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
See also
