Argentina

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Facts

Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 5,134,958/female 4,905,181) 15-64 years: 64.4% (male 12,979,588/female 12,967,507) 65 years and over: 10.7% (male 1,769,593/female 2,545,100) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.938% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 16.53 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.047 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.001 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.695 male(s)/female total population: 0.974 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 14.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.32 years male: 72.6 years female: 80.24 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.13 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,500 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Argentine(s) adjective: Argentine.

Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%.

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%.

Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.2% female: 97.2% (2001 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $608.8 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 8.5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $15,200 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.5% industry: 35.8% services: 54.7% (2005 est.).

Labor force: 15.35 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%.

Population below poverty line: 26.9% (July-December 2006).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 35% (June 2006).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.8% (2006).

Unemployment rate: 8.7% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $52.1 billion expenditures: $47.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.4 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock.

Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel.

Industrial production growth rate: 8.2% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 93.94 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 90.93 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 4.143 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 7.7 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $46.6 billion f.o.b. (2006).

Exports - commodities: edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles.

Exports - partners: Brazil 15.8%, US 11.4%, Chile 11.2%, China 7.9% (2005).

Imports: $31.69 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics.

Imports - partners: Brazil 35.9%, US 14.1%, China 7.8%, Germany 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $109 billion (30 December 2006).

Economic aid - recipient: $0 (2002).

Currency (code): Argentine peso (ARS).

Exchange rates: Argentine pesos per US dollar - 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004), 2.9006 (2003), 3.0633 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.