Area and Population

Argentina: Area and Population

Area, Population and Density


Area (sq km)	2,780,403^*
Population (census results)^†
15 May 1991	32,615,528
17–18 November 2001
Males	17,659,072
Females	18,601,058
Total	36,260,130
Population (official estimates at mid-year)
2006	38,970,611
2007	39,356,383
2008	39,745,613
Density (per sq km) at mid-2008	14	.3

^* 1,073,519 sq miles. The figure excludes the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Antarctic territory claimed by Argentina

^† Figures exclude adjustment for underenumeration, estimated to have been 0.9% at the 1991 census

Provinces (official estimates at mid-2008)


	Area (sq km)	Population	Density (per sq km)		Capital
Buenos Aires—City	203	3,042,581	14,988	.1	—
Buenos Aires—Province	307,571	15,052,177	48	.9	La Plata
Catamarca	102,602	388,416	3	.8	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
Chaco	99,633	1,052,185	10	.6	Resistencia
Chubut	224,686	460,684	2	.1	Rawson
Córdoba	165,321	3,340,041	20	.2	Córdoba
Corrientes	88,199	1,013,443	11	.5	Corrientes
Entre Ríos	78,781	1,255,787	15	.9	Paraná
Formosa	72,066	539,883	7	.5	Formosa
Jujuy	53,219	679,975	12	.8	San Salvador de Jujuy
La Pampa	143,440	333,550	2	.3	Santa Rosa
La Rioja	89,680	341,207	3	.8	La Rioja
Mendoza	148,827	1,729,660	11	.6	Mendoza
Misiones	29,801	1,077,987	36	.2	Posadas
Neuquén	94,078	547,742	5	.8	Neuquén
Río Negro	203,013	597,476	2	.9	Viedma
Salta	155,488	1,224,022	7	.9	Salta
San Juan	89,651	695,640	7	.8	San Juan
San Luis	76,748	437,544	5	.7	San Luis
Santa Cruz	243,943	225,920	0	.9	Río Gallegos
Santa Fe	133,007	3,242,551	24	.4	Santa Fe
Santiago del Estero	136,351	865,546	6	.3	Santiago del Estero
Tierra del Fuego	21,571	126,212	5	.9	Ushuaia
Tucumán	22,524	1,475,384	65	.5	San Miguel de Tucumán
Total	2,780,403	39,745,613	14	.3	—

Principal Towns (population at 2001 census) ^*


Buenos Aires (capital)	2,776,138	Malvinas Argentinas^†	290,691
Córdoba	1,267,521	Berazategui^†	287,913
La Matanza^†	1,255,288	Bahía Blanca^†	284,776
Rosario	908,163	Resistencia	274,490
Lomas de Zamora^†	591,345	Vicente López^†	274,082
La Plata^†	574,369	San Miguel^†	253,086
General Pueyrredón^†	564,056	Posadas	252,981
San Miguel de Tucumán	527,150	Esteban Echeverría^†	243,974
Quilmes^†	518,788	Paraná	235,967
Almirante Brown^†	515,556	Pilar^†	232,463
Merlo^†	469,985	San Salvador de Jujuy	231,229
Salta	462,051	Santiago del Estero	230,614
Lanús^†	453,082	José C. Paz^†	230,208
General San Martín^†	403,107	Guaymallén	223,365
Moreno^†	380,503	Neuquén	201,868
Santa Fe	368,668	Formosa	198,074
Florencio Varela^†	348,970	Godoy Cruz	182,563
Tres de Febrero^†	336,467	Escobar^†	178,155
Avellaneda^†	328,980	Hurlingham^†	172,245
Corrientes	314,546	Las Heras	169,248
Morón^†	309,380	Ituzaingó	158,121
Tigre^†	301,223	San Luis	153,322
San Isidro^†	291,505	San Fernando^†	151,131

^* In each case the figure refers to the city proper. At the 2001 census the population of the Buenos Aires agglomeration was 12,045,921

^† Settlement within the Province of Buenos Aires

Mid-2007 ('000, incl. suburbs, UN estimates): Buenos Aires 12,795; Córdoba 1,452; Rosario 1,203; Mendoza 893; San Miguel de Tucumán 803

Source: UN, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision

Births, Marriages and Deaths


	Registered live births			Marriages			Registered deaths
	Number	Rate (per 1,000)		Number	Rate (per 1,000)		Number	Rate (per 1,000)
1999	686,748	18	.8	147,649	4	.0	289,543	7	.9
2000	701,878	19	.0	141,027	3	.8	277,148	7	.5
2001	683,495	18	.2	130,533	3	.5	285,941	7	.6
2002	694,684	18	.3	122,343	3	.3	291,190	7	.7
2003	697,952	18	.4	129,049	3	.4	302,064	8	.0
2004	736,261	19	.3	128,212	3	.4	294,051	7	.7
2005	712,220	18	.5	132,720	3	.4	293,529	7	.6
2006	696,451	17	.9	134,496	3	.5	292,313	7	.5

Sources: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información en Salud (DEIS) and UN, Demographic Yearbook and Population and Vital Statistics Report

Expectation of life (years at birth, WHO estimates): 75.0 (males 71.5; females 78.4) in 2006

Source: WHO, World Health Statistics

Economically Active Population (persons aged 14 years and over, census of November 2001)


	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	805,293	92,228	897,521
Fishing	11,843	1,632	13,475
Mining and quarrying	35,068	2,911	37,979
Manufacturing	966,056	279,488	1,245,544
Electricity, gas and water	76,428	13,737	90,165
Construction	621,598	16,968	638,566
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	1,287,017	624,364	1,911,381
Hotels and restaurants	168,929	132,755	301,684
Transport, storage and communication	629,188	88,385	717,573
Financial intermediation	111,717	74,796	186,513
Real estate, renting and business activities	456,005	255,746	711,751
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	649,790	319,490	969,280
Education	200,538	730,387	930,925
Health and social work	197,282	394,824	592,106
Other community, social and personal services	266,782	186,202	452,984
Private households with employed persons	85,213	701,219	786,432
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies	1,084	917	2,001
Activities not adequately described	243,200	184,107	427,307
Total employed	6,813,031	4,100,156	10,913,187
Unemployed	2,212,776	2,138,820	4,351,596
Total labour force	9,025,807	6,238,976	15,264,783

2003 (labour force survey of 31 urban agglomerations at May, ’000 persons aged 10 years and over): Total employed 8,570.8 (males 4,887.7, females 3,683.1); Unemployed 1,583.6; Total labour force 10,154.4 (males 5,836.7, females 4,317.7).; 2006 (labour force survey of 28 urban agglomerations at January–March, '000 persons aged 10 years and over): Total employed 9,565; Unemployed 1,233; Total labour force 10,798.

Citation: Area and Population (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 21 November 2008 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.2

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