Overview
- Official records show annual births fell from about 770,040 in 2015 to 413,135 in 2024, a drop of roughly 46 percent over nine years.
- The decline accelerated most recently between 2023 and 2024 when births fell by about 48,000, a near 10 percent year-on-year decrease reported in mid-September 2026.
- Argentina’s total fertility rate is now near 1.2 children per woman, far below the 2.1 replacement level and placing the country among those with ultra-low fertility worldwide.
- Reproductive specialists at the SAMeR congress in Buenos Aires urged earlier fertility counseling because age is the main biological driver of reduced natural conception and assisted techniques work best when used younger.
- Patient groups and doctors say economic instability, job and caregiving pressures and changed life priorities are causing many to postpone or limit childbearing, a trend that could deepen population aging and shrink the future workforce.