KAZAKHSTAN KAZAKHSTAN REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 16 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 30 1995 POPULATION 16824825 1999 EST AREA 1049200 SQ MI CAPITAL ASTANA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL IRON ORE COAL MANGANESE COPPER NICKEL COBALT LEAD ZINC BAUXITE GOLD URANIUM MAIN INDUSTRIES STEEL PRODUCTION MINING MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AGRICULTURE WHEAT COTTON WOOL LIVESTOCK CURRENCY TENGE GDP 52.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3100 1998 EST LANGUAGES KAZAKH RUSSIAN UKRAINIAN GERMAN UZBEK TATAR RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 58 YEARS MALE 69 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 17 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 PER 1000 POPULATION
