AREA & POPULATION

Total Area : 2,791,810 sq km
Population: 39,537,943

Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,791,810 sq km (1,074 miles), an Antartic area of 969,464 sq km, and 4,150 sq km of island territory off of the Atlantic coast. The entire country occupies 3,761,274 sq km. From north to south, the country measures 3,800 km (2,360 miles) and from east to west, it spans 1,423 km (884 miles). By utilizing your Argentina cellular phone rental you can discover this vast country simply and safely.

According to the Census of 1998, there are 32.6 million habitants in Argentina, more than one-third of whom live in the province of Buenos Aires. Ethnically, the population is 85 per cent Caucasian and 15 percent Indian or mestizo (mixed Indian-Spanish). A major factor behind this breakdown is the great wave of Southern European immigrantion between 1860 and 1940, most of whom were of Italian and Spanish origin. The largest group of indigenous peoples are the Guaraníes, who are found mostly in Corrientes and Misiones.

Density: 12.9 habitants/km2; Annual population growth: 1,5%; Urban population: 88,1%; Life expectancy: men: 67 years, women: 74 years.