KUWAIT KUWAIT REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 19 1961 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 11 1962 POPULATION 1991115 1999 EST AREA 6880 SQ MI CAPITAL KUWAIT CITY FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES OIL FISH SHRIMP NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING FERTILIZERS CHEMICALS DESALINIZATION FOOD PROCESSING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SALT MINING FISHING AGRICULTURE NONE OF SIGNIFICANCE CURRENCY DINAR GDP 43.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 22700 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL ENGLISH RELIGIONS ISLAM SHI'A SUNNISM CHRISTIANITY HINDUISM LITERACY RATE 79 LIFE EXPECTANCY 75 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 20 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 2 PER 1000 POPULATION
