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Argentina-Information
Population
According to the Census of 1998, there are 32.6
million habitants in Argentina, more than one-third of whom live in the province
of Buenos Aires. Ethnically, the population is 85 per cent Caucasian and 15
percent Indian or mestizo (mixed Indian-Spanish). A major factor behind this
breakdown is the great wave of Southern European immigrantion between 1860 and
1940, most of whom were of Italian and Spanish origin. The largest group of
indigenous peoples are the Guaraníes, who are found mostly in Corrientes and
Misiones.
Density: 12.9 habitants/km2; Annual population growth: 1,5%; Urban population:
88,1%; Life expectancy: men: 67 years, women: 74 years.