Argentina

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Argentina
Misc
Country CodeAR
Geography
Area (sq km)2,780,400
Coastline (km)4,989
Highest Point (m)6,962 (Cerro Aconcagua (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America))
Average Elevation (m)595
People
Population44,694,198
Median Age31.90
Growth Rate0.89 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)16.50
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)7.50
Urban Population91.90 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)52.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)9.50
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)4.80 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.96
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)5.00
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)28.30 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)5.60 %
School life (years)18
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)22.60 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)922.100 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)2.90 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)20,900
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)17.60 %

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South America
South America is the fourth largest continent, the southern of the two Americas continents of the Western Hemisphere.