Area and Population

Argentina: Area and Population

Area, Population and Density


Area (sq km)	2,780,403^*
Population (census results)^†
17–18 November 2001	36,260,130
27 October 2010
Males	19,523,766
Females	20,593,330
Total	40,117,096
Population (official projections at mid-year)
2020	45,376,763
2021	45,808,747
2022	46,234,830
Density (per sq km) at mid-2022	16	.6

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

^† Figures exclude adjustment for underenumeration

Population by Age and Sex (official projections at mid-2022)


	Males	Females	Total
0–14 years	5,713,119	5,388,826	11,101,945
15–64 years	14,721,421	14,931,281	29,652,702
65 years and over	2,274,938	3,205,245	5,480,183
Total	22,709,478	23,525,352	46,234,830

Administrative Divisions (official projections at mid-2022)


	Area (sq km)	Population	Density (per sq km)		Capital
Buenos Aires—City	203	3,081,550	15,180	.0	—
Buenos Aires—Province	307,571	17,875,743	58	.1	La Plata
Catamarca	102,602	422,476	4	.1	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
Chaco	99,633	1,227,736	12	.3	Resistencia
Chubut	224,686	639,294	2	.8	Rawson
Córdoba	165,321	3,835,738	23	.2	Córdoba
Corrientes	88,199	1,139,604	12	.9	Corrientes
Entre Ríos	78,781	1,410,908	17	.9	Paraná
Formosa	72,066	614,706	8	.5	Formosa
Jujuy	53,219	787,436	14	.8	San Salvador de Jujuy
La Pampa	143,440	364,322	2	.5	Santa Rosa
La Rioja	89,680	403,727	4	.5	La Rioja
Mendoza	148,827	2,030,061	13	.6	Mendoza
Misiones	29,801	1,288,476	43	.2	Posadas
Neuquén	94,078	680,726	7	.2	Neuquén
Río Negro	203,013	766,387	3	.8	Viedma
Salta	155,488	1,459,378	9	.4	Salta
San Juan	89,651	797,697	8	.9	San Juan
San Luis	76,748	520,845	6	.8	San Luis
Santa Cruz	243,943	383,827	1	.6	Río Gallegos
Santa Fe	133,007	3,589,999	27	.0	Santa Fe
Santiago del Estero	136,351	998,093	7	.3	Santiago del Estero
Tierra del Fuego	21,571	181,983	8	.4	Ushuaia
Tucumán	22,524	1,734,118	77	.0	San Miguel de Tucumán
Total	2,780,403	46,234,830	16	.6	—

Principal Localities (population by provincial capital or departamento, official projections at mid-2022)


Buenos Aires (capital)	3,081,550^*	San Fernando (Chaco)	450,608
Córdoba	1,467,867	Confluencia (Neuquén)	435,156
Rosario (Santa Fe)	1,304,168	Corrientes	418,880
Salta	646,956	Paraná (Entre Ríos)	382,741
(San Miguel de) Tucumán	613,557	Posadas (Misiones)	379,374
Santa Fe	592,604	General Roca (Río Negro)	378,623

^* The population of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration, including the capital city, was estimated to be 14,582,864. The population of the Province of Buenos Aires, excluding the capital city, was 17,875,743. Principal settlements within the Province of Buenos Aires included La Matanza 2,374,149; La Plata 724,010; Quilmes 679,375; General Pueyrredón 662,430; Lomas de Zamora 652,937; Merlo 620,307; Almirante Brown 605,271; Moreno 558,068; Florencio Varela 533,446; Tigre 478,432; Lanús 462,693; General San Martín 426,556; Esteban Echeverría 383,538; Berazategui 372,889; Malvinas Argentinas 366,479; Avellaneda 358,512; Tres de Febrero 344,172; Morón 317,584; Bahía Blanca 311,175

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)
2015	770,040	17	.9	118,809	2	.8	333,407	7	.7
2016	728,035	16	.7	119,334	2	.7	352,992	8	.1
2017	704,609	16	.0	127,378	2	.9	341,688	7	.8
2018	685,394	15	.4	124,218	2	.8	336,823	7	.6
2019	625,441	13	.9	123,397	2	.7	341,728	7	.6

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

Life expectancy (years at birth, estimates): 76.7 (males 73.2; females 80.0) in 2019

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database

Economically Active Population (labour force survey of 31 urban agglomerations, persons aged 10 years and over, 2006)


	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	59,242	13,640	72,882
Fishing	8,215	821	9,036
Mining and quarrying	34,127	5,687	39,814
Manufacturing	988,343	422,321	1,410,664
Electricity, gas and water	38,066	5,991	44,057
Construction	854,764	29,917	884,681
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	1,263,477	755,160	2,018,637
Hotels and restaurants	213,854	166,975	380,829
Transport, storage and communications	557,431	86,613	644,044
Financial intermediation	95,938	93,497	189,435
Real estate, renting and business activities	528,349	281,460	809,809
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	444,379	324,337	768,716
Education	185,900	620,900	806,800
Health and social work	163,470	426,735	590,205
Other community, social and personal services	317,127	229,607	546,734
Private households with employed persons	18,151	778,801	796,952
Extraterritorial organizations and bodies	2,031	164	2,195
Sub-total	5,772,864	4,242,626	10,015,490
Activities not adequately described	13,854	11,161	25,015
Total employed	5,786,718	4,253,787	10,040,505
Unemployed	488,935	560,263	1,049,198
Total labour force	6,275,653	4,814,050	11,089,703

2021 (labour force survey of 31 agglomerations at April–June, '000 persons aged 10 years and over): Total employed 11,981; Unemployed 1,273; Total labour force 13,254.

Citation: Area and Population (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 23 January 2022 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.2

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