Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Argentina

Urban population share in Argentina in 2025 — 92.4%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20.6 pp.

2025 92.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 25of 217
Period maximum 92.4%2025
Period minimum 71.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Argentina, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.7%1962: 73.2%1964: 74.7%1966: 76.2%1968: 77.6%1970: 78.8%1972: 79.7%1974: 80.6%1976: 81.4%1978: 82.1%1980: 82.9%1982: 83.7%1984: 84.6%1986: 85.4%1988: 86.2%1990: 86.9%1992: 87.5%1994: 88%1996: 88.4%1998: 88.8%2000: 89.2%2002: 89.6%2004: 89.9%2006: 90.3%2008: 90.7%2010: 91%2012: 91.2%2014: 91.4%2016: 91.6%2018: 91.8%2020: 91.9%2022: 92.1%2024: 92.3%2025: 92.4%
Change over the period: +20.6 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 92.4%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
Urban population share — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 92.4 +0.1 pp
2024 92.3 +0.1 pp
2023 92.2 +0.1 pp
2022 92.1 +0.1 pp
2021 92 +0.1 pp
2020 91.9 +0.1 pp
2019 91.9 +0.1 pp
2018 91.8 +0.1 pp
2017 91.7 +0.1 pp
2016 91.6 +0.1 pp
2015 91.5 +0.1 pp
2014 91.4 +0.1 pp
2013 91.3 +0.1 pp
2012 91.2 +0.1 pp
2011 91.1 +0.1 pp
2010 91 +0.2 pp
2009 90.8 +0.2 pp
2008 90.7 +0.2 pp
2007 90.5 +0.2 pp
2006 90.3 +0.2 pp
2005 90.1 +0.2 pp
2004 89.9 +0.2 pp
2003 89.8 +0.2 pp
2002 89.6 +0.2 pp
2001 89.4 +0.2 pp
2000 89.2 +0.2 pp
1999 89 +0.2 pp
1998 88.8 +0.2 pp
1997 88.6 +0.2 pp
1996 88.4 +0.2 pp
1995 88.2 +0.2 pp
1994 88 +0.2 pp
1993 87.7 +0.2 pp
1992 87.5 +0.3 pp
1991 87.2 +0.3 pp
1990 86.9 +0.3 pp
1989 86.6 +0.4 pp
1988 86.2 +0.4 pp
1987 85.8 +0.4 pp
1986 85.4 +0.4 pp
1985 85 +0.4 pp
1984 84.6 +0.4 pp
1983 84.1 +0.4 pp
1982 83.7 +0.4 pp
1981 83.3 +0.4 pp
1980 82.9 +0.4 pp
1979 82.5 +0.4 pp
1978 82.1 +0.4 pp
1977 81.7 +0.4 pp
1976 81.4 +0.4 pp
1975 81 +0.4 pp
1974 80.6 +0.4 pp
1973 80.2 +0.4 pp
1972 79.7 +0.5 pp
1971 79.3 +0.5 pp
1970 78.8 +0.6 pp
1969 78.2 +0.6 pp
1968 77.6 +0.7 pp
1967 76.9 +0.7 pp
1966 76.2 +0.7 pp
1965 75.4 +0.8 pp
1964 74.7 +0.8 pp
1963 73.9 +0.8 pp
1962 73.2 +0.7 pp
1961 72.4 +0.7 pp
1960 71.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.