Demographics of Argentina

Demographics of Argentina
Demographics of Argentina
	Population pyramid of Argentina in 2024
Population	47,010,761 (2025)
Density	16.9076/km2
Growth rate	0.23% (2023 est.)
Birth rate	9.9 births/1,000 population (2023)
Death rate	7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023)
Life expectancy	78.8 years
• male	75.8 years
• female	82.0 years (2024 est.)
Fertility rate	1.39 children born/woman (2022)
Infant mortality rate	8.0 deaths/1,000 live births (2023)
Net migration rate	-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	20.1% (male 4,812,709/female 4,636,022)
15–64 years	67.7% (male 15,923,617/female 15,914,994)
65 and over	12.2% (male 2,441,497/female 3,279,977) (2025)
Sex ratio
Total	0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
At birth	1.07 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years	1.01 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.74 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Argentine
Major ethnic	White (N/D) European (N/D) Italian (N/D); Spanish (N/D); French (N/D); German (N/D); Other (N/D); ; Arab (N/D) Lebanese (N/D); Syrian (N/D); Other (N/D); ; Armenian (N/D); Turkish (N/D); Afrikaner (N/D); Other (N/D); ; ;
Minor ethnic	Mixed (N/D) Mestizo (N/D); Pardo (N/D); Other (N/D); ; Native (2.83%) Mapuche (0.32%); Guaraní (0.29%); Diaguita (0.19%); Toba (0.17%); Qulla (0.15%); Wichí (0.15%); Other (1.56%); ; East Asian (N/D) Chinese (N/D); Japanese (N/D); Korean (N/D); Other (N/D); ; Black (0.66%) Angolan (N/D); Cape Verdean (N/D); Senegalese (N/D); Other (N/D); ; Indian (N/D); ;
Language
Official	Spanish (96.8%)
Spoken	Italian (1.7%); Quechua (0.4%); Others (1.1%); ;

This is a demography of Argentina including population density, ethnicity, economic status, age and other aspects of the population.

As of the 2022 census [INDEC], Argentina had a population of 46,044,703 - a 15.3% increase from the 40,117,096 counted in the 2010 census [INDEC].

Argentina ranks third in South America in total population and 33rd globally. The country's population density is of 16.9 people per square kilometer of land area - well below the world average of 62 people. Argentina's population growth rate in 2023 was estimated to be 0.23% annually, with a birth rate of 9.9 per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 7.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15, at 20%, is well below the world average (25%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 12%. 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 34 years, and life expectancy at birth is of 78 years. 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 and 5.9% speak Italian.