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  1. Date of Independence: June 19, 1961 (from the United Kingdom)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: November 11, 1962
  3. Population: 1,991,115 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 6,880 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Kuwait City
  6. Form of Government: constitutional monarchy
  7. Natural Resources: oil, fish, shrimp, natural gas
  8. Main Industries: petroleum processing, fertilizers, chemicals, desalinization, food processing, construction materials, salt mining, fishing
  9. Agriculture: none of significance
  10. Currency: dinar
  11. GDP: $43.7 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $22,700 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Arabic (official), English
  14. Religions: Islam (Shi‚Äôa, Sunnism), Christianity, Hinduism
  15. Literacy Rate: 79%
  16. Life Expectancy:     75 years (male)
  17.                 79 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 20 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 2 per 1,000 population