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- <text id=94CT0063><title>Argentina—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Argentina<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 33,912,994 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.12% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 19.62 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 8.63 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 29.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 71.35 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 68.06 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 74.81 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.68 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Argentine(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Argentine
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> white 85%, mestizo, Indian, or other nonwhite groups 15%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 95%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 96%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 95%
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 10.9 million
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 12%, industry 31%, services 57% (1985 est.)
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