|
Country
|
Argentina | 
Georgia |
|
Leader
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
President: Mikhail Saakashvili
|
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Population
|
42,192,494
| 4,570,934
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.140 years
| 77.320 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Buenos Aires
| T'bilisi
|
|
Largest city
|
| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Tbilisi (population: 1,049,500) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.86
| 0.763
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $5,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.2%
| 100%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 3.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
39.8%
| 6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 16.300%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia
|
| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| scrap metal, wine, mineral water, ores, vehicles, fruits and nuts
|
| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $11,080,000,000 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)
| laris (GEL) per US dollar - 1.47 (2008 est.), 1.7 (2007), 1.78 (2006), 1.8127 (2005), 1.9167 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.900%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia
|
| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 69,700 km sq
|
| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 310 km
|
| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
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