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'''Argentines''', '''Argentinians'''{{cite web|title=Argentinian|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/argentinian|website=Oxford Learner's Dictionary|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=Argentinian noun, adjective (a person) from Argentina}}{{cite web|title=argentinian|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/argentinian|website=Collins|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=An Argentinian is someone who comes from Argentina.}}{{cite web|title=Argentina|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104184348/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2021|website=The World Factbook|publisher=CIA|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=[...] a period of state-sponsored terrorism that saw the deaths or disappearances of thousands of Argentinians [...]}} or '''Argentineans'''{{cite web|title=Argentinean|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles/argentinean|website=Collins|quote=another name for Argentinian.}} are people associated with [[Argentina]]. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Ethnic groups of Argentina in 2026: European (mostly of Spanish and Italian) 85%-97%; Mestizo (European and Amerindian) descent, Amerindian or other nonwhite groups 3%.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#people-and-society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417040319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#people-and-society|url-status=dead|title=Argentina: The World Factbook|archive-date=17 April 2021|date=16 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/nationality/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923001841/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/nationality|url-status=dead|title=Nationality: The World Factbook|archive-date=23 September 2023|date=16 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023}}

'''Argentines''', '''Argentinians'''{{cite web|title=Argentinian|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/argentinian|website=Oxford Learner's Dictionary|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=Argentinian noun, adjective (a person) from Argentina}}{{cite web|title=argentinian|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/argentinian|website=Collins|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=An Argentinian is someone who comes from Argentina.}}{{cite web|title=Argentina|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104184348/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2021|website=The World Factbook|publisher=CIA|access-date=13 December 2024|quote=[...] a period of state-sponsored terrorism that saw the deaths or disappearances of thousands of Argentinians [...]}} or '''Argentineans'''{{cite web|title=Argentinean|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles/argentinean|website=Collins|quote=another name for Argentinian.}} are people associated with [[Argentina]]. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Ethnic groups of Argentina in 2026: European (mostly of Spanish and Italian) and Mestizo (European and Amerindian) descent 97% ; Amerindian or other nonwhite groups 3%.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#people-and-society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417040319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#people-and-society|url-status=dead|title=Argentina: The World Factbook|archive-date=17 April 2021|date=16 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/nationality/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923001841/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/nationality|url-status=dead|title=Nationality: The World Factbook|archive-date=23 September 2023|date=16 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023}}

Argentina is a [[multiethnic society|multiethnic]] society, home to people of various [[Ethnicity|ethnic]], [[Race (human categorization)|racial]], [[Religion|religious]], [[Religious denomination|denomination]], and [[Nationality|national]] origins, with the majority of the population made up of [[Old World]] immigrants and their descendants.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611004448/http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|archive-date=11 June 2008|url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina]]|title=Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indígenas 2004–2005|language=es}}{{Cite journal|doi=10.1136/jmg.31.9.702|last1=Cruz-Coke|first1=R.|last2=Moreno|first2=R.S.|title=Genetic epidemiology of single gene defects in Chile|journal=Journal of Medical Genetics|volume=31|issue=9|pages=702–06|year=1994|pmid=7815439|pmc=1050080}}{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|title=About Argentina|publisher=Government of Argentina|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919230812/http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|archive-date=19 September 2009}} As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Canada, Brazil and Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610215422/http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|title=Capítulo VII. Inmigrantes|archive-date=10 June 2007|date=10 June 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor+and+Immigration+in+LA-2005.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814202421/http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor%20and%20Immigration%20in%20LA-2005.pdf|title=European Immigration Into Latin America, 1870-1930|archive-date=14 August 2011|date=14 August 2011}}

Argentina is a [[multiethnic society|multiethnic]] society, home to people of various [[Ethnicity|ethnic]], [[Race (human categorization)|racial]], [[Religion|religious]], [[Religious denomination|denomination]], and [[Nationality|national]] origins, with the majority of the population made up of [[Old World]] immigrants and their descendants.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611004448/http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|archive-date=11 June 2008|url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/webcenso/ECPI/index_ecpi.asp|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina]]|title=Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indígenas 2004–2005|language=es}}{{Cite journal|doi=10.1136/jmg.31.9.702|last1=Cruz-Coke|first1=R.|last2=Moreno|first2=R.S.|title=Genetic epidemiology of single gene defects in Chile|journal=Journal of Medical Genetics|volume=31|issue=9|pages=702–06|year=1994|pmid=7815439|pmc=1050080}}{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|title=About Argentina|publisher=Government of Argentina|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919230812/http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1669|archive-date=19 September 2009}} As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Canada, Brazil and Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610215422/http://www.cels.org.ar/Site_cels/publicaciones/informes_pdf/1998.Capitulo7.pdf|title=Capítulo VII. Inmigrantes|archive-date=10 June 2007|date=10 June 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor+and+Immigration+in+LA-2005.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814202421/http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~satpeg/PapersInova/Labor%20and%20Immigration%20in%20LA-2005.pdf|title=European Immigration Into Latin America, 1870-1930|archive-date=14 August 2011|date=14 August 2011}}