Italian Argentines are Argentines who have full or partial Italian ancestry. Italian is the largest ethnic origin of modern Argentines, and It is estimated that up to 25 million Argentines have some degree of Italian ancestry (62.5% of the total population). The Italian population in Argentina is the third largest in the world and the second largest (after Brazil) outside of Italy. Italians form a majority of the population of Argentina and neighboring Uruguay: up to two-thirds have some Italian background. Among Latin American countries, only Brazil has more people of Italian descent (28 million, approximately 15 percent of Brazil’s total population). According to 2011 estimates the country had 25 million Argentines with some degree of Italian ancestry in a total population of 40 million. Italians are greatly concentrated in the city of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Santa Fe Province, Entre Ríos Province, Córdoba Province, Tucumán Province, La Pampa Province, and the nearby country of Uruguay. Source: 2011 estimates