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Country
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Argentina |
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Leader
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President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
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Acting president: Andry Rajoelina
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Population
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42,192,494
| 22,005,222
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Life Expectancy
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77.140 years
| 64.000 years
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Capital City
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Buenos Aires
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Largest city
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| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Antananarivo (population: 1,391,430) |
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Human Development Index
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0.86
| 0.533
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| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.2%
| 68.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.9
| 3.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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39.8%
| 9.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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9 July 1816 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
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| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official)
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| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
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| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
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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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 0
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique
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| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 587,041 km sq
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| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 4,828 km
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| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
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