THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MACEDONIA FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 17 1991 FROM YUGOSLAVIA DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 20 1991 POPULATION 2022604 1999 EST AREA 9928 SQ MI CAPITAL SKOPJE FORM OF GOVERNMENT EMERGING DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES CHROMIUM LEAD ZINC MANGANESE TUNGSTEN NICKEL IRON ORE ASBESTOS SULFUR TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES COAL METAL PRODUCTION TEXTILES WOOD PRODUCTS TOBACCO AGRICULTURE RICE TOBACCO WHEAT CORN MILLET GRAIN COTTON SESAME MULBERRY LEAVES CITRUS FRUITS VEGETABLES CATTLE PIGS POULTRY SHEEP CURRENCY DENAR GDP 2.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1050 1998 EST LANGUAGES MACEDONIAN ALBANIAN TURKISH SERBO CROATIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EASTERN ORTHODOXY ISLAM LITERACY RATE NOT AVAILABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY 71 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 15 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
