GEORGIA GEORGIA COUNTRY REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE APRIL 9 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 17 1995 POPULATION 5066499 1999 EST AREA 26831 SQ MI CAPITAL T'BILISI FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER MANGANESE IRON ORE COPPER COAL OIL MAIN INDUSTRIES STEEL PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT MACHINERY VEHICLES TEXTILES SHOES CHEMICALS WOOD PRODUCTS WINE AGRICULTURE GRAPES CORN CITRUS FRUITS TEA LIVESTOCK CURRENCY LARI GDP 11.2 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2270 1998 EST LANGUAGES GEORGIAN OFFICIAL RUSSIAN ARMENIAN AZERI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY GEORGIAN ORTHODOXY RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY ISLAM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 61 YEARS MALE 68 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 12 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 14 PER 1000 POPULATION
