Argentina: Reference Information

Argentina: Reference Information - General Data
Official Name	República Argentina
Capital	Buenos Aires (12.7m)
Other Cities	Córdoba (2.8m)
	Mendoza (1.4m)
Area (km2)	2,780,092
Population (million)	37.0
Population density (per km2)	13.3
Population growth rate (%)	1.3
Life expectancy (1999, years)	73
Illiteracy rate (1995, %)	3.8
Language	Spanish
Measures	Metric system
Time	3 hours behind GMT
International Growth Competitiveness Index	63 of 80
TI Corruption Perception Index	70 of 102
United Nations Human Development Index	34 of 175

Note: The above information was last updated on 1 January 2001. The latest update is available by paid subscription in the LatinFocus Consensus Forecast. For more details please click here.

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