Argentina December 13, 2023 Aconcagua , Americas , Andes , Antarctica , Argentina , Atlantic , Buenos Aires , Cape Horn , Chutes d'Iguazú , colony , Cordoba , Falkland Islands , Falklands , Falklands War , glaciers , Hispanic America , hispanité , Latin America , Mar del Plata , Mendoza , Mercosur , pampa , Paraná , Paraná River , Parc national Los Glaciares , Patagonie , Río de la Plata , Rio Paraná , Rosario , Salta , South America , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Strait of Magellan , tango , Tierra del Fuego , Tucuman , UNASUR , Union of South American Nations , Ushuaïa Official name Argentine Republic Name in local language República Argentina (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 31e ) 47,067,641 inhabitants (2024) Population growth 0.89 % / year Area 2,780,400 km² Density 16.93 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 21e )632.770 billions $USD (2022) GDP/capita (ranking ) 13,686 $USD (2022) GDP growth 52.00 % / year (2022) Life expectancy (ranking ) 78.07 years (2020) Birth rate 16.33 ‰ (2020) Fertility rate 2.18 children / woman (2020) Death rate (ranking ) 6.96 ‰ (2020) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 8.39 ‰ (2020) Literacy rate 99.50 % (2023) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso ($ ARS) HDI (ranking: 64e )0.842 / 1 (2021) EPI (ranking )59.30 (2018) Government Federal presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Javier Milei National Day 25 May (revolution of 1810) ISO Codes AR, ARG Demonym Argentine, Argentinian Tourists (ranking ) 3,645,200 people (2022)
Argentina is a country in South America bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and sharing borders with Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast.
El Calafate, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina. Photo: Gable Denims, Wildlife Archives Congress Square, Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina. Photo: Napoletano Urban areas (2022) Urban areas Population Buenos Aires 13,985,794 inhabitants Córdoba 2,420,052 inhabitants Rosario 1,750,459 inhabitants San Miguel de Tucumán 1,059,327 inhabitants Mendoza 1,055,679 inhabitants Santa Fe - Paraná 961,130 inhabitants Resistencia - Corrientes 773,371 inhabitants Mar del Plata 682,605 inhabitants Salta 640,520 inhabitants San Juan 511,389 inhabitants San Salvador de Jujuy 465,249 inhabitants Neuquén 382,555 inhabitants Santiago del Estero 381,602 inhabitants Posadas 359,609 inhabitants Bahía Blanca 335,190 inhabitants Concordia - Salto 266,053 inhabitants San Luis 260,295 inhabitants San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca 239,139 inhabitants Río Cuarto 202,840 inhabitants Comodoro Rivadavia 186,138 inhabitants Ushuaïa 68,686 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Buenos Aires (Federal city) 3,121,707 inhabitants 203 km² Buenos Aires 17,523,996 inhabitants 307,571 km² Catamarca 429,562 inhabitants 102,602 km² Chaco 1,129,606 inhabitants 99,633 km² Chubut 592,621 inhabitants 224,686 km² Córdoba 3,840,905 inhabitants 165,321 km² Corrientes 1,212,696 inhabitants 88,199 km² Entre Ríos 1,425,578 inhabitants 78,781 km² Formosa 607,419 inhabitants 72,066 km² Jujuy 811,611 inhabitants 53,219 km² La Pampa 361,859 inhabitants 143,440 km² La Rioja 383,865 inhabitants 89,680 km² Mendoza 2,043,540 inhabitants 148,827 km² Misiones 1,278,873 inhabitants 29,801 km² Neuquén 710,814 inhabitants 94,078 km² Río Negro 750,768 inhabitants 203,013 km² Salta 1,441,351 inhabitants 155,488 km² San Juan 822,853 inhabitants 89,651 km² San Luis 542,069 inhabitants 76,748 km² Santa Cruz 337,226 inhabitants 243,943 km² Santa Fe 3,544,908 inhabitants 133,007 km² Santiago del Estero 1,060,906 inhabitants 136,351 km² Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands 185,732 inhabitants 21,263 km² Tucumán 1,731,820 inhabitants 22,524 km²
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