Nationality:
noun: Argentine(s)
adjective:
Argentine
Ethnic groups:
white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
Languages:
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)
Religions:
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Demographic profile:
Argentina's population continues to grow but at a slower rate because of its steadily declining birth rate. Argentina's fertility decline began earlier than in the rest of Latin America, occurring most rapidly between the early 20th century and the 1950s and then becoming more gradual. Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor. While the population under age 15 is shrinking, the youth cohort - ages 15-24 - is the largest in Argentina's history and will continue to bolster the working-age population. If this large working-age population is well-educated and gainfully employed, Argentina is likely to experience an economic boost and possibly higher per capita savings and investment. Although literacy and primary school enrollment are nearly universal, grade repetition is problematic and secondary school completion is low. Both of these issues vary widely by region and socioeconomic group.
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Argentina on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Argentina People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Argentina People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
43,024,374 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
24.9% (male 5,486,989/female 5,233,968)
15-24 years:
15.7% (male 3,445,086/female 3,301,168)
25-54 years:
38.9% (male 8,345,893/female 8,391,445)
55-64 years:
9.1% (male 1,895,965/female 2,017,330)
65 years and over:
11.4% (male 2,036,545/female 2,869,985) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
54.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
37 %
elderly dependency ratio:
17.1 %
potential support ratio:
5.9 (2014 est.)
total:
31.2 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
32.3 years (2014 est.)
0.95% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
16.88 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.34 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
92.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.01% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
BUENOS AIRES (capital) 13.528 million; Cordoba 1.556 million; Rosario 1.283 million; Mendoza 957,000; San Miguel de Tucuman 868,000; La Plata 759,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
77 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
9.96 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 141
male:
11.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
77.51 years
country comparison to the world: 66
male:
74.28 years
female:
80.91 years (2014 est.)
2.25 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 97
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
78.9% (2004/05)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 60
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
3.16 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
4.5 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
97,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
3,700 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
29.7% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2.3% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
6.3% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 10 and over can read and write
total population:
97.9%
male:
97.8%
female:
97.9% (2011 est.)
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
18 years (2011)
total number:
435,252
percentage:
7 %
note:
data represents children ages 5-13 (2003 est.)
total:
18.3%
country comparison to the world: 68
male:
15.3%
female:
23.1% (2011)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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