Businesses in Puerto Deseado

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Puerto Deseado

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	34
Grocery stores and supermarkets	33
Shopping	25
Education	21
Clothing stores	20
Public administration	13
Lawyers legal	11
Museums	11
Other accommodation	10
Hotels and motels	10
Beauty salons	10

Puerto Deseado Facts

Area	75075.3 km²
Population	157,771
Male Population	81,361 (51.6%)
Female Population	76,410 (48.4%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+617.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+119.8%
Median Age	26.3 years (Male: 26.5, Female: 26.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$44,446 (2022)
Area Codes	297
Local Time
Timezone	Argentina Standard Time
Lat & Lng	-47.75034, -65.89382

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Puerto Deseado Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	21,984	45,724	71,782	135,550	157,771	180,388	204,483
Population Density	0.3 / km²	0.6 / km²	1 / km²	1.8 / km²	2.1 / km²	2.4 / km²	2.7 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Puerto Deseado Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 119.8% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Puerto Deseado	+617.7%	+245.1%	+119.8%
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	—	—	—
Argentina	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Puerto Deseado Median Age

Median Age: 26.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Puerto Deseado	26.3 yrs	26.2 yrs	26.5 yrs
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	27.4 yrs	27.3 yrs	27.5 yrs
Argentina	29.8 yrs	30.9 yrs	28.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Puerto Deseado Population Density

Population Density: 2.1 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Puerto Deseado	157,771	75,075.3 km²	2.1 / km²
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	314,965	243,774.8 km²	1.3 / km²
Argentina	43.2 million	2,779,516.9 km²	15.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Puerto Deseado Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1930 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Postal Codes

Percentage of businesses by Postal Codes in Puerto Deseado

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Puerto Deseado Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$22,543	$40,726	$42,520	$51,821	$74,960	$62,995	$40,532	$44,446
Total GDP	$969.8M	$2.1B	$2.7B	$4B	$7.1B	$7.3B	$5.6B	$6.5B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Puerto Deseado CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Puerto Deseado	922,999 tn	5.85 tn	12.3 tons/km²
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	1,896,853 tn	6.02 tn	7.8 tons/km²
Argentina	198,107,945 tn	4.59 tn	71.3 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Puerto Deseado CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	922,999 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	5.85 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	12.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (9)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Puerto Deseado

Puerto Deseado, originally called Port Desire, is a city of about 15,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia in Santa Cruz Province of Argentina, on the estuary of the Deseado River. was named Port Desire by the privateer Thomas Cavendish in..

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