_#_Terrain: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
_#_Natural resources: natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
_#_Land use: arable land 2%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 53%; forest and woodland 38%; other 7%; includes irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe
_*People #_Population: 3,308,973 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 79 years female (1991)