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  1. Date of Independence: October 26, 1905 (from Sweden)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: May 17, 1814
  3. Population: 4,438,547 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 125,050 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Oslo
  6. Form of Government: constitutional monarchy
  7. Natural Resources: oil, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydroelectric power
  8. Main Industries: petroleum processing, natural gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metal production, chemicals, timber,
  9. mining, textiles, fishing
  10. Agriculture: oats, cattle, dairy products
  11. Currency: krone
  12. GDP: $109 billion (1998 est.)
  13. GDP per Capita: $24,700 (1998 est.)
  14. Languages: Norwegian (official), Lapp, Finnish
  15. Religions: Christianity (evangelical Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Roman Catholicism)
  16. Literacy Rate: 99%
  17. Life Expectancy:    76 years (male)
  18.     81 years (female)
  19. Birthrate: 13 births per 1,000 population
  20. Death Rate: 10 deaths per 1,000 population