Argentina 
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Facts
Population:
37,384,816 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
26.54% (male 5,077,593; female 4,842,811)
15-64 years:
63.04% (male 11,795,282; female 11,773,855)
65 years and over:
10.42% (male 1,609,672; female 2,285,603) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.15% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
18.41 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.58 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
17.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.26 years
male:
71.88 years
female:
78.82 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.44 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.69% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
130,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,800 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Argentine(s)
adjective:
Argentine
Ethnic groups:
white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or other nonwhite 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:
96.2%
male:
96.2%
female:
96.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $476 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $12,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
6%
industry:
32%
services:
62% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
37% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.9% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
15 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
15% (December 2000)
Budget:
revenues:
$44 billion
expenditures:
$48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Industrial production growth rate:
1% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
77.087 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
60.3%
hydro:
30.7%
nuclear:
8.75%
other:
0.25% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
77.111 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
1.08 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
6.5 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Exports:
$26.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles
Exports - partners:
Brazil 24%, EU 21%, US 11% (1999 est.)
Imports:
$25.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics
Imports - partners:
EU 28%, US 22%, Brazil 21% (1999 est.)
Debt - external:
$154 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
IMF offer of $13.7 billion (January 2001)
Currency:
Argentine peso (ARS)
Currency code:
ARS
Exchange rates:
Argentine pesos per US dollar - 1.000 (fixed rate pegged to the US dollar)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Online Newspaper), Buenos Aires
http://www.4semanas.com.ar/
(Conservative), Buenos Aires
http://www.ambitofinanciero.com/
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(Centrist newsmagazine), Buenos Aires
(Liberal), Buenos Aires
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/
(Independent, mass-circulation), Buenos Aires
http://www.clarin.com/
(Independent), Junín
http://www.diariodemocracia.com/
(Conservative, business-oriented), Buenos Aires
http://www.cronista.com/
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The transition brings up a number of questions, both because it passes the baton from one spouse to the other and because it takes place in a general climate that ratifies continuity.
Nearly 30 years after Von Wernich committed human rights violations, it is unlikely he will escape conviction, given the amount of evidence and witnesses slated to testify against him.
Business-oriented Mayor of Buenos Aires to challenge for presidency
Chilean government authorities and citizens alike worried Tuesday that the country could soon be "left in the cold" after Argentina once again suspended all natural gas exports to Chile.
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