|
Country
|
Argentina | 
Bulgaria |
|
Leader
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
President: Rosen Plevneliev
|
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Population
|
42,192,494
| 7,037,935
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.140 years
| 73.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Buenos Aires
| Sofia
|
|
Largest city
|
| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Sofia (population: 1,152,560) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.86
| 0.834
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $13,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.2%
| 98.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 3.6
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
39.8%
| 21.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 9.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
|
| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $46,840,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
| leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 2.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 5
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
|
| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 110,879 km sq
|
| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 354 km
|
| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
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