Demographics of Argentina

Demographics of Argentina
Population pyramid of Argentina in 2022
Population	46,044,703 (2022 census)[1]
Density	16.46/km2
Growth rate	0.2% (2023 est.)
Birth rate	10.7 births/1,000 population (2022)[2]
Death rate	8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022)[2]
Life expectancy	78.55 years
• male	75.49 years
• female	81.81 years (2023 est.)[3]
Fertility rate	1.36 children born/woman (2022)[4]
Infant mortality rate	8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2022)[2]
Net migration rate	-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)[3]
Age structure
0–14 years	22.0% (male 5,645,070/female 5,316,156)
15–64 years	66.1% (male 14,929,084/female 14,827,733)
65 and over	11.9% (male 2,511,984/female 3,391,820) (2022 census)[5]
Sex ratio
Total	0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)[3]
At birth	1.07 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years	1.01 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.74 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Argentine
Major ethnic	European and Multiracial(N/D)
Minor ethnic	Asian (N/D) Indigenous (2.83%)[6] Mapuche (0.32%) Guaraní (0.29%) Diaguita (0.19%) Toba (0.17%) Qulla (0.15%) Wichí (0.15%) Others (1.56%) African (0.65%)[6]
Language
Official	Spanish (96.8%)[7]
Spoken	Italian (1.7%) Quechua (0.4%) Others (1.1%)

This is a demography of Argentina including population density, ethnicity, economic status and other aspects of the population.

As of the 2022 census [INDEC], Argentina had a population of 46,044,703^[1] - a 15.3% increase from the 40,117,096 counted in the 2010 census [INDEC].^[8]

Argentina ranks third in South America in total population and 33rd globally. The population density is 16.5 people per square kilometer - well below the world average of 62 people. Argentina's population growth rate in 2020 was estimated to be 0.35% annually, with a birth rate of 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 8.3 per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15, at 22%, is somewhat below the world average (25%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 12%.^[5] The percentage of senior citizens in Argentina has long been second only to Uruguay in Latin America and well above the world average, which is currently 9.8%.

The median age is approximately 32 years,^[5] and life expectancy at birth is of 78 years.^[9] According to an official cultural consumption survey conducted in 2006, 42.3% of Argentines speak English (though only 15.4% of those claimed to have a high level of English comprehension), 9.3% speak Portuguese^[10] and 5.9% speak Italian.^[11]