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  1. Date of Independence: November 12, 1918 (from the Austro-Hungarian Empire)    
  2. Date of Current Constitution: 1920; revised 1929
  3. Population: 8,139,299 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 32, 378 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Vienna
  6. Form of Government: federal republic
  7. Natural Resources: oil, iron ore, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, copper
  8. Main Industries: chemicals, iron and steel production, food processing, machinery, textiles, paper, tourism, mining, motor vehicles
  9. Agriculture: timber, sugar beets, grains, potatoes, fruit, cattle, pigs, poultry
  10. Currency: schilling
  11. GDP: $184.5 billion (1997 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $22,700 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: German
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 99%
  16. Life Expectancy:     74 years (male)
  17.                 81 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 10 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 10 deaths per 1,000 population