|
Country
|
Argentina | 
Zambia |
|
Leader
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
President: Michael Sata
|
|
Population
|
42,192,494
| 13,817,479
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.140 years
| 52.570 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Buenos Aires
| Lusaka
|
|
Largest city
|
| Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) | Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.86
| 0.453
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,700 US
| $1,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.2%
| 80.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 2.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
39.8%
| 15.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.200%
| 14.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
| 24 October 1964 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
| Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
| English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
|
| Exports |
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
| copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
|
| External Debt |
$136,800,000,000 $
| $3,962,000,000 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)
| Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
| Southern Africa, east of Angola
|
| Area |
2,780,400 km sq
| 752,618 km sq
|
| Coastline |
4,989 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
| tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
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