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Argentina population

Argentina population now

46,040,769

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 45.8–46.3 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 45,538,401

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
46.0037 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 45.8–46.3 million
Median age
34.3
Aged 65+
12.9%
2023 | 2024 peak 2050

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

ARG · 1950–2100 · in brief

Argentina in numbers

45,538,401 people lived in Argentina in mid-2023: 0.56% of the world's people, and the 34th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 2.7 times its 1950 population of 17.0 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2050 at 48.3 million, then falling to 38.3 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 25.9 million to 54.5 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2050 on.

The median age was 25.4 in 1950 and 33.1 in 2023; the projection has 52.7 in 2100. 12.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 34.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2035 at 32.7 million.

By size it is the 34th country in 2023; the projection puts it 43rd in 2050 and 55th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Spain in 2035, South Korea in 2043 and Italy in 2060. It is overtaken by Iraq in 2024, Afghanistan in 2027 and Yemen in 2029.

Population, mid-2023
45,538,401
Rank by population, 2023
34 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.56%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+0.29% · +130,497 people
People per km² of land, 2023
17
Land area, 2023
2,736,690 km²
Births, 2023
503,823
Deaths, 2023
349,195
Net migration, 2023
+4,133
Children per woman, 2023
1.50
Median age, 2023
33.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
77.4 years
In a city, 2025
64 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
17,018,037
Projected, mid-2050
48,308,944
Projected, mid-2100
38,255,989

