Tags: Ethnic Group.
According to the Argentina national census of 2010 the total Argentine population is 40117096 of whom 149.493 identify as Afro-Argentines.The Afro-Argentine population resulting from the slave trade during the centuries of Spanish domination of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata had a major role in Argentine history. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries they comprised up to fifty percent of the population in some provinces and had a deep impact on national culture.
