Argentina Population
Argentina had an estimated population of 45,851,378 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 35th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.56% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.34% a year.
Argentina at a glance
How Argentina's population is changing
Argentina's population is growing: +0.34% a year, which works out to about +155,482 people per year, or +426 a day. Births (11.1 per 1,000) and deaths (7.7 per 1,000) alone would give +0.34% a year; net migration adds about 2,859 people a year (+0.01%). Roughly one in every 179 people on Earth lives in Argentina.
Population of Argentina since 1960
In 1960, Argentina had 20,386,045 people. By 2025 that was 45,851,378 — 2.2× larger. The fastest growth came between 1972 and 1982, when the population rose by 17%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20,386,045 | — |
| 1970 | 23,878,327 | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 28,011,596 | +17.3% |
| 1990 | 32,755,901 | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 37,213,984 | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 41,288,694 | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 45,191,965 | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 45,851,378 | +1.5% |
Argentina from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Argentina at about 534,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 45,851,379 in 2025 (86× 1800) and projects 38,255,992 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2050 at 48,308,945 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 534,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 1,088,372 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 4,685,089 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 17,018,032 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 37,213,986 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 45,851,379 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 48,308,945 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 45,115,120 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 38,255,992 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Argentina
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 45,851,378. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 14,017,736 | UN urban centre | 30.57% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Córdoba | 1,460,491 | UN urban centre | 3.19% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Rosario | 1,151,717 | UN urban centre | 2.51% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Mendoza | 1,027,849 | UN urban centre | 2.24% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 5 | San Miguel de Tucumán | 959,565 | UN urban centre | 2.09% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | La Plata | 742,952 | UN urban centre | 1.62% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Mar del Plata | 614,979 | UN urban centre | 1.34% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Salta | 613,956 | UN urban centre | 1.34% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 9 | San Juan | 464,466 | UN urban centre | 1.01% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Resistencia | 406,337 | UN urban centre | 0.89% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
How Argentina compares
Argentina has almost the same population as Iraq (47,020,774).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Argentina | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #33 |  Algeria | 47,435,312 | +3% | compare → |
| #34 |  Iraq | 47,020,774 | +3% | compare → |
| #36 |  Afghanistan | 43,844,111 | −4% | compare → |
| #37 |  Yemen | 41,773,878 | −9% | compare → |
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Same region (Latin America & Caribbean): Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile.
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Land neighbours (5)
Brazil 212,812,405 · 4.6× the population · compare
Chile 19,859,921 · 2.3× smaller · compare
Bolivia 12,581,843 · 3.6× smaller · compare
Paraguay 7,013,078 · 6.5× smaller · compare
Uruguay 3,384,688 · 13.5× smaller · compare
Argentina's 5 neighbours together hold 255,651,935 people — 5.6× Argentina's population. The most populous is Brazil (212,812,405).
In its region
Argentina is the 4th most populous of the 42 economies in Latin America & Caribbean, holding 6.9% of the region's 666,592,570 people.
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Cities
Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, San Miguel de Tucumán, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Salta — all Argentina's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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