Land area: 1,056,636 sq mi (2,736,690 sq km);

total area: 1,068,296 sq mi (2,766,890 sq km)
Population (2007 est.):40,913,584 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 17.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 11.4/1000; life expectancy: 76.5; density per sq mi: 38
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper)
Other large cities:Córdoba, 1,486,200; Rosario, 1,276,900; Mendoza, 988,600; Mar del Plata, 683,700
Monetary unit: Peso
National name:República Argentina
Current government officials
Languages:Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
Ethnicity/race: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%

National Holiay: Revolution Day, May 25
Literacy rate:97.2% (2001 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007 est.): $523.7 billion; per capita $13,000. Real growth rate: 8.5%. Inflation: 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate. Unemployment: 8.9%. Arable land: 10.03%. Agriculture: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock. Labor force: 16.1 million: note: urban areas only (2007 est.); agriculture: 1%, industry: 23%, services: 76% (2007 est.). Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel. Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium. Exports: $54.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles. Imports: $40.26 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics. Major trading partners: Brazil, Chile, U.S., China, Spain, Germany (2006).