 May 2008 }} Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE). Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).</ref> In 2010, 1,805,957 of the Argentine resident population were born outside Argentina, representing 4.50% of the total Argentine resident population.<ref name="indec.gov.ar"/><ref name="eclac.cl"/><ref>[http://www.indec.gov.ar/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPV2001ARG&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603160343/http://www.indec.gov.ar/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPV2001ARG&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |date=3 June 2014 }} INDEC.</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Cuadro P6. Total del país. Población total nacida en el extranjero por lugar de nacimiento, según sexo y grupos de edad. Año 2010 |url=http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/cuadrosDefinitivos/Total_pais/P6-P_Total_pais.xls |publisher=INDEC |access-date=2011-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902220648/http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/cuadrosDefinitivos/Total_pais/P6-P_Total_pais.xls |archive-date=2 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>  As of July 2023, more than 18,500 Russians have come to Argentina after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Undertones: Inside Russian influencer chats in Argentina |url=https://globalvoices.org/2023/07/20/undertones-inside-russian-influencer-chats-in-argentina/ |website=Global Voices |language=en |date=20 July 2023}}</ref>

[[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")<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patriagrande.gov.ar/ |title=Patria Grande |publisher=Patriagrande.gov.ar |access-date=2010-04-25 |archive-date=23 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723172541/http://www.patriagrande.gov.ar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> to encourage illegal immigrants to regularize their status; so far over 670,000 applications have been processed under the program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/07/21/noticia_0035.html |title=Alientan la mudanza de extranjeros hacia el interior&nbsp;– Sociedad&nbsp;– |publisher=Perfil.com |access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Rank (2010)|| Country of birth || Estimate 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento |url=https://estadisticas.renaper.gob.ar/app_extranjeros/ |website=RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref> || census 2010 || census 2001 || census 1991
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 1 || align=left| {{Flagu|Paraguay}} || align=right| 916,136 || align=right| 550,713|| align=right| 325,046 || align=right| 254,115
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 2 || align=left| {{Flagu|Bolivia}} || align=right| 671,193 || align=right| 345,272 || align=right| 233,464 || align=right| 145,670
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 3 || align=left| {{Flagu|Chile}} || align=right| 209,449 || align=right| 191,147 || align=right| 212,429 || align=right| 247,987
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 4 || align=left| {{Flagu|Colombia}} || align=right| 118,687 || align=right| 177,000 || align=right| 50,250 || align=right| 15,939
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 4 || align=left| {{Flagu|Peru}} || align=right| 291,181 || align=right| 157,514 || align=right| 88,260 || align=right| 15,939
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 5 || align=left| {{Flagu|Italy}} || align=right| 84,437 || align=right| 147,499 || align=right| 216,718 || align=right| 356,923
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 6 || align=left| {{Flagu|Uruguay}} || align=right| 127,813 || align=right| 116,592 || align=right| 117,564 || align=right| 135,406
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 7 || align=left| {{Flagu|Spain}} || align=right| 68,748 || align=right| 94,030 || align=right| 134,417 || align=right| 244,212
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 8 || align=left| {{Flagu|Brazil}} || align=right| 106,023 || align=right| 41,330 || align=right| 34,712 || align=right| 33,966
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 9 || align=left| {{Flagu|China}} || align=right| 52,341 || align=right| 8,929 || align=right| 4,184 || align=right| 2,297
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 10 || align=left| {{Flagu|Germany}} || align=right| 7,888 || align=right| 8,416 || align=right| 10,362 || align=right| 15,451
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 11 || align=left| {{Flagu|South Korea}} || align=right| 9,579 || align=right| 7,321 || align=right| 8,290 || align=right| 8,371
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 12 || align=left| {{Flagu|France}} || align=right| 9,953 || align=right| 6,995 || align=right| 6,578 || align=right| 6,309
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 13 || align=left| {{Flagu|Venezuela}} || align=right| 236,929 || align=right| 6,379 || align=right| 2,774 || align=right| 1,934
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 14 || align=left| {{Flagu|Japan}} || align=right| N/D || align=right| 4,036 || align=right| 4,753 || align=right| 5,674
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 15 || align=left| {{Flagu|Taiwan }} || align=right| N/D || align=right| 2,875 || align=right| 3,511 || align=right| 1,870
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 16 || align=left| {{Flagu|Syria}} || align=right| N/D || align=right| 1,337 || align=right| 2,350 || align=right| N/D
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 17 || align=left| {{Flagu|Lebanon}} || align=right| N/D || align=right| 933 || align=right| 1,619 || align=right| 3,171
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| || align=left| Other countries || align=right| 193,968 || align=right| 121,018 || align=right| 127,683 || align=right| 150,849
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
|colspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|'''TOTAL'''|| align=right|'''3,094,372''' || align=right|'''1,805,957''' || align=right|'''1,531,940''' || align=right|'''1,628,210'''
|}

== Languages ==
{{Main|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|date=December 2009}} The most common variation of Spanish in Argentina is the '''Rioplatense Spanish''' ({{Lang-es|link=no|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 [[You|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 [[languages of Europe|European]] languages (Italian, German, Portuguese, French, [[Patagonian Welsh|Welsh]], [[Swedish Language|Swedish]] and [[Croatian Language|Croatian]], as examples) due to the vast number of immigrants from Europe that came to Argentina.<ref name="cia.gov1"/>

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).<ref name="p12-cc"/>

There are sources of around one million [[Levantine Arabic]] speakers in Argentina,<ref name="LAR"/> as a result of immigration from the Middle East, mostly from Syria and Lebanon.

