BELGIUM BELGIUM REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 4 1830 FROM THE NETHERLANDS DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION FEBRUARY 7 1831 POPULATION 10182034 1999 EST AREA 11787 SQ MI CAPITAL BRUSSELS FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY UNDER A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES COAL NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES MACHINERY IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION COAL MINING CHEMICALS GLASS MOTOR VEHICLES FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES PETROLEUM PROCESSING AGRICULTURE GRAIN TOBACCO POTATOES FRUITS VEGETABLES CATTLE PIGS CURRENCY FRANC GDP 236 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 23400 1998 EST LANGUAGES FLEMISH FRENCH GERMAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
