Total population | |
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916,136 (by birth, 2023)[1] Unknown (by ancestry) 2.0% of the Argentine population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Chaco | |
Languages | |
Spanish · Guarani | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Paraguayans · Paraguayan Americans |
Paraguayan Argentines (Guarani: Paraguaiguakuéra Arahentínape, Spanish: Paraguayo-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of full or partial Paraguayan descent or Paraguay-born people who reside in Argentina. Paraguayan people comprise an important ethnic group in the country due to the sustained immigration that gained importance in the 1970s. The number of people born in Paraguay living in Argentina has been estimated to be about 550,000.[2][3] Therefore, it is the largest foreign community in the country outnumbering individuals from Italy and Spain (countries which have been historically regarded as the origin of the backbone of Argentine society). It is also one of the fastest growing foreign nationalities. Despite all this, its numbers have been undercounted so it is believed that the real amount is even much higher.