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Country
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Argentina | 
Australia |
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Leader
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President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Quentin Bryce Prime minister: Julia Gillard
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Population
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42,192,494
| 22,015,576
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Life Expectancy
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77.140 years
| 81.900 years
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Capital City
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Buenos Aires
| Canberra
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Largest city
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| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Sydney (population: 4,394,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.86
| 0.965
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| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $40,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.2%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.9
| 8.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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39.8%
| 29.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| Frank Lowy & family ($2.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 5.100%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| federal parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
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| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
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| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
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| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
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| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $1,376,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
| Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 3.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 46
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
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| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 7,741,220 km sq
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| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 25,760 km
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| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
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