Irrigated land: 1,100 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues: substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along
border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by
Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and
occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine
pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains,
which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly
vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Marine Dumping, Marine Life
Conservation
People ———
Population: 3,238,952 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24% (male 405,041; female 386,155)
15-64 years: 63% (male 1,004,089; female 1,035,336)
65 years and over: 13% (male 170,109; female 238,222) (July 1996
est.)
Population growth rate: 0.7% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 17.02 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 9.05 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.95 male(s)/female (1996 est.)