BHUTAN BHUTAN REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 8 1949 FROM INDIA DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NO WRITTEN CONSTITUTION POPULATION 1951965 1999 EST AREA 18150 SQ MI CAPITAL THIMPHU FORM OF GOVERNMENT MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER GYPSUM MAIN INDUSTRIES WOOD PRODUCTS CEMENT FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE CORN RICE CITRUS FRUITS CURRENCY NGULTRUM GDP 1.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1000 1998 EST LANGUAGES DZONGKHA OFFICIAL TIBETAN AND NEPALESE DIALECTS RELIGIONS BUDDHISM LAMAISTIC HINDUISM LITERACY RATE 42 LIFE EXPECTANCY 53 YEARS MALE 52 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 37 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 14 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