ARG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2050estimates | projections010 m20 m30 m40 m50 m60 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Argentina, 1950–2100
Argentina: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate16,849,682443,092166,8593.1661.3
1951estimate17,186,391450,310164,6383.1661.7
1952estimate17,526,543456,457159,9393.1662.5
1953estimate17,871,212461,876163,3843.1562.5
1954estimate18,211,391465,811161,7953.1463.1
1955estimate18,551,034470,534170,9193.1462.7
1956estimate18,881,023476,402164,7813.1563.6
1957estimate19,218,906479,273174,4743.1463.2
1958estimate19,547,163477,922165,7863.1064.2
1959estimate19,881,344488,560173,1303.1464.1
1960estimate20,217,875492,363176,4133.1464.2
1961estimate20,554,215494,461176,6573.1264.6
1962estimate20,898,337500,531183,5773.1364.6
1963estimate21,246,740503,504186,4483.1164.9
1964estimate21,596,670504,485193,4553.0864.8
1965estimate21,942,237500,004195,2863.0065.0
1966estimate22,283,022501,007197,0242.9765.4
1967estimate22,624,763511,715202,8322.9865.5
1968estimate22,973,355525,320212,8763.0165.2
1969estimate23,327,811541,333222,2283.0565.1
1970estimate23,689,611557,684218,5923.0865.7
1971estimate24,067,043571,733226,8563.1165.6
1972estimate24,447,373587,110229,2553.1366.0
1973estimate24,841,283604,141233,2803.1766.2
1974estimate25,250,727623,622235,5133.2266.4
1975estimate25,671,974644,972235,4123.2767.0
1976estimate26,076,241663,228240,9113.3267.0
1977estimate26,488,325680,351238,7133.3667.6
1978estimate26,915,285688,694240,2823.3668.0
1979estimate27,349,030692,524242,5873.3468.4
1980estimate27,788,760692,446248,7073.3068.6
1981estimate28,234,433690,240247,7573.2568.9
1982estimate28,693,485687,567255,6273.2069.0
1983estimate29,155,038683,884257,7313.1569.3
1984estimate29,627,626686,243262,9703.1269.3
1985estimate30,098,560683,974255,1073.0769.9
1986estimate30,574,321690,120253,3823.0570.3
1987estimate31,049,639694,917251,5383.0470.7
1988estimate31,533,884706,153250,4533.0571.1
1989estimate32,027,180710,333249,3493.0271.5
1990estimate32,514,716723,193256,5383.0371.6
1991estimate32,997,086728,216253,2513.0172.0
1992estimate33,463,502732,042258,8082.9972.1
1993estimate33,923,553737,559262,7702.9772.3
1994estimate34,381,880741,217259,2662.9472.7
1995estimate34,845,103734,845265,2002.8672.9
1996estimate35,294,937725,246267,0562.7873.1
1997estimate35,732,648717,421266,4762.7173.4
1998estimate36,162,935716,801276,6312.6673.4
1999estimate36,582,785722,777278,7542.6473.7
2000estimate37,006,579719,276281,6942.5973.9
2001estimate37,421,389712,599282,0382.5374.2
2002estimate37,828,262711,232286,3832.4974.3
2003estimate38,230,436707,388297,2522.4574.3
2004estimate38,618,128710,123292,1632.4374.9
2005estimate39,013,703717,902289,6672.4375.2
2006estimate39,419,876719,581294,9872.4075.3
2007estimate39,824,354718,989316,0762.3774.8
2008estimate40,209,172746,330303,8592.4375.4
2009estimate40,639,124744,841305,5352.4075.6
2010estimate41,070,538756,144314,8392.4175.7
2011estimate41,506,849758,343309,6082.3976.1
2012estimate41,954,472736,973325,4472.3075.8
2013estimate42,368,971752,967331,2752.3375.8
2014estimate42,795,940775,263324,7882.3976.3
2015estimate43,252,203768,023323,8772.3576.6
2016estimate43,701,821737,028345,2612.2476.1
2017estimate44,098,806715,490340,2372.1776.5
2018estimate44,478,982684,660338,6052.0776.8
2019estimate44,830,781625,199345,2291.8876.8
2020estimate45,116,150533,228381,8861.6075.9
2021estimate45,267,779529,339440,6441.5874.0
2022estimate45,356,784496,115399,4751.4875.8
2023estimate45,459,024503,823349,1951.5077.4
2024estimate45,617,778506,609353,3021.5077.5
2025projection45,774,54045.7–45.8 million508,067357,2491.5077.7
2026projection45,928,21545.8–46.1 million510,178361,4681.5177.8
2027projection46,079,25345.8–46.3 million511,892365,7441.5178.0
2028projection46,227,43145.9–46.6 million513,145369,8771.5178.1
2029projection46,372,46245.9–46.8 million515,188374,0301.5178.3
2030projection46,515,06746.0–47.1 million517,557378,5891.5178.4
2031projection46,654,97746.0–47.3 million519,318382,7601.5178.6
2032projection46,792,49446.0–47.6 million521,170387,0611.5278.7
2033projection46,927,26046.0–47.9 million523,037391,0731.5278.9
2034projection47,059,77346.0–48.1 million524,247395,2591.5279.0
2035projection47,189,29846.0–48.4 million524,661399,6961.5279.2
2036projection47,314,69045.9–48.7 million525,141404,2751.5279.3
2037projection47,436,04045.9–48.9 million525,160408,7101.5279.5
2038projection47,552,98445.8–49.2 million523,826412,7101.5279.6
2039projection47,664,59145.8–49.5 million521,265417,3001.5279.8
2040projection47,769,05545.7–49.8 million517,924421,2461.5279.9
2041projection47,866,23445.7–50.0 million513,384425,3991.5280.1
2042projection47,954,76245.6–50.2 million508,623429,6631.5280.2
2043projection48,034,25145.5–50.5 million504,109433,9851.5380.4
2044projection48,104,87145.5–50.8 million498,754438,0271.5380.5
2045projection48,166,18745.4–51.0 million493,165442,4231.5380.7
2046projection48,217,49545.2–51.3 million486,359446,6181.5380.8
2047projection48,257,86145.1–51.5 million479,207450,5201.5381.0
2048projection48,287,12344.9–51.7 million471,757454,4891.5381.1
