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  1. Date of Independence: April 1992 (from Yugoslavia)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: December 14, 1995
  3. Population: 3,482,495 (1999 est.)  
  4. Area: 19,741 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Sarajevo
  6. Form of Government: emerging democracy
  7. Natural Resources: coal, iron, manganese, bauxite, timber, copper, lead, zinc, chromium 
  8. Main Industries: mining, steel production, timber, coal mining, motor vehicles, textiles, tobacco, furniture, petroleum processing
  9. Agriculture: wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables, livestock
  10. Currency: dinar
  11. GDP: $5.8 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $1,720 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Serbo-Croatian
  14. Religions: Islam, Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: not available
  16. Life Expectancy:     63 years (male)
  17.                 72 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 9 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 11 deaths per 1,000 population