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  1. Date of Independence: November 11, 1918 (from Germany and Russia)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: October 16, 1997
  3. Population: 38,608,929 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 120,728 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Warsaw
  6. Form of Government: democratic state
  7. Natural Resources: coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt
  8. Main Industries: machine building, iron and steel production, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
  9. Agriculture: potatoes, milk, fruits, vegetables, wheat, poultry, pigs, cattle
  10. Currency: zloty
  11. GDP: $263 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $6,800 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Polish
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 99%
  16. Life Expectancy:    69 years (male)
  17.                 77 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 11 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 10 deaths per 1,000 population