|
Country
|
Uruguay | 
Argentina |
|
Leader
|
President: Jose Mujica
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
|
Population
|
3,316,328
| 42,192,494
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.410 years
| 77.140 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Montevideo
| Buenos Aires
|
|
Largest city
|
| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.859
| 0.86
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $17,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98%
| 97.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.3%
| 39.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 7.200%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
constitutional republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 9 July 1816 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
| nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
|
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
|
| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
|
| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $136,800,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
| Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
|
| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 2,780,400 km sq
|
| Coastline |
660 km
| 4,989 km
|
| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
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