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Argentina
Community
Area 2,780,400 square kilometres (land area 2,736,690 square kilometres)
Population,
300,000 (1500)*
500,000 (1816)
1,200,000 (1850)
1,830,214 (1869)**
4,092,990 (1895)
4,500,000 (1900)
7,121,822 (1910)
7,885,237 (1914)
14,130,871 (1944)
17,150,000 (1950)
20,481,000 (1960) +19.4%
23,880,000 (1970) +16.6
27,896,000 (1980) +16.8%
32,618,000 (1990) +16.9%
36,870,000 (2000) +13.0%
40,788,000 (2010) +10.6%
45,377,000 (2020) +11.3%
*Before arrival of Europeans
**First census
Ethnicity, %
|
|
African |
Amerindian |
Mixed |
|
2010 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
97.2 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
Jewish |
Muslim |
None |
|
1900 |
|
98.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
|
|
1947 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
1970 |
|
95.0 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
1990 |
7.0 |
92.01 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
2010 |
9.0 |
76.5 |
0.4 |
|
11.3 |
|
2014 |
8.0 |
74.0 |
|
|
15.0 |
1ca. 20% practising
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
23.0 |
|
1914 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
58.0 |
|
1935 |
|
35.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
25.0 (+16.0) |
64.0 |
9.0 |
30.5 |
4.2 |
65.0 |
|
1960 |
3.1 |
22.5 (+13.9) |
60.0 |
8.6 |
30.8 |
5.6 |
73.6 |
|
1970 |
3.1 |
22.6 (+13.6) |
59.0 |
9.0 |
29.4 |
7.0 |
78.9 |
|
1980 |
3.3 |
25.0 (+16.3) |
38.0 |
8.7 |
30.3 |
8.2 |
82.9 |
|
1990 |
3.0 |
22.0 (+13.8) |
24.0 |
8.3 |
30.7 |
9.1 |
87.0 |
|
2000 |
2.5 |
19.0 (+11.2) |
18.0 |
7.8 |
28.0 |
9.9 |
89.1 |
|
2010 |
2.3 |
17.8 (+10.2) |
13.0 |
7.6 |
25.9 |
10.4 |
90.8 |
|
2015 |
2.3 |
17.4 (+9.8) |
10.3 |
7.6 |
25.2 |
10.9 |
91.8 |
|
2017 |
2.3 |
17.2 (+9.6) |
9.3 |
7.6 |
24.9 |
|
91.7 |
|
2018 |
|
|
8.8 |
|
24.8 |
11.1 |
91.9 |
Life expectancy,
59.2 (1947); 56.9 (M), 61.4 (F)
62.5 (1952); 60.0 (M), 65.0 (F)
65.2 (1960); 62.4 (M), 68.2 (F)
66.6 (1970); 63.3 (M), 70.0 (F)
69.5 (1980): 66.2 (M), 73.0 (F)
71.5 (1990); 68.1 (M), 75.2 (F)
73.8 (2000); 70.1 (M), 77.5 (F)
75.5 (2010); 71.7 (M), 79.4 (F)
76.7 (2020); 73.3 (M), 80.0 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
BUENOS AIRES1 |
Cordoba2 |
La Plata3 |
Mendoza4 |
Rosario5 |
Tucuman |
|
1794 |
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
1853 |
92 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
1862 |
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1810 |
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
1869 |
|
34 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
1895 |
690 |
43 |
|
|
|
|
|
1900 |
840 |
|
75 |
29 |
112 |
|
|
1914 |
1,576 |
135 |
90 |
57 |
240 |
91 |
|
1938 |
2,345 |
323 |
248 |
84 |
511 |
136 |
|
1945 |
2,608 |
339 |
256 |
100 |
521 |
170 |
|
1950 |
3,383 (1952) 5,213 MA |
426 |
325 |
256 MA |
590 |
224 |
|
1960 |
7,200 MA |
586 |
337 |
427 MA |
669 |
288 |
|
1970 |
8,350 MA |
802 |
391 |
712 MA |
808 |
370 |
|
1980 |
9,927 MA |
991 |
459 |
|
957 |
496 |
|
1990 |
11,662 MA |
1,198 MA |
522 |
|
1,115 |
642 MA |
|
2000 |
12,047 MA |
1,368 MA |
564 |
840 MA |
1,160 |
738 MA |
|
2011 |
13,592 MA |
1,528 MA |
900 MA |
1,056 MA |
1,194 |
840 MA |
1Buenos Aires was founded in 1535 by Pedro de Mendoza; its name means �good air�, because the city�s patron saint was the Virgin Mary, patron of sailors, who needed good winds for sailing..� It was abandoned in 1541 due to Indian attacks.� The Spanish evacuated Buenos Aires, turning their horses loose to breed on the humid Pampas grasslands.� Buenos Aires was re-founded in 1580 by Juan de Garay but the Spanish did not promote the growth of Buenos Aires, preferring to control their huge colonial South American empire from Peru.� Only after Argentinean independence did Buenos Aires become a major city, and was designated the capital of Argentina in 1880.�
2Cordoba was founded in 1573 by Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera, and named after Cordoba, Spain. The railway came here in 1870.
3La Plata was founded in 1882.
4Mendoza was founded in 1561.
