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  1. Date of Independence: December 6, 1921 (from the United Kingdom)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: July 1, 1937
  3. Population: 3,632,944 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 27,137 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Dublin
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: zinc, natural gas, lead, oil, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver
  8. Main Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass, crystal
  9. Agriculture: turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat, livestock, dairy products
  10. Currency: pound
  11. GDP: $67.1 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $18,600 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English, Irish (Gaelic)
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism)
  15. Literacy Rate: 98%
  16. Life Expectancy:    74 years (male)
  17.                 79 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 14 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 8 per 1,000 population