Digital 2021: Argentina

You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for Argentina in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).

This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for Argentina, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in Argentina in 2021.

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Argentina’s population

  • Argentina had a population of 45.40 million in January 2021.

  • Argentina’s population increased by 412 thousand (+0.9%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • 51.2% of Argentina’s population is female, while 48.8% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

  • 92.2% of Argentina’s population lives in urban centres, while 7.8% lives in rural areas.

Internet users in Argentina

  • There were 36.32 million internet users in Argentina in January 2021.

  • The number of internet users in Argentina increased by 1.2 million (+3.5%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • Internet penetration in Argentina stood at 80.0% in January 2021.

Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.

Social media statistics for Argentina

  • There were 36.00 million social media users in Argentina in January 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Argentina increased by 2.0 million (+5.9%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Argentina was equivalent to 79.3% of the total population in January 2021.

Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.

Mobile connections in Argentina

  • There were 55.19 million mobile connections in Argentina in January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Argentina decreased by 1.5 million (-2.6%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Argentina in January 2021 was equivalent to 121.6% of the total population.

Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.

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Additional resources

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  • Click here to see all of our published reports for Argentina.

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