Largest Agglomerations, Cities and Localities by Population in Argentina

222 agglomerations, cities and localities in Argentina with 20,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population at the census of May 18, 2022 (by National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Argentina). An agglomeration counts a city together with the built-up suburbs around it, as one place.

Rank	Agglomeration, City or Locality	Population
1	Buenos Aires	16,224,751
2	Córdoba	1,705,741
3	Rosario	1,429,292
4	Mendoza	1,056,893
5	San Miguel de Tucumán (Tucumán)	1,052,194
6	Salta	671,015
7	Mar del Plata	644,234
8	San Juan	546,613
9	Santa Fe	530,027
10	Neuquén- Plottier - Cipolletti	500,336
11	Santiago del Estero- La Banda	449,688
12	Corrientes	427,531
13	Resistencia	407,618
14	Posadas	389,070
15	San Salvador de Jujuy	375,794
16	Bahía Blanca	323,357
17	Paraná	302,614
18	Formosa	260,325
19	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (Catamarca)	230,366
20	San Luis	225,536
21	La Rioja	208,638
22	Comodoro Rivadavia	199,369
23	Villa Carlos Paz	193,582
24	Río Cuarto	189,960
25	Concordia	175,683
26	San Nicolás de los Arroyos	160,350
27	San Rafael	139,191
28	Tandil	138,549
29	Bariloche (San Carlos de Bariloche)	134,978
30	Santa Rosa	132,887
31	Villa Mercedes	132,076
32	Villa María	121,939
33	Río Gallegos	115,524
34	Reconquista- Avellaneda	111,396
35	Olavarría	106,900
36	San Martín- La Colonia	105,497
37	Trelew	104,657
38	General Roca	102,750
39	Pergamino	102,182
40	Rafaela	101,470
41	Gualeguaychú	98,164
42	Puerto Madryn	97,625
43	Río Grande	97,611
44	Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña	96,866
45	Junín	95,385
46	Necochea- Quequén	94,057
47	Goya	88,949
48	Tartagal	88,095
49	San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Orán)	86,867
50	Concepción del Uruguay	85,560
51	Viedma- Carmen de Patagones	83,323
52	Mar del Tuyú- Mar de Ajó	83,016
53	Venado Tuerto	81,966
54	San Francisco	79,689
55	Ushuaia	79,409
56	San Pedro de Jujuy	77,116
57	Alta Gracia	76,171
58	Oberá	75,456
59	Eldorado	68,722
60	Mercedes	67,252
61	General Pico	66,805
62	Chivilcoy	65,575
63	Azul	64,886
64	Concepción	64,844
65	Punta Alta	64,244
66	Jesús María	63,435
67	Ciudad Perico (Perico)	56,629
68	Clorinda	56,528
69	San Pedro	56,471
70	Caleta Olivia	56,310
71	Cutral Có- Plaza Huincul	56,225
72	Puerto Iguazú	53,786
73	Río Tercero	52,977
74	Villa Constitución	52,204
75	Tres Arroyos	52,199
76	Paso de los Libres	51,442
77	Villa Dolores- Villa Sarmiento	50,688
78	Libertador General San Martín	47,209
79	Villa Ángela	46,850
80	Chacabuco	46,440
81	Esperanza	45,433
82	Aguilares	44,660
83	Balcarce	44,409
84	Gualeguay	43,909
85	Termas de Río Hondo	42,761
86	Mercedes	42,115
87	Nueve de Julio (9 de Julio)	42,098
88	Cañuelas	41,801
89	Curuzú Cuatiá	40,925
90	Río Segundo- Pilar	40,626
91	Zapala	40,508
92	Trenque Lauquen	39,975
93	Chascomús	39,947
94	Villaguay	39,406
95	Chajarí	39,392
96	Chilecito	39,327
97	Pinamar	39,301
98	Bragado	38,794
99	Villa de Merlo	38,598
