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Argentina - South America



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
40,301,927 (July 2007 est.)total population: 76.32 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 80.24 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
LanguagesLiteracy
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, Frenchdefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 97.1%
female: 97.1% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
republic Buenos Aires
IndependanceNational day
9 July 1816 (from Spain)Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)
ConstitutionLegal system
1 May 1853; amended many times starting in 1860mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$210 billion (2006 est.)8.5% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$15,000 (2006 est.)10.2% (3rd quarter, 2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
31.4% (June 2006)10% (November 2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$46 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$31.69 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$30.24 billion (November 2006 est.)Argentine peso (ARS)
Military expenditures
1.3% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay 2,766,890 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwestfertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
22.1 million (2005).ar
Internet hostsInternet users
1.612 million (2006)10 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
1,381 (2006)31,902 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
229,144 km gas 29,804 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 10,373 km; refined products 8,540 km; unknown (oil/water) 13 km (2006)