2049projection48,304,93044.8–51.9 million464,691458,5321.5381.3
2050projection48,311,61944.6–52.2 million457,195463,1581.5481.4
2051projection48,306,26844.4–52.4 million448,778467,7191.5481.5
2052projection48,287,92744.2–52.6 million440,994472,6091.5481.7
2053projection48,256,81144.0–52.7 million432,670477,3141.5481.8
2054projection48,212,66343.8–52.8 million425,296481,9041.5482.0
2055projection48,156,56343.6–53.0 million417,825486,9221.5482.1
2056projection48,087,89543.4–53.1 million410,439492,0171.5482.3
2057projection48,006,82143.2–53.2 million403,935496,9641.5482.4
2058projection47,914,39942.9–53.3 million398,676502,2671.5582.5
2059projection47,811,32842.7–53.4 million395,074507,6481.5582.7
2060projection47,699,32442.4–53.5 million391,621513,3531.5582.8
2061projection47,578,05342.2–53.6 million389,420519,1061.5583.0
2062projection47,448,90041.8–53.6 million387,776524,6021.5583.1
2063projection47,312,59541.5–53.8 million387,021530,4011.5583.2
2064projection47,169,78041.2–53.9 million386,141535,6971.5583.4
2065projection47,020,80540.8–54.0 million385,614540,8851.5583.5
2066projection46,866,01940.5–54.1 million385,644546,0791.5583.6
2067projection46,706,12840.1–54.2 million385,249551,1431.5583.8
2068projection46,540,83139.8–54.3 million384,520556,5881.5583.9
2069projection46,369,22939.4–54.3 million383,421561,3431.5584.0
2070projection46,191,79639.0–54.3 million382,377565,4471.5684.2
2071projection46,009,15338.6–54.3 million380,438569,4901.5684.3
2072projection45,820,61338.1–54.4 million378,940573,0791.5684.4
2073projection45,627,03937.7–54.4 million376,353576,4821.5684.5
2074projection45,427,36737.4–54.5 million373,308580,2331.5684.7
2075projection45,221,00237.1–54.6 million370,602582,9381.5684.8
2076projection45,009,24336.7–54.6 million366,905585,6611.5684.9
2077projection44,791,01236.3–54.7 million363,438588,0831.5685.1
2078projection44,567,12335.9–54.7 million358,779590,5731.5685.2
2079projection44,335,88135.4–54.7 million354,725592,7831.5685.3
2080projection44,098,30734.9–54.8 million350,288594,9521.5785.4
2081projection43,854,14834.6–54.8 million345,318596,4951.5685.5
2082projection43,603,55934.1–54.9 million340,512598,2171.5685.7
2083projection43,346,31733.7–54.8 million336,213599,9721.5785.8
2084projection43,082,97233.2–54.9 million331,639600,8961.5785.9
2085projection42,814,27032.8–54.8 million327,373602,1681.5786.0
2086projection42,539,99732.3–54.8 million323,296602,4241.5786.1
2087projection42,261,32531.8–54.7 million319,619602,6521.5786.3
2088projection41,978,71031.3–54.7 million316,253603,2731.5786.4
2089projection41,692,26330.9–54.7 million312,681603,5381.5786.5
2090projection41,401,96730.4–54.7 million308,694603,1231.5786.6
2091projection41,108,10630.0–54.8 million305,982602,8961.5786.7
2092projection40,811,76129.5–54.8 million303,435602,3661.5786.8
2093projection40,513,22029.1–54.7 million301,395601,8681.5787.0
2094projection40,213,21928.6–54.6 million299,674600,6741.5787.1
2095projection39,912,66728.2–54.5 million297,667599,7401.5787.2
2096projection39,611,05027.7–54.5 million296,221598,5671.5787.3
2097projection39,309,19727.2–54.5 million294,969597,0641.5887.4
2098projection39,007,60226.8–54.5 million293,833595,5301.5887.5
2099projection38,706,44226.4–54.6 million292,511593,5381.5887.6
2100projection38,405,79425.9–54.5 million291,062591,1841.5887.7
Show the numbers: Argentina, mid-2026, by single year of age
Argentina: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0258,865246,517
1257,618245,296
2256,402244,202
3253,608241,610
4259,983247,618
5269,272256,406
6293,436279,366
7331,686315,696
8354,462337,241
9367,823349,440
10381,298361,564
11391,040370,305
12387,246366,239
13377,506356,597
14378,654357,464
15383,042361,767
16379,036358,305
17376,010355,568
18369,038348,806
19361,578342,006
20360,138341,709
21356,490339,547
22352,784336,955
23352,166336,934
24352,657337,954
25353,905339,544
26355,670341,455
27354,246340,393
28351,941338,724
29352,996340,328
30356,352343,884
31359,352346,962
32358,984347,010
33355,740344,214
34352,525341,150
35349,408338,264
36344,145333,356
37339,038328,654
38334,232324,388
39329,158319,888
40325,164316,526
41322,602314,896
42320,678314,155
43318,874313,606
44318,420313,670
45317,798312,900
46316,548311,328
47313,929308,254
48308,940303,738
49300,579296,754
50290,115287,694
51279,671279,075
52268,631270,238
53257,580261,190
54247,976253,372
55238,617245,352
56229,946237,626
57222,235230,540
58214,771223,510
59208,257217,616
60203,981214,068
61202,235213,267
62200,017212,166
63195,902209,122
64190,372204,855
65184,610200,718
66178,928196,940
67171,420191,399
68164,592186,590
69158,904183,058
70151,890178,128
71144,443172,680
72137,139167,356
73129,649161,688
74121,769155,484
75113,672148,904
76105,429141,442
7797,806134,702
7890,248128,283
7981,868120,215
8073,382111,518
8165,194102,920
8257,38694,415
8350,07486,018
8443,33077,788
8537,19669,793
8631,67562,110
8726,73054,792
8822,36747,924
8918,52641,514
9015,10235,502
9112,04829,871
929,40424,728
937,19820,236
945,40816,356
954,00012,982
962,91510,058
972,0937,595
981,4725,563
991,0073,931
100+1,7187,730

