MALDIVES MALDIVES REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 26 1965 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 4 1968 POPULATION 300220 1999 EST AREA 115 SQ MI CAPITAL MALE FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES FISH MAIN INDUSTRIES FISHING FISH PROCESSING TOURISM SHIPPING BOAT BUILDING COCONUT PROCESSING TEXTILES WOVEN MATS ROPE HANDICRAFTS CORAL AND SAND MINING AGRICULTURE COCONUTS CORN SWEET POTATOES CURRENCY RUFIYAA GDP 500 MILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1840 1998 EST LANGUAGES MALDIVIAN DIVEHI ENGLISH RELIGIONS ISLAM SUNNISM LITERACY RATE 93 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 70 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 40 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