5Rosario was founded in 1793; and developed rapidly
after the railways arrived, facilitating the growth of agricultural exports
from its docks.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
5,068 |
2.27 |
315 |
20.66 |
|
1955 |
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
16,537 |
2.22 |
780 |
20.38 |
|
1970 |
31,400 |
3.02 |
1,334 |
25.42 |
|
1975 |
54,120 |
3.31 |
2,096 |
26.80 |
|
1980 |
209,020 |
7.48 |
7,476 |
59.34 |
|
1985 |
88,190 |
2.09 |
2,906 |
15.91 |
|
1990 |
141,340 |
2.44 |
4,345 |
18.14 |
|
1995 |
258,830 |
3.50 |
7,421 |
24.68 |
|
2000 |
285,040 |
2.86 |
7,675 |
21.06 |
|
2005 |
199,000 |
1.52 |
5,077 |
11.46 |
|
2010 |
424,000 |
2.83 |
10,276 |
21.24 |
|
2015 |
585,000 |
3.24 |
13,467 |
23.96 |
|
2016 |
546,000 |
2.94 |
12,449 |
21.66 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1947 |
|
25.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
20.0 |
|
36.0 |
|
44.0 |
|
1970 |
|
17.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
28.0 |
28.0 |
44.0 |
57.0 |
|
1990 |
|
12.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
8.5 |
5.0 |
31.6 |
23.0 |
59.8 |
72.0 |
|
2014 |
|
0.5 |
|
24.8 |
|
74.7 |
|
2016 |
10.6 |
|
28.3 |
|
61.1 |
|
Communications
Language, %, Official; Spanish and indigenous Amerindian languages. French, German, Italian, English also spoken.
|
|
Guarani |
Italian |
Spanish |
|
1980 |
|
3.0 |
95.0 |
|
2000 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
97.0 |
Literacy
49.5% (1900)
65.0% (1916)
78.0% (1930)
85.0% (1946)
91.0% (1960)
93.0% (1980)
95.5% (1985); 96.0% (M), 95.0% (F)
96.2% (1995); 96.2% (M), 96.2% (F)
96.8% (2000); 96.8% (M), 96.8% (F)
97.6% (2009); 97.6% (M), 97.7% (F)
98.1% (2015); 98.0% (M), 98.1% (F)
Physical communications � roads Argentina�s section of the
Pan American Highway opened in 1942
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1929 |
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
1950 |
59,500 |
|
250,000 |
160,000 |
|
1956 |
|
600,000 |
|
|
|
1963 |
|
|
473,500 |
396,000 |
|
1964 |
|
1,365,000 |
|
553,500 |
|
1968 |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1976 |
|
|
2,588,000 |
1,101,000 |
|
1978 |
207,630 |
|
2,870,000 |
|
|
1985 |
210,000 |
5,080,000 |
3,800,000 |
|
|
1998 |
215,000 |
6,550,000 |
5,050,000 |
1,440,000 |
|
2005 |
|
7,005,000 |
|
|
|
2010 |
231,374 |
10,116,000 |
|
|
|
2013 |
|
12,457,000 |
|
|
Railways; Railway construction began in 1854.� First railway opened 1857, Parque to Floresta.
|
|
Length km |
% electrified |
Buenos Aires Metro* km |
|
1857 |
10 |
|
|
|
1870 |
1,026 |
|
|
|
1880 |
2,473 |
|
|
|
1890 |
10,000 |
|
|
|
1902 |
16,500 |
|
|
|
1905 |
23,700 |
|
|
|
1938 |
42,714 |
|
|
|
1948 |
42,913 |
|
|
|
1955 |
43,937 |
|
|
|
1963 |
44,000 |
|
|
|
1971 |
46,700 |
|
|
|
1977 |
37,951 |
|
|
|
1981 |
33,807 |
0.3 |
32 |
|
1990 |
34,509 |
|
44 |
|
2000 |
33,000 |
0.6 |
52 |
|
2005 |
|
|
76 |
|
2014 |
36,917 |
0.6 |
|
�*opened 1913
Electronic communications, Radio broadcasts began 1920. TV broadcasts
began 1951.
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1914 |
377,473 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1938 |
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
532,666 |
|
1,250,000 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
2,198,000 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1,223,509 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
3,500,000 |
700,000 |
|
|
|
1961 |
1,360,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1,599,861 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
|
|
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
1,879,000 |
|
7,500,000 |
5,600,000 |
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
|
|
140,000 |
|
|
1989 |
|
2,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
3,027,000 |
12,000 |
21,800,000 |
7,100,000 |
235,000 |
|
|
1995 |
|
405,000 |
23,500,0000 |
7,600,000 |
1,242,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
24,300,000 |
|
|
170,000 |
|
2000 |
7,894,000 |
6,490,000 |
|
11,500,000 |
2,560,000 |
2,500,000 |
|
2005 |
|
22,100,000 |
|
12,600,000 |
3,560,000 |
6,900,000 |
|
2010 |
9,800,000 |
57,300,000 |
|
|
|
26,615,000 |
|
2016 |
9,938,000 |
64,033,700 |
|
|
|
30,787,000 |
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
34,785,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Argentina,
1,303,000 (1976)
950,000 (1978)
1,040,000 (1983)
1,600,000 (1986)
1,930,000 (1990)
2,289,000 (1995)
2,949,139 (2000)
3,895,396 (2005)
5,325,000 (2010)
5,736,000 (2015)