World Factbook
Argentina
República Argentina
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
99.1% (2020 est.)
female
99.2% (2020 est.)
total population
99.1% (2020 est.)
Languages
Languages
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Quechua, Guarani, Mapudungun)
major-language sample(s)
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Roman Catholic 62.9%, Evangelical 15.3% (Pentecostal 13%, other Evangelical 2.3%), Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1.4%, other 1.2% (includes Muslim, Jewish), none 18.9% (includes agnostic and atheist), unspecified 0.3% (2019 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.01 male(s)/female
total population
0.98 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.74 male(s)/female
Birth rate
10.47 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
7.94 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
32.1 years
total
34.6 years (2025 est.)
female
34.6 years
Population
male
22,535,980
total
45,418,098 (2025 est.)
female
22,882,118
Nationality
noun
Argentine(s)
adjective
Argentine
Tobacco use
male
26.9% (2025 est.)
total
21.9% (2025 est.)
female
17.1% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
92.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
23.3% (male 5,632,983/female 5,301,778)
15-64 years
63.9% (male 15,071,215/female 14,956,069)
65 years and over
12.8% (2024 est.) (male 2,570,596/female 3,461,743)
Ethnic groups
European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Indigenous ancestry) 97.2%, Indigenous 2.4%, African descent 0.4% (2010 est.)
Child marriage
women married by age 15
2.4% (2020)
women married by age 18
15.5% (2020)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
49.9 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
30.3 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
5.1 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
19.6 (2025 est.)
Physician density
5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
9.7% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
3.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.43 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: urban
urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: (2020 est.) NA
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
5.9% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
14% national budget (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
9.9 deaths/1,000 live births
total
7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
7.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.26% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.69 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
one third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated
Life expectancy at birth
male
75.8 years
female
82 years
total population
78.8 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
33 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
3.62 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
7.95 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Córdoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucumán, 914,000 La Plata (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
28.3% (2016)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
49.7% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2% (2018 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
17 years (2022 est.)
total
19 years (2022 est.)
female
21 years (2022 est.)