Urban population growth in Argentina

The urban population of Argentina changed by 0.42% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2025 0.42% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.01percentage points 2024: 0.43%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 0.59% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 159th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Argentina over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period ArgentinaWorld
2025 0.42% 1.36%
2024 0.43% 1.40%
2023 0.38% 1.35%
2022 0.30% 1.33%
2021 0.36% 1.48%
2020 0.58% 1.52%
2019 0.81% 1.74%
2018 0.92% 1.85%
2017 0.98% 1.90%
2016 1.07% 2.02%
2015 1.15% 2.14%
2014 1.14% 2.09%
2013 1.10% 2.20%
2012 1.13% 2.13%
2011 1.19% 2.56%
2010 1.25% 1.97%
2009 1.25% 2.22%
2008 1.20% 2.19%
2007 1.19% 2.34%
2006 1.23% 2.31%
2005 1.23% 2.27%
2004 1.22% 2.32%
2003 1.25% 2.41%
2002 1.29% 2.41%
2001 1.31% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 0.43% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.15%, the figure has changed by −0.73 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Argentina has the 159th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects