Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren Independence: 31 August 1957 (from UK) Constitution: 21 December 1979 Legal system: based on total area *Svalbard, People Population: 19,344,181 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -10% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $83 million; expenditures $6.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988) Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1990) commodities: iron ore Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0%
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