How many people live in Argentina right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
46,051,055
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 35 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.55%
- Median age
- 33.3 years
- Children per woman
- 1.51
- Life expectancy
- 77.8 years
- People per km²
- 17
According to UN estimates, about 46.1 million people live in Argentina right now. It ranks 35th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Spain and Afghanistan, and it is home to one in every 181 people on the planet.
Every day, about 1,400 people are born there and about 990 die. Overall, the population grows by about 410 people a day (0.33% a year).
In 1950, about 17.0 million people lived there. Today there are 2.7 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2050, at about 48.3 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 48.3 million people (5% more than today), and by 2100 about 38.3 million.
Half of its people are younger than 33 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.51 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 78 years (worldwide, 74). There are 17 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Argentina in 2026?
- Argentina has about 46.1 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 46,003,734.
- How many people are born each day in Argentina?
- About 1,400 a day (510,000 a year). About 990 people die each day (361,000 a year).
- Is the population of Argentina growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.33% a year, or about 151,000 people.
- What will the population of Argentina be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 48.3 million, with a peak around 2050 at about 48.3 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Algeria 48,206,549
- Iraq 48,315,608
- Spain 47,835,423
- Afghanistan 45,427,319
- Yemen 43,333,079
- Canada 40,567,052
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,649
- Brazil 213,783,553
- Mexico 133,319,812
- Colombia 54,089,658
- Canada 40,567,052
- Peru 35,027,419
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,578
- Ecuador 18,493,702
- Bolivia 12,801,716
- Haiti 12,078,614
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.