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Languages

Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)

Ethnic Groups

White (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%
Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
%

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

Urbanization

Urban population: 91.8% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 1.04% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 24.72% (male 5,590,165/female 5,259,163)

15-24 years - : 15.43% (male 3,461,288/female 3,312,056)

25-54 years - : 39.24% (male 8,593,500/female 8,627,846)

55-64 years - : 9.14% (male 1,948,179/female 2,064,463)

65 years and over - : 11.46% (male 2,104,830/female 2,925,258) (2016 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 56.5%

Youth dependency ratio: 39.4%

Elderly dependency ratio: 17.1%

Potential support ratio: 5.8% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 31.5 years

Male: 30.3 years

Female: 32.7 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 105

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.05 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.71 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 77.1 years

Male: 74 years

Female: 80.4 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 77

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 3.6% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.39% (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

26.5% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

2.3% (2005)

Education Expenditures

5.3% of GDP (2013)

Literacy

Definition: age 10 and over can read and write

Total population: 98.1%

Male: 98%

Female: 98.1% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 17 years

Male: 16 years

Female: 18 years (2013)

Year

Population

  • 43,886,748

Nationality

  • Argentine(s) noun


  • Argentine adjective


Religions

  • Nominally Roman Catholic Less Than Practicing
    9,220.00%
  • Protestant
    2.00%
  • Jewish
    2.00%
  • Other
    4.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    0.93% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 17 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • BUENOS AIRES (capital) 15.18
    million
  • Cordoba
    1.511 million
  • Rosario
    1.381 million
  • Mendoza
    1.009 million
  • San Miguel de
    Tucuman 910,000
  • La Plata
    846,000 (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 4.8% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 3.86 physicians/1,000 population (2013)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 4.7 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.28 children born/woman (2016 est.)