IRELAND IRELAND REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 6 1921 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 1 1937 POPULATION 3632944 1999 EST AREA 27137 SQ MI CAPITAL DUBLIN FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES ZINC NATURAL GAS LEAD OIL BARITE COPPER GYPSUM LIMESTONE DOLOMITE PEAT SILVER MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING BEVERAGES TEXTILES CHEMICALS PHARMACEUTICALS MACHINERY TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT GLASS CRYSTAL AGRICULTURE TURNIPS BARLEY POTATOES SUGAR BEETS WHEAT LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY POUND GDP 67.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 18600 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH IRISH GAELIC RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM ANGLICANISM LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 PER 1000 POPULATION
