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Argentina Discovery: The People

The population is estimated at 36.26 millio n (2001 census), with an annual growth rate of 1.3%. 97% are of European origin, mainly Spanish and Italian, and there are several larg e expatriate communities including German and British.
Mestizos (mixed aboriginal and Spanish) live mainly in the north-west and north-east of the country. There are also significant Arab and Jewish communities.
Whilst population density is 13 per km2 over the country as a whole, much of the land is sparsely populated and settlement is larg ely concentrated in the eastern provinces around the city of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Province, Córdoba, Santa Fé and Entre Ríos), where 80% of the people live on only 20% of the land. 88.3% of the population is urban and 40% live in cities of 100 000 or more. 45% of the population is under 15. Life expectancy is 70.3 years (males) and 77.4 years (females).

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