Population in Argentina compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Argentina and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Argentina	Spain	Argentina	Spain
1960	20,386,045	30,455,000	-	-
1961	20,726,276	30,739,250	1.67%	0.93%
1962	21,072,538	31,023,366	1.67%	0.92%
1963	21,421,705	31,296,651	1.66%	0.88%
1964	21,769,453	31,609,195	1.62%	1%
1965	22,112,629	31,954,292	1.58%	1.09%
1966	22,453,893	32,283,194	1.54%	1.03%
1967	22,799,059	32,682,947	1.54%	1.24%
1968	23,150,583	33,113,134	1.54%	1.32%
1969	23,508,711	33,441,054	1.55%	0.99%
1970	23,878,327	33,814,531	1.57%	1.12%
1971	24,257,208	34,224,490	1.59%	1.21%
1972	24,644,328	34,604,469	1.6%	1.11%
1973	25,046,005	34,988,947	1.63%	1.11%
1974	25,461,351	35,373,335	1.66%	1.1%
1975	25,874,107	35,757,900	1.62%	1.09%
1976	26,282,283	36,137,812	1.58%	1.06%
1977	26,701,805	36,511,638	1.6%	1.03%
1978	27,132,158	36,864,898	1.61%	0.97%
1979	27,568,895	37,191,330	1.61%	0.89%
1980	28,011,596	37,491,165	1.61%	0.81%
1981	28,463,959	37,758,631	1.61%	0.71%
1982	28,924,262	37,986,012	1.62%	0.6%
1983	29,391,332	38,171,525	1.61%	0.49%
1984	29,863,093	38,330,364	1.61%	0.42%
1985	30,336,441	38,469,512	1.59%	0.36%
1986	30,811,980	38,584,624	1.57%	0.3%
1987	31,291,762	38,684,815	1.56%	0.26%
1988	31,780,532	38,766,939	1.56%	0.21%
1989	32,270,948	38,827,764	1.54%	0.16%
1990	32,755,901	38,867,322	1.5%	0.1%
1991	33,230,294	38,966,376	1.45%	0.25%
1992	33,693,527	39,157,685	1.39%	0.49%
1993	34,152,717	39,361,262	1.36%	0.52%
1994	34,613,491	39,549,108	1.35%	0.48%
1995	35,070,020	39,724,050	1.32%	0.44%
1996	35,513,793	39,889,852	1.27%	0.42%
1997	35,947,791	40,057,389	1.22%	0.42%
1998	36,372,860	40,223,509	1.18%	0.41%
1999	36,794,682	40,386,875	1.16%	0.41%
2000	37,213,984	40,567,864	1.14%	0.45%
2001	37,624,825	40,850,412	1.1%	0.7%
2002	38,029,349	41,431,558	1.08%	1.42%
2003	38,424,282	42,187,645	1.04%	1.82%
2004	38,815,916	42,921,895	1.02%	1.74%
2005	39,216,789	43,653,155	1.03%	1.7%
2006	39,622,115	44,397,319	1.03%	1.7%
2007	40,016,763	45,226,803	1%	1.87%
2008	40,424,148	45,954,106	1.02%	1.61%
2009	40,854,831	46,362,946	1.07%	0.89%
2010	41,288,694	46,576,897	1.06%	0.46%
2011	41,730,660	46,742,697	1.07%	0.36%
2012	42,161,721	46,773,055	1.03%	0.06%
2013	42,582,455	46,604,197	1%	-0.36%
2014	43,024,071	46,460,733	1.04%	-0.31%
2015	43,477,012	46,422,303	1.05%	-0.08%
2016	43,900,313	46,458,139	0.97%	0.08%
2017	44,288,894	46,571,232	0.89%	0.24%
2018	44,654,882	46,782,011	0.83%	0.45%
2019	44,973,465	47,118,501	0.71%	0.72%
2020	45,191,965	47,359,424	0.49%	0.51%
2021	45,312,281	47,443,821	0.27%	0.18%
2022	45,407,904	47,786,102	0.21%	0.72%
2023	45,538,401	48,352,528	0.29%	1.19%
2024	45,696,159	48,848,840	0.35%	1.03%
2025	45,851,384	48,827,866	0.34%	-0.04%
2026	46,003,737	48,787,930	0.33%	-0.08%
2027	46,153,348	48,738,456	0.33%	-0.1%
2028	46,299,948	48,683,694	0.32%	-0.11%
2029	46,443,774	48,619,674	0.31%	-0.13%
2030	46,585,029	48,542,955	0.3%	-0.16%
2031	46,723,742	48,454,221	0.3%	-0.18%
2032	46,859,882	48,362,482	0.29%	-0.19%
2033	46,993,528	48,271,264	0.29%	-0.19%
2034	47,124,543	48,177,551	0.28%	-0.19%
2035	47,251,997	48,077,695	0.27%	-0.21%
2036	47,375,364	47,970,911	0.26%	-0.22%
2037	47,494,519	47,860,116	0.25%	-0.23%
2038	47,608,792	47,747,343	0.24%	-0.24%
2039	47,716,834	47,629,540	0.23%	-0.25%
2040	47,817,648	47,504,152	0.21%	-0.26%
2041	47,910,494	47,373,061	0.19%	-0.28%
2042	47,994,515	47,234,914	0.18%	-0.29%
2043	48,069,559	47,092,497	0.16%	-0.3%
2044	48,135,530	46,942,712	0.14%	-0.32%
2045	48,191,844	46,778,501	0.12%	-0.35%
2046	48,237,681	46,604,170	0.1%	-0.37%
2047	48,272,493	46,421,312	0.07%	-0.39%
2048	48,296,034	46,230,109	0.05%	-0.41%
2049	48,308,275	46,024,720	0.03%	-0.44%
2050	48,308,953	45,808,469	0.001%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Argentina increased by 4,278,198 people (a 10.8% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Argentina gained 2,105,059 (a 4.8% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Argentina was ranked 31st most populous country in 2006 and is 35th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Argentina's population will grow by 5.01% to 48,308,953 people with a rank change from 35th to 44th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.