ARG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Argentina, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

ARG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Argentina

On the UN's projection, Argentina will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2035: 32,664,100 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 29,876,100.

100 aged 15–64
34 children
19 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 18 years: 2026–2043.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

ARG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Argentina, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Argentina gains 3,011 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 551 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 100 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 60,480 (1950) and the most it lost was 23,687 (2001).

In 2024, 1,958,039 people living in Argentina had been born in another country, 4 of every 100 people there, against 5 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

ARG · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Argentina

Of every 100 babies born in Argentina in 2023, 9 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 20 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
11 · 75 · 14
2023
9 · 71 · 20
2050 · projected
3 · 64 · 33

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023
503,823
Average age when women have a baby
29.1 years
28.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
26
60 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Argentina by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,1492,5933,2951,01420143
15–1945,97382,395106,57845,18115,4985,334
20–24126,012184,596198,710110,54065,32234,642
25–29127,157178,985180,772126,54494,66478,551
30–3479,172113,491133,836119,573133,03393,928
35–3947,90659,42973,27676,446111,82360,666
40–4413,49120,34821,13423,19934,98516,819
45–492,1503,0231,6751,3261,6691,079
50–54821120000
All babies443,092644,972719,276503,823457,195291,062

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

ARG · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Argentina

Of the 74.6 years a baby born in Argentina in 2021 could expect, about 64.8 would be lived in full health (95% range 64.1–65.6). That leaves 9.8 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

66.2 in full health, 11.4 not: 77.6 years

Men

63.4 in full health, 8.2 not: 71.6 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 66.2 healthy years of 77.6. Men: 63.4 of 71.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.9.

ARG · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Argentina

At the end of 2025, Argentina was hosting 183,098 people who had crossed a border into it, about 4 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad183,098
  2. Argentina nationals abroad5,163

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 5,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Argentina living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 1,172 people asked for asylum in Argentina for the first time; 1,710 people from Argentina asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Argentina whose claims were decided that year, 10 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

ARG · of every 100 people

How people live in Argentina

Of every 100 people in Argentina in 2025, 64 lived in a city, 22 in a town or suburb and 14 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

1.6 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 10.3 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

ARG · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Argentina went in school

Of every 100 adults in Argentina in 2020, 2 never went to school and 50 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 11 some primary 30 finished primary 7 finished lower secondary 30 finished upper secondary 20 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2040; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2065.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

ARG · cities · 2025

Cities in Argentina

Argentina had 77 cities in 2025, home to 29.3 million people. The largest, Buenos Aires, holds 31 of every 100 people in Argentina.

  1. Buenos Aires14,017,736
  2. Cordoba1,460,491
  3. Rosario1,151,717
  4. Mendoza1,027,849
  5. San Miguel de Tucumán959,565
  6. La Plata742,952
  7. Mar del Plata614,979
  8. Salta613,956
  9. San Juan464,466
  10. Resistencia406,337
All 15 cities in Argentina that reach 300,000 people

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Argentina are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.