_#_Note: second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage)
_*People #_Population: 32,663,983 (July 1991), growth rate 1.1% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 31 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 74 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 2.7 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Argentine(s); adjective—Argentine
_#_Ethnic divisions: white 85%; mestizo, Indian, or other nonwhite groups 15%