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  1. Date of Independence: December 6, 1917 (from the Soviet Union)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: July 17, 1919
  3. Population: 5,158,372 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 130,559 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Helsinki
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: timber, copper, iron ore, zinc, silver
  8. Main Industries: metal production, chemicals, shipbuilding, textiles, paper, copper refining, clothing, fishing
  9. Agriculture: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, dairy products
  10. Currency: markka
  11. GDP: $103.6 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $20,100 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Finnish (official), Swedish (official), Lapp, Russian
  14. Religions: Christianity (evangelical Lutheranism, Greek Orthodoxy)
  15. Literacy Rate: 100%
  16. Life Expectancy:    74 years (male)
  17.                 81 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 11 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 10 per 1,000 population