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  1. Date of Independence: June 30, 1960 (from Belgium)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 1922
  3. Population: 50,481,305
  4. Area: 905,913 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Kinshasa
  6. Form of Government: dictatorship; presumably undergoing a transition to representative government 
  7. Main Industries: mining, mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, diamonds
  8. Agriculture: coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil,bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
  9. Natural Resources: oil, lead, copper, zinc, timber 
  10. Currency: zaire
  11. GDP: $34.9 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $710 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: French (official), Lingala, Kikongo, Kingwana
  14. Religions: Christian, indigenous beliefs, Muslim
  15. Literacy Rate: 77%
  16. Life Expectancy:    47 years (male)
  17.                 52 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 46 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 15 per 1,000 population