Argentina
an editorial flag: atrocities, subversion of the constitutional order, or a criminal conviction.
population: National annual projection (1 Jul 2026) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 41 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography41 metros
Argentina metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 41 tracked metros
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
24 entries listed under Argentina across 2 types. Select any to see its metros and footprint.
Provinces (23)
Cities (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Argentine convertible peso ($)
- Government
- Federal republic
- Legislature
- Argentine National Congress
- Constitution
- 1853, 13 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Argentine
- Time zone
- time in Argentina
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +54
- Internet TLD
- .ar
- ISO 3166
- AR
- Established
- 1816
- Highest point
- Aconcagua (6,962 m (22,841 ft))
- National anthem
- Argentine National Anthem
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of Argentina
Spanish first; one language carries the country; 1 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | 100% | Official | CLDR, country |
| English | 7% | None | CLDR, country |
| Welsh | 0.1% | None | CLDR, country |
| Paraguayan Guaraní | 0.1% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- English reach
- 7%
- Tier 3 country
- Effective languages
- 1.0
- Official-language gap
- 0%
- Spanish is spoken by 100%
📰 In the news6 stories
Men in Blazers · 8 Oct 2026
Poch's USMNT close out their perfect windowMessi ended his Argentina career with a goal and two assists against Benin, and the USMNT finished a perfect window.
Forbes · 8 Oct 2026
Billionaire soccer legend Lionel Messi plays final game for ArgentinaMessi played his 208th and final match for Argentina on Tuesday night in Buenos Aires.
Men in Blazers · 7 Oct 2026
Lionel Messi's Last TangoMessi played his final Argentina match after 125 goals in 207 games over 21 years.
The Athletic · 7 Oct 2026
The six ways Lionel Messi has revolutionized U.S. soccerThe Athletic assesses Messi's impact on American soccer as his international career ends.
The Athletic · 7 Oct 2026
Why Argentina can't retire Lionel Messi's No 10 shirtThe Athletic explains why Argentina cannot retire Messi's number 10.
The Athletic · 3 Oct 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and two contrasting ways to exit the international stageMessi prepares for his final Argentina appearance while Ronaldo's Portugal career ends less gracefully.
💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History58 leaders · click to expand
is an editorial flag: associated with atrocities against civilians, systemic subversion of the constitutional order, or a criminal conviction (political persecutions and annulled convictions excluded). It is a curated list, not a measurement, so a name without one has not been cleared of anything. Hover a badge for the reason on file.
Democratic era
National Reorganization Process (dictatorship)
Peronist restoration
Military & unstable rule
Peronist Era
Revolution of '43 (military)
Infamous Decade / Concordancia
Radical Era
Conservative Republic
Early Republic
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Wars and conflicts11 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falklands War | 1982 | United Kingdom | 907+ |
| Guatemalan Civil War● | 1960–1996 | Government of Guatemala and Guatemalan military,Government-led paramilitary organizations | 25,128+ |
| Paraguayan Civil War (1947) | 1947 | Paraguay Paraguayan Government,Paraguay Military of Paraguay | 4,000+ |
| Paraguayan War● | 1864–1870 | Paraguay | 310,000+ |
| Uruguayan Civil War | 1839–1851 | Blancos,Federalists,Argentine Confederation | — |
| Cisplatine War | 1825–1828 | Empire of Brazil | 6,000+ |
| Peruvian War of Independence | 1811–1826 | Spanish Empire Spain | — |
| Argentine War of Independence | 1810–1818 | Spanish Empire Spain | — |
| Chilean War of Independence | 1810–1826 | Spanish Empire Spain,Mapuche allies | — |
| Bolivian War of Independence | 1809–1825 | Spanish Empire | — |
| British invasions of the Río de la Plata | 1806–1807 | United Kingdom | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.” Figures marked “COW battle deaths” are Correlates of War battle-death counts, which run lower than total deaths.
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Argentina: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires7 · $22.0B combined · click to expand
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Argentina on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Argentina's national teams, newest first. 22 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-07-14 | Argentina | Copa América |
| 2024 | 2024-07-14 | Argentina | International Treble |
| 2022 | 2022-12-18 | Argentina | World Cup |
| 2021 | 2021-07-10 | Argentina | Copa América |
| 2004 | 2004-08-29 | Argentina | Olympic men's basketball |
| 1993 | 1993-07-04 | Argentina | Copa América |
| 1991 | 1991-07-21 | Argentina | Copa América |
| 1986 | 1986-06-29 | Argentina | World Cup |
| 1978 | 1978-06-25 | Argentina | World Cup |
| 1959 | 1959-04-04 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1957 | 1957-04-06 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1955 | 1955-03-30 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1950 | 1950-11-03 | Argentina | FIBA World Championship |
| 1947 | 1947-12-28 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1946 | 1946-02-10 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1945 | 1945-02-25 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1941 | 1941-03-04 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1937 | 1937-02-01 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1929 | 1929-11-17 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1927 | 1927-11-27 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1925 | 1925-12-25 | Argentina | South American Championship |
| 1921 | 1921-10-30 | Argentina | South American Championship |
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in Argentina: 1 league.