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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 32,290,966 (July 1990), growth rate 1.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 32 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 74 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Argentine(s); adjective--Argentine.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 85% white, 15% mestizo, Indian, or other 
  20. nonwhite groups.
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  22. Religion: 90% nominally Roman Catholic (less than 20% practicing), 
  23. 2% Protestant, 2% Jewish, 6% other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 94%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 10,900,000; 12% agriculture, 31% industry, 
  30. 57% services (1985 est.).
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: 3,000,000; 28% of labor force.
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