|
Country
|
Argentina | 
Uruguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
President: Jose Mujica
|
|
Population
|
42,192,494
| 3,316,328
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.140 years
| 76.410 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Buenos Aires
| Montevideo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.86
| 0.859
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $15,300 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.2%
| 98%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 6.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
39.8%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 6.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
|
| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
|
| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
|
| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $15,400,000,000 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)
| Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
|
| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 176,215 km sq
|
| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 660 km
|
| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
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