Great European immigration wave to Argentina

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The Great European Immigration Wave to Argentina was the period of greatest immigration in Argentine history, which occurred approximately from the 1860s to the 1960s, when more than six million Europeans arrived in Argentina.^[1] The wave consisted largely of Italian and Spanish immigrants.^[2] With other significant groups that arrived including the French, Jews, Arabs, Germans, and others.^[3]

In 1895, in the city of Buenos Aires, foreigners outnumbered natives, and in Santa Fe province, almost 42% of its population was foreign. This rapid influx of European migrants led to immense population growth in Argentina. This was reflected in the national censuses: in 1869 the population amounted to around one million seven hundred and forty thousand inhabitants; in 1895 it had more than doubled, with nearly four million, and in 1914 it doubled again, with almost eight million.^[1]

The migrants have been incredibly influential in the demographic makeup of Argentina, drastically changing the ethnic structure and increasing the urban population (from 28% in 1969 to 57% in 1930). Also, they introduced political concepts like labor unions, socialism and anarchism into the country's political zeitgeist.^[4] The remnants of the Immigration Wave of migrants are still visible in Argentina today, not only as a result of their influence on the country's economic and political history, but as cultural cornerstones in both urban and rural communities alike.^[5]