Argentina

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PROFILE
  • Area: 2,780,400 sq. km (1,073,518 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 43,886,748 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.93% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 77.1 years (2016)
  • Languages: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)
  • Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
  • Formal name: Argentine Republic
  • Alternate names: Argentine Republic, La Argentina, República Argentina
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Mauricio MACRI
  • Capital: Buenos Aires
  • Administrative divisions: 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $22,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
  • Imports: machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics
  • Currency: Argentine peso (ARS)
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