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  1. Date of Independence: October 3, 1932 (from a League of Nations mandate under British administration)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: September 22, 1968
  3. Population: 22,427,150 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 167,975 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Baghdad
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: oil, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur
  8. Main Industries: petroleum processing, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing
  9. Agriculture: dates, rice, cotton, wheat, barley, vegetables, sheep, cattle
  10. Currency: dinar
  11. GDP: $52.3 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $2,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Assyrian
  14. Religions: Islam (Shi‚Äôa, Sunnism), Christianity
  15. Literacy Rate: 58%
  16. Life Expectancy:    66 years (male)
  17.                 68 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 38 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 7 per 1,000 population