100	Casilda	38,415
101	Tunuyán	38,367
102	Cruz del Eje	38,065
103	General Güemes	38,048
104	Bell Ville	37,302
105	Villa Gesell	37,286
106	San Martín de los Andes	37,108
107	Esquel	36,624
108	Pehuajó	36,507
109	Lobos	35,719
110	General Alvear	35,626
111	Bella Vista	35,546
112	Baradero	35,389
113	Gobernador Ingeniero Valentín Virasoro	35,150
114	Miramar	35,037
115	Victoria	34,965
116	Rivadavia	34,830
117	San José de Metán	34,601
118	Salto	34,034
119	Frías	33,564
120	General José de San Martín	33,225
121	Famaillá	33,095
122	Lincoln	32,773
123	Coronel Suárez	32,525
124	Caucete	32,454
125	Cañada de Gómez	31,916
126	San Carlos de Bolívar	31,618
127	Monteros	31,001
128	Charata	30,968
129	Villa Regina	30,491
130	Arrecifes	30,397
131	Saladillo	30,378
132	Dolores	30,372
133	Apóstoles	30,278
134	Ramallo	29,964
135	Añatuya	29,892
136	Santa Rosa de Calamuchita	29,870
137	Villa General San Martín- Campo Afuera	29,789
138	Rosario de la Frontera	29,336
139	Monte Caseros	29,332
140	Colón	29,328
141	San Vicente	29,231
142	Santo Tomé	28,843
143	Marcos Juárez	28,548
144	La Paz	28,434
145	Mina Clavero	28,230
146	Esquina	28,221
147	Pichanal	28,017
148	Allen	27,707
149	Machagai	27,653
150	Juan José Castelli	27,494
151	Malargüe	27,355
152	Quitilipi	27,349
153	Juan Bautista Alberdi	27,345
154	Leandro N. Alem	27,287
155	San Isidro de Lules (Lules)	27,229
156	Rawson	27,157
157	Arroyito	27,109
158	Las Breñas	27,002
159	Nogoyá	26,786
160	Villa Aberastain- La Rinconada	26,471
161	Cinco Saltos	26,399
162	Rosario de Lerma	26,086
163	Colón	26,067
164	San Justo	25,920
165	Ituzaingó	25,837
166	Jardín América	25,532
167	Profesor Salvador Mazza	25,328
168	Deán Funes	25,262
169	Pico Truncado	25,194
170	Las Flores	25,075
171	Las Heras	24,728
172	Brandsen (Coronel Brandsen)	24,487
173	Rincón de los Sauces	24,249
174	Catriel	23,839
175	Veinticinco de Mayo (25 de Mayo)	23,814
176	Embarcación	23,696
177	Crespo	23,586
178	Pirané	23,509
179	Sunchales	23,379
180	Arroyo Seco	22,954
181	San Antonio de Areco	22,909
182	El Calafate	22,844
183	General Villegas	22,474
184	Laboulaye	22,465
185	Rojas	22,106
186	La Quiaca	22,078
187	Delfín Gallo- La Florida - Colombres	21,940
188	San Miguel del Monte	21,794
189	Coronel Pringles	21,555
190	General Juan Madariaga	21,461
191	Vera	21,419
192	Malagueño	21,336
193	El Bolsón	21,287
194	Montecarlo	21,178
195	Tres Isletas	21,170
196	La Punta	21,144
197	Morteros	20,558
198	Diamante	20,470
199	Santa María	20,468
200	Firmat	20,371
201	Puerto Rico	20,120
202	Bella Vista	20,051
203	El Carmen	20,042
204	Santa Elena	19,973
205	Gálvez	19,838
206	Saladas	19,804
207	Federal	19,598
208	San Antonio Oeste	19,483
209	Carlos Casares	19,397
210	San Andrés de Giles	19,362
211	Perdriel	19,321
212	San Jorge	19,254
213	Quimilí	19,195
214	Federación	19,185
215	General Belgrano	19,056
216	Joaquín V. González	18,926
217	Ayacucho	18,916
218	Rufino	18,870
219	San José	18,672
220	Las Varillas	18,631
221	Rodeo del Medio	18,574
222	Junín de los Andes	18,450

