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  1. Date of Independence: June 17, 1944 (from Denmark)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: June 16, 1944
  3. Population: 272,512 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 39,699 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Reykjavik
  6. Form of Government: constitutional republic
  7. Natural Resources: fish, hydroelectric and geothermal power
  8. Main Industries: fishing, aluminum smelting, geothermal power production
  9. Agriculture: potatoes, turnips, cattle, sheep
  10. Currency: krona
  11. GDP: $6.06 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $22,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Icelandic
  14. Religions: Christianity (evangelical Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Roman Catholicism)
  15. Literacy Rate: 100%
  16. Life Expectancy:     77 years (male)
  17.                 81 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 15 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 7 per 1,000 population
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