NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1579 FROM SPAIN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION 1814 POPULATION 15807641 1999 EST AREA 16033 SQ MI CAPITAL AMSTERDAM FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL GAS OIL MAIN INDUSTRIES METAL AND ENGINEERING PRODUCTS MICROELECTRONICS MACHINERY CHEMICALS PETROLEUM PROCESSING FISHING CONSTRUCTION AGRICULTURE GRAINS POTATOES SUGAR BEETS FRUITS VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK CURRENCY GUILDER ALSO CALLED GULDEN OR FLORIN GDP