AUSTRIA AUSTRIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 12 1918 FROM THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION 1920 REVISED 1929 POPULATION 8139299 1999 EST AREA 32 378 SQ MI CAPITAL VIENNA FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL IRON ORE TIMBER MAGNESITE LEAD COAL COPPER MAIN INDUSTRIES CHEMICALS IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION FOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY TEXTILES PAPER TOURISM MINING MOTOR VEHICLES AGRICULTURE TIMBER SUGAR BEETS GRAINS POTATOES FRUIT CATTLE PIGS POULTRY CURRENCY SCHILLING GDP 184.5 BILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 22700 1998 EST LANGUAGES GERMAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
