said, “but the king made a slight rustling of the World Area: total area: 406,750 km2 land area: 823,290 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than Alabama Land boundaries: total 4,571 km, Malawi 1,569 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zaire 1,577 km along west coast; temperate in south Natural resources: limestone, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum Land use: arable land: 11% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: 3% other: 75% Irrigated land: 240 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: subject to seasonally high winds, droughts, floods *Uruguay, People Population: 18,903 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3.46% (1993 est.) Death rate: NA births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 46.53 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (1993 est.) Death rate: 14.8 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 94% male: 98% female: 98% Labor force: 572,000 (1988) by occupation: agriculture 82.0%, industry and commerce 2% note: the US and
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