Argentina March 21, 2020 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 ) 45,376,763 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 0.97 % / year Area 2,780,400 km² Density 16.32 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 25e )518.475 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 11,653 $USD (2018) GDP growth -25.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 78.07 years (2020) Birth rate 16.33 ‰ (2020) Fertility rate 2.18 children / woman (2020) Death rate (ranking ) 6.96 ‰ (2020) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 8.39 ‰ (2020) Literacy rate 99.30 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso ($ ARS) HDI (ranking: 68e )0.830 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )59.30 (2018) Government Federal presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Alberto Fernández National Day 25 May (revolution of 1810) ISO Codes AR, ARG Demonym Argentine, Argentinian Tourists (ranking ) 6,705,000 people (2017)
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 (2016) Urban areas Population Buenos Aires 15,095,458 inhabitants Córdoba 1,516,819 inhabitants Rosario 1,290,459 inhabitants Mendoza 1,004,301 inhabitants San Miguel de Tucumán 840,193 inhabitants Mar del Plata 632,087 inhabitants Salta 595,520 inhabitants Santa Fe 515,707 inhabitants San Juan 490,751 inhabitants Resistencia 404,856 inhabitants Neuquén 382,555 inhabitants Santiago del Estero 381,602 inhabitants Corrientes 368,515 inhabitants Posadas 350,769 inhabitants San Salvador de Jujuy 334,499 inhabitants Bahía Blanca 303,417 inhabitants Ushuaïa 68,686 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Buenos Aires (Ville fédérale) 2,891,082 inhabitants 203 km² Buenos Aires 15,625,084 inhabitants 307,571 km² Catamarca 367,828 inhabitants 102,602 km² Chaco 1,055,259 inhabitants 99,633 km² Chubut 509,108 inhabitants 224,686 km² Córdoba 3,308,876 inhabitants 165,321 km² Corrientes 992,595 inhabitants 88,199 km² Entre Ríos 1,235,994 inhabitants 78,781 km² Formosa 530,162 inhabitants 72,066 km² Jujuy 673,307 inhabitants 53,219 km² La Pampa 318,951 inhabitants 143,440 km² La Rioja 333,642 inhabitants 89,680 km² Mendoza 1,738,929 inhabitants 148,827 km² Misiones 1,101,593 inhabitants 29,801 km² Neuquén 551,266 inhabitants 94,078 km² Río Negro 638,645 inhabitants 203,013 km² Salta 1,214,441 inhabitants 155,488 km² San Juan 681,055 inhabitants 89,651 km² San Luis 432,310 inhabitants 76,748 km² Santa Cruz 273,964 inhabitants 243,943 km² Santa Fe 3,194,537 inhabitants 133,007 km² Santiago del Estero 874,006 inhabitants 136,351 km² Terre de Feu, Antarctique et Îles de l'Atlantique Sud 127,205 inhabitants 21,263 km² Tucumán 1,448,188 inhabitants 22,524 km²
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