[[Standard German]] is spoken by around 500,000<ref name="LAR">Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AR Online version: Languages of Argentina], Retrieved on 2007-01-02.</ref><ref>WorldLanguage [http://www.worldlanguage.com/Italian/Countries/Argentina.htm website]. Retrieved on 2007-01-29</ref> Argentines of German ancestry, though the number may be as high as 3,800,000 according to some sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.org/spa/swissinfo.html?siteSect=43&sid=7080052|title=Rápida recuperación económica tras la grave crisis|website=Swissinfo.org|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930215817/http://www.swissinfo.org/spa/swissinfo.html?siteSect=43&sid=7080052|url-status=dead}}</ref> German is the third or fourth most spoken language in Argentina.

There is a prosperous community of Argentine [[Welsh language|Welsh]]-speakers of approximately 25,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AR |title=Language of Argentina |access-date=2008-08-21 |author=Gordon, Raymond G. Jr. |year=2005 |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition |publisher=SIL International |quote=Welsh (25,000) }}</ref> in the province of [[Chubut Province|Chubut]], in the [[Patagonia]] region, who descend from [[Welsh settlement in Argentina|19th century immigrants]].

==Religion==
{{multiple issues|section=yes|1=
{{update|section|date=February 2017}}
{{disputed section|date=November 2017}}
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{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Argentina (2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://es.statista.com/grafico/28553/las-religiones-mas-comunes-en-latinoamerica/ | title=Infografía: Catolicismo y evangelismo: Las dos religiones más comunes en Latinoamérica | date=26 October 2022 }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Catholicism]]
|value1 = 48.9
|color1 = #870074
|label2 = [[Evangelicalism]]
|value2 = 7.0
|color2 = DarkOrchid
|label3 = No religion
|value3 = 39.8
|color3 = White
|label4 = [[Islam]]
|value4 = 1.5
|color4 = Green
|label5 = [[Judaism]]
|value5 = 1.0
|color5 = Blue
|label6 = [[Buddhism]]
|value6 = 0.5
|color6 = Yellow
|label7 = [[Hinduism]]
|value7 = 0.1
|color7 = Orange
|label8 = Others
|value8 = 1.2
|color8 = Black}}
[[File:Catedral de Córdoba, Argentina.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The 17th century [[Cathedral of Córdoba, Argentina|Cathedral of Córdoba]].]]
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but until 1994 the President and Vice President had to be Catholic. The society, [[Culture of Argentina|culture]], and politics of Argentina are deeply imbued with Roman Catholicism.<ref name="georgetown1">{{cite web |url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/countries/argentina |title=Argentina |publisher=[[Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs]] |access-date=2011-12-05}}</ref>

Estimates for the number of Roman Catholics vary from 70% of the population,<ref>Marita Carballo. ''Valores good food here al cambio del milenio'' {{ISBN|950-794-064-2}}. [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/702434 Cited] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513094639/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/702434 |date=13 May 2011 }} in ''La Nación'', 8 May 2005</ref> to as much as 90%.<ref name=stateirf>{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71446.htm|title=Argentina|work=International Religious Freedom Report|publisher=U.S. Department of State|year=2006|access-date=2009-09-01}}</ref> The CIA Factbook lists 92% of the country is Catholic, but only 20% are practicing regularly or weekly at a church service.<ref name="cia.gov1"/> 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.<ref name="stateirf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2003/12/22/i-03001.htm |title=Clarín |publisher=Clarin.com |date=22 December 2003 |access-date=2010-04-25 |archive-date=7 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707022810/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2003/12/22/i-03001.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Islam in Argentina|Muslim Argentines]] number about 500,000–600,000, or approximately 1.5% of the population; 93% of them are [[Sunni]].<ref name=stateirf/> 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 [[atheist]]s (5%). Overall, 24% attended religious services regularly. Protestants were the only group in which a majority regularly attended services.<ref name=creencias>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/08/27/um/encuesta1.pdf |title=Encuesta CONICET sobre creencias|access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Población Argentina por Provincias (2001).png|Population distribution by province
File:Hotel Inmigrantes Buenos Aires.jpg|Built in 1906 to welcome hundreds of newcomers daily, the [[Hotel de Inmigrantes]] is now a national museum.
File:Colectividad_española_de_Trelew.JPG|[[Spanish Argentines]] in the parade for May 25 in [[Trelew]], [[Chubut province|Chubut]].
File:XXXIV_Fiesta_Nacional_del_Inmigrante_-_desfile_-_colectividad_italiana.JPG|[[Italian Argentines]] during the opening parade of the [[Immigrant's Festival]] in [[Oberá]], [[Misiones]]. 
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Argentines]]
* [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina]]
* [[Argentines of European descent|European Argentines]]
* [[Racism in Argentina]]
* [[List of cities in Argentina by population|List of largest cities in Argentina]]
* [[Immigration to Argentina]]
* [[Great European immigration wave to Argentina|Great European immigration]]
* [[Languages of Argentina]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005014331/http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/carto_arg.htm Population cartogram of Argentina]

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{{Ethnic groups in Argentina}}
{{South America in topic|Demographics of}}
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