Country
Argentina Namibia
Leader
Population
42,192,494 2,165,828
Life Expectancy
77.140 years 52.170 years
Capital City
Buenos Aires Windhoek
Largest city
Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) Windhoek (population: 268,132)
Human Development Index
0.86 0.634 GDP per capita $17,700 US $7,500 US
Literacy Rate
97.2% 85%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9 4.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
39.8% 26.9% Wealthiest Citizens Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 7.200% 51.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
9 July 1816 (from Spain) 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate) Religions nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20% Languages Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama) Exports soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins External Debt $136,800,000,000 $ $4,537,000,000 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) Namibian dollars (NAD) per US dollar - 7.75 (2008 est.), 7.18 (2007), 6.7649 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.800% 3.700% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 6 0 Location Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa Area 2,780,400 km sq 824,292 km sq Coastline 4,989 km 1,572 km Climate mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
