The population of Argentina is 45 million people [1] . Argentines are the third largest national group in South America and the fourth in Latin America. Only Brazilians (203 million), Mexicans (108 million) and Colombians (52 million) are ahead of them. Modern Argentines are the descendants of Europeans , Indians and Africans, who at different times arrived in the country. Mestizos predominate in most peripheral regions of the country, although according to the latest census of 2001, 97% of the population ranked themselves as white and only 2% of the population indicated an Indian origin.
History
The population of the country is 43847430 people. (according to the results of the 2016 census). Like other Latin Americans , Argentines as a whole have a mixed genetic origin, however, in the phenotype (appearance) of the population, South European , mainly Mediterranean features predominate.
The overwhelming majority of the country's population are descendants of a mixture of European migrants with the local indigenous Indian population and blacks - slaves from Africa , although the proportion of the latter in colonial Argentina was relatively small. The modern population was formed in the course of two important processes: the crossbreeding of the colonial period and mass European immigration. So, before the arrival of the Spaniards, Argentina was inhabited by relatively few Indian tribes. After the extermination of most of the men, the Spanish colonists entered into marriage with local Native American and imported African women, forming a mestizo class - gaucho .
Massive European immigration to Argentina occurred in the 1880-1940s. Italians predominated - 48%; immigrants from Spain - 40% (mainly Basques and Galicians ); the remaining 12% are Germans , French , Croats , Ukrainians , Poles , Irish , Arabs , Armenians , Jews , Lithuanians , Swiss , Welsh and others, including Asians ( Japanese , Koreans , Chinese ). Recently, a significant number of migrants from Peru , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , Africa .
Demographic Information [2]
The balance of migration is 0 people per 1000 people.
The average age for 2012 is 30.7 years:
- Men 29.7 years old
- Women - 31.8 years old
Life expectancy - 77.14 years:
- Men 73.9 years old
- Women - 80.54 years.
Infant mortality - 10.52 per 1000 newborns.
Maternal mortality is 77 per 100,000 live births.
The birth rate is 17.34 per 1000 people.
The mortality rate is 7.36 per 1000 people.
The population growth is 1.07%.
According to the average forecast, the population of the country by 2100 will be - 63 million people.
The total fertility rate is 2.29, higher than the level of reproduction of generations - 2.15
Religion: Catholics - 87% (practitioners - less than 20%), Protestants - 9% (including Pentecostals - 7.9%), Jews - 3%, others - 4%.
Urban population - 83%, the largest cities: Buenos Aires , Cordoba .
State language: Spanish .