Population growth rate .............................................................0.938%
(2007 est.)
Birth rate....................................................16.53
births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate...................................................7.55
deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate..................................0.4
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Ethnic groups................white (mostly
Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian
ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
Argentina: A New Era of Migration and Migration Policy
Despite high levels of skilled emigration, Argentina consistently attracts new economic migrants from
its neighbors in the southern cone of Latin America. Maia Jachimowicz of Princeton University reports.
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