Source: Pan-American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and PAHO Health Information Platform

(PHIP).

Figure 1. Distribution of the population by age and sex, Argentina, 1990 and 2015

Social indicators
Population growth rate 2005-2010 (% per
1.0
annum)
Population aged 0-14 years in 2008 (%) 24.9
Population aged 60+ years in 2008 (women
18.9/13.6
and men, % of total)
Sex ratio in 2008 (men per 100 women) 95.7
Life expectancy at birth 2005-2010 (women
79.1/71.6
and men, years)
Infant mortality rate 2005-2010 (per 1 000 live
13.4
births)
Total fertility rate 2005-2010 (live births per
2.3
woman)
Sample o
sexually
active wo
of
Contraceptive prevalence (ages 15-49, %) 65.3 reproduc
age,
irrespect
marital
status.
Urban population in 2007 (%) 91.8
Urban population growth rate 2005-2010 (%
1.2
per annum)
Rural population growth rate 2005-2010 (%
–1.5
per annum)
International migrant stock (% of total
3.6
population)
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR 4350
Government education expenditure (% of
3.8
GDP)
Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio
100.3/96.6
(women and men per 100)
Third-level students (women and men, % of
58.7/41.3
total)
World
Newspaper circulation (per 1 000 inhabitants) 35.5 Associat
Newspap
Intentional homicides (women and men, per
1.6/9.1
100 000)
Parliamentary seats (women and men, % of
39.8/60.2
total)