SLOVAKIA SLOVAKIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1993 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 1 1993 POPULATION 5396193 1999 EST AREA 18933 SQ MI CAPITAL BRATISLAVA FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY MAIN INDUSTRIES METAL PRODUCTS FOOD AND BEVERAGES OIL CHEMICALS COAL PLASTICS AGRICULTURE GRAINS POTATOES SUGAR BEETS HOPS FRUIT NATURAL RESOURCES BROWN COAL LIGNITE IRON ORE COPPER MAGANESE ORE SALT CURRENCY KORUNA GDP 44.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 8300 1998 EST LANGUAGES SLOVAK OFFICIAL HUNGARIAN RELIGIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC ATHEIST PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ORTHODOX LITERACY RATE NOT AVAILABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY 70 YEARS MALE 77 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