Source: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Argentina (2022 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

77 urban areas in Argentina with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Buenos Aires	14,038,483	+0.15%	2,165	6,483	21	14,121,470	14,235,648
2	Cordoba	1,465,758	+0.36%	323	4,544	348	1,486,825	1,527,233
3	Rosario	1,154,128	+0.21%	199	5,800	448	1,163,771	1,198,684
4	Mendoza	1,034,137	+0.61%	211	4,910	499	1,059,291	1,088,561
5	San Miguel de Tucumán	962,612	+0.32%	170	5,649	549	974,801	1,016,902
6	La Plata	744,317	+0.18%	201	3,703	723	749,775	779,453
7	Salta	616,669	+0.44%	121	5,096	887	627,521	664,262
8	Mar del Plata	616,035	+0.17%	127	4,851	888	620,258	633,768
9	San Juan	467,729	+0.70%	114	4,089	1,202	480,782	502,548
10	Resistencia	407,186	+0.21%	87	4,680	1,406	410,582	425,333
11	Santiago del Estero	394,728	+0.37%	99	3,979	1,459	400,613	423,793
12	Corrientes	392,820	+0.19%	71	5,533	1,465	395,771	404,665
13	Posadas	377,186	+0.38%	101	3,720	1,525	382,965	394,496
14	Santa Fe	367,563	+0.16%	68	5,405	1,569	369,976	381,967
15	San Salvador de Jujuy	276,118	+0.54%	57	4,844	2,126	282,090	307,400
16	Bahía Blanca	259,416	+0.79%	75	3,459	2,280	267,564	281,993
17	Formosa	230,481	+0.26%	53	4,349	2,576	232,899	252,396
18	Neuquén	225,010	+0.56%	49	4,555	2,644	230,038	238,225
19	La Rioja	217,675	+0.53%	54	4,016	2,756	222,330	241,284
20	Paraná	211,449	+0.16%	49	4,315	2,846	212,805	224,700
21	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	203,919	+0.37%	55	3,708	2,956	206,918	227,061
22	San Luis	183,656	+0.26%	42	4,373	3,319	185,574	194,875
23	Comodoro Rivadavia	152,810	+0.25%	31	4,929	4,018	154,328	164,140
24	Río Cuarto	146,179	+0.19%	43	3,400	4,217	147,268	152,434
25	San Nicolás de los Arroyos	140,509	+0.34%	37	3,798	4,386	142,414	149,635
26	Concordia	139,549	+0.45%	34	4,080	4,413	142,038	146,865
27	Río Gallegos	132,805	+1.37%	30	4,427	4,648	140,099	197,048
28	San Rafael	121,303	+0.52%	33	3,654	5,131	123,807	126,942
29	Santa Rosa	117,838	+0.20%	35	3,367	5,286	118,776	123,770
30	Tandil	116,258	+0.18%	31	3,750	5,356	117,115	119,980
31	San Carlos de Bariloche	112,917	+0.39%	24	4,705	5,534	114,665	121,122
32	Villa Mercedes	111,083	+0.24%	31	3,583	5,618	112,167	114,604
33	Trelew	108,468	+0.53%	22	4,886	5,764	110,761	118,378
34	Reconquista	108,283	+0.23%	32	3,384	5,770	109,286	111,696
35	Puerto Madryn	98,174	+0.39%	28	3,506	6,373	99,693	105,062
36	Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña	93,283	+0.19%	26	3,588	6,714	93,986	95,337
37	San Ramón de la Nueva Orán	92,053	+0.34%	16	5,753	6,817	93,307	100,050
38	Villa María	91,922	+0.18%	27	3,405	6,832	92,600	93,867
39	Pergamino	89,385	+0.18%	21	4,256	7,037	90,043	95,737
40	General Roca	87,692	+0.29%	23	3,813	7,173	88,708	90,994
41	Zárate	85,600	+0.22%	23	3,722	7,360	86,349	87,655
42	Rafaela	82,744	+0.19%	26	3,182	7,642	83,373	87,000
43	Yacuiba	82,215	+0.52%	17	4,836	7,682	83,921	90,695
44	Junín	81,518	+0.15%	21	3,882	7,749	82,003	82,730
45	Olavarría	81,294	+0.21%	24	3,387	7,767	81,981	86,156
46	Cipolletti	81,024	+0.26%	19	4,264	7,785	81,866	86,242
47	San Martín	81,010	+0.62%	18	4,451	7,788	83,029	85,091
48	Santo Tomé	81,006	+0.30%	21	3,857	7,790	81,994	84,395
49	Oberá	80,129	+0.35%	20	4,006	7,882	81,236	85,469
50	Ushuaia	78,825	+2.72%	23	3,398	8,024	87,399	127,523
51	Necochea	77,645	+1.46%	27	2,876	8,142	82,179	85,166
52	Funes	76,082	+1.30%	25	2,995	8,291	80,047	84,524
53	Goya	74,905	+0.22%	17	4,406	8,417	75,563	76,978
54	Viedma	73,542	+0.32%	22	3,343	8,572	74,489	76,767
55	Palpalá	72,786	+0.67%	19	3,831	8,652	74,737	83,733
56	Villa Carlos Paz	72,321	+1.12%	31	2,303	8,697	75,569	78,234
57	Rio Grande	71,860	+2.08%	21	3,422	8,754	77,848	142,136
58	San Pedro de Jujuy	69,938	+0.47%	15	4,663	8,977	71,265	80,533
59	Eldorado	67,825	+0.41%	21	3,230	9,250	68,939	74,997
60	Luján	65,829	+0.21%	19	3,465	9,544	66,383	69,991
61	Venado Tuerto	64,326	+0.16%	19	3,386	9,765	64,737	67,004
62	Belén de Escobar	62,422	+0.34%	22	2,837	10,077	63,260	64,712
63	Gualeguaychu	62,338	+1.54%	17	3,755	10,095	66,184	66,766
64	San Lorenzo	62,231	+0.34%	26	2,394	10,112	63,071	67,352
65	Campana	59,963	+0.22%	16	3,748	10,434	60,497	74,955
66	Concepción	58,354	+0.42%	13	4,489	10,693	59,324	63,851
67	San Francisco	57,853	+0.12%	17	3,403	10,775	58,136	61,553
68	Caleta Olivia	57,836	+0.44%	20	2,892	10,781	58,848	63,056
69	Cutral Có	57,554	+0.32%	15	3,837	10,835	58,284	61,556
70	Libertador General San Martín	55,874	+0.58%	13	4,298	11,163	57,175	70,930
71	General Pico	55,658	+0.17%	18	3,092	11,205	56,039	58,249
72	Puerto Iguazú	54,452	+0.27%	12	4,538	11,436	55,037	56,321
73	Azul	53,295	+0.19%	16	3,331	11,659	53,704	54,167
74	Tartagal	53,210	+0.51%	15	3,547	11,670	54,285	58,791
75	Chivilcoy	52,888	+0.12%	14	3,778	11,734	53,144	53,127
76	Concepción del Uruguay	52,282	+0.21%	16	3,268	11,848	52,730	53,249
77	Ingeniero Juan Allan	51,088	+0.24%	12	4,257	12,022	51,579	55,425

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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