What is the population of Mar del Plata?
Mar del Plata has a city population of 593,337. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Argentina · South America
Mar del Plata
City population
593,337
#4
in Argentina
#1
in Buenos Aires
#945
worldwide
-38.000, -57.556 · 384 km from Buenos Aires
About Mar del Plata
At 14 m above sea level, Mar del Plata is the largest city in Buenos Aires province with a population of 593,337. It accounts for 1.3% of Argentina's population and ranks fourth among Argentine cities. Located 384 km from the national capital, it sits 19 km from Santa Clara del Mar, with Miramar and Balcarce at 39 km and 64 km respectively.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 107
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
Coordinates
-38.000, -57.556
Record updated
2026-04-16
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 314 in ArgentinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Mar del Plata | 593K |
Mar del Plata Population FAQ
Where is Mar del Plata?
Mar del Plata is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 384 km from the capital, Buenos Aires. Its coordinates are -38.000, -57.556.
How big is Mar del Plata compared with other cities in Argentina?
It is the 4th largest of the 314 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Argentina, holding 1.3% of the national population.