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Country
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Argentina | 
Czech Republic |
|
Leader
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
President: Vaclav Klaus
|
|
Population
|
42,192,494
| 10,177,300
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.140 years
| 77.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Buenos Aires
| Prague
|
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Largest city
|
| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.86
| 0.897
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $27,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.2%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 5.2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
39.8%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 8.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
|
| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 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)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.150%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
|
| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
|
| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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