The current population of Argentina is 45,973,765 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 45,696,159 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Argentina has had an average growth rate of 0.86% per year.
- Argentina is projected to reach 48.3M people in 2050.
- Argentina is ranked 35/197 by population and was ranked 30th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 39.2M people to 46M (17.2% growth in 20 years).
- Argentina accounts for 0.56% of the world's population.
Argentina population clock
Argentina
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
45973765
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 35/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.56% | N/A |
| One net population change |
3.33 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.04 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.51 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +432 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +157,758 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.35% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 143/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.54 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +3,454 | N/A |
Argentina population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20,386,045 | - |
| 1961 | 20,726,276 | 1.67% |
| 1962 | 21,072,538 | 1.67% |
| 1963 | 21,421,705 | 1.66% |
| 1964 | 21,769,453 | 1.62% |
| 1965 | 22,112,629 | 1.58% |
| 1966 | 22,453,893 | 1.54% |
| 1967 | 22,799,059 | 1.54% |
| 1968 | 23,150,583 | 1.54% |
| 1969 | 23,508,711 | 1.55% |
| 1970 | 23,878,327 | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 24,257,208 | 1.59% |
| 1972 | 24,644,328 | 1.6% |
| 1973 | 25,046,005 | 1.63% |
| 1974 | 25,461,351 | 1.66% |
| 1975 | 25,874,107 | 1.62% |
| 1976 | 26,282,283 | 1.58% |
| 1977 | 26,701,805 | 1.6% |
| 1978 | 27,132,158 | 1.61% |
| 1979 | 27,568,895 | 1.61% |
| 1980 | 28,011,596 | 1.61% |
| 1981 | 28,463,959 | 1.61% |
| 1982 | 28,924,262 | 1.62% |
| 1983 | 29,391,332 | 1.61% |
| 1984 | 29,863,093 | 1.61% |
| 1985 | 30,336,441 | 1.59% |
| 1986 | 30,811,980 | 1.57% |
| 1987 | 31,291,762 | 1.56% |
| 1988 | 31,780,532 | 1.56% |
| 1989 | 32,270,948 | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 32,755,901 | 1.5% |
| 1991 | 33,230,294 | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 33,693,527 | 1.39% |
| 1993 | 34,152,717 | 1.36% |
| 1994 | 34,613,491 | 1.35% |
| 1995 | 35,070,020 | 1.32% |
| 1996 | 35,513,793 | 1.27% |
| 1997 | 35,947,791 | 1.22% |
| 1998 | 36,372,860 | 1.18% |
| 1999 | 36,794,682 | 1.16% |
| 2000 | 37,213,984 | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 37,624,825 | 1.1% |
| 2002 | 38,029,349 | 1.08% |
| 2003 | 38,424,282 | 1.04% |
| 2004 | 38,815,916 | 1.02% |
| 2005 | 39,216,789 | 1.03% |
| 2006 | 39,622,115 | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 40,016,763 | 1% |
| 2008 | 40,424,148 | 1.02% |
| 2009 | 40,854,831 | 1.07% |
| 2010 | 41,288,694 | 1.06% |
| 2011 | 41,730,660 | 1.07% |
| 2012 | 42,161,721 | 1.03% |
| 2013 | 42,582,455 | 1% |
| 2014 | 43,024,071 | 1.04% |
| 2015 | 43,477,012 | 1.05% |
| 2016 | 43,900,313 | 0.97% |
| 2017 | 44,288,894 | 0.89% |
| 2018 | 44,654,882 | 0.83% |
| 2019 | 44,973,465 | 0.71% |
| 2020 | 45,191,965 | 0.49% |
| 2021 | 45,312,281 | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 45,407,904 | 0.21% |
| 2023 | 45,538,401 | 0.29% |
| 2024 | 45,696,159 | 0.35% |
| 2025 | 45,851,384 | 0.34% |
| 2026 | 46,003,737 | 0.33% |
| 2027 | 46,153,348 | 0.33% |
| 2028 | 46,299,948 | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 46,443,774 | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 46,585,029 | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 46,723,742 | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 46,859,882 | 0.29% |
| 2033 | 46,993,528 | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 47,124,543 | 0.28% |
| 2035 | 47,251,997 | 0.27% |
| 2036 | 47,375,364 | 0.26% |
| 2037 | 47,494,519 | 0.25% |
| 2038 | 47,608,792 | 0.24% |
| 2039 | 47,716,834 | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 47,817,648 | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 47,910,494 | 0.19% |
| 2042 | 47,994,515 | 0.18% |
| 2043 | 48,069,559 | 0.16% |
| 2044 | 48,135,530 | 0.14% |
| 2045 | 48,191,844 | 0.12% |
| 2046 | 48,237,681 | 0.1% |
| 2047 | 48,272,493 | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 48,296,034 | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 48,308,275 | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 48,308,953 | 0.001% |
Argentina has a population of 46M as of 2025, compared to 43.5M in 2015, 39.2M in 2005, and 35.1M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.57% per year. Argentina is ranked 138th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Argentina will have 48,191,844 people (4.82% growth) with a rank change from 35th to 40th.
By the year 2100, Argentina's population is projected to decline by 16.8% to 38.3M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Argentina
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Buenos Aires | 3.12M |
| Cordoba | 1.33M |
| Rosario | 1.19M |
| San Miguel de Tucuman | 606K |
| Mar del Plata | 593K |
| Salta | 535K |
| San Juan | 471K |
| Lanus | 459K |
| Santiago del Estero | 430K |
| Santa Fe | 406K |
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Argentina population statistics
|
Argentina
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 35.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 33.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 43.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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