Venezuelan Argentines
Venezolano-argentinos (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
People born in Venezuela by province according to RENAPER in 2023 (Not including descendants of Venezuelans) | |
| Total population | |
| 161,495 (by birth, 2022) 272,000 (by ancestry, 2022) 0.6% of the Argentine population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santa Fe | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Venezuelans Venezuelan Uruguayans · Venezuelan Brazilians · Venezuelan Americans |
Venezuelan Argentines (Spanish: venezolano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of predominantly or total Venezuelan descent, or Venezuelan citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina. As of 2022, there are 272,000 Venezuelans living in Argentina, most of whom migrated during the latter half of the 2010s as part of the Venezuelan refugee crisis. The last census held in Argentina, in 2010, registered only 6,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the country.
As of 2018, Venezuelans were the fourth-largest expat community in Argentina, behind Paraguayans, Bolivians and Chileans. According to IOM figures, Argentina granted 170,223 residency permits to Venezuelan citizens alone from 2018 to 2020, nearly twice as many as to Paraguayan citizens. This makes Venezuelans the fastest-growing expat community in the country.