GUINEA GUINEA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 2 1958 FROM FRANCE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 23 1990 POPULATION 7538953 1999 EST AREA 94926 SQ MI CAPITAL CONAKRY FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES BAUXITE IRON ORE DIAMONDS GOLD URANIUM HYDROELECTRIC POWER FISH MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING LIGHT MANUFACTURING FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE BANANAS RICE CASSAVA EDIBLE ROOT COFFEE SWEET POTATOES PINEAPPLES PALM KERNELS CATTLE SHEEP GOATS TIMBER CURRENCY FRANC GDP 8.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1180 1998 EST LANGUAGES FRENCH OFFICIAL NUMEROUS AFRICAN LANGUAGES RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 36 LIFE EXPECTANCY 44 YEARS MALE 49 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 41 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 17 PER 1000 POPULATION
