BELIZE BELIZE REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 21 1981 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 21 1981 POPULATION 235789 1999 EST AREA 8867 SQ MI CAPITAL BELMOPAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES SEAFOOD TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING CLOTHING TOURISM CONSTRUCTION FISHING AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE CITRUS FRUITS BANANAS PAPAYAS TIMBER CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 700 MILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3000 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL SPANISH MAYAN GARIFUNA RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 70 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 71 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 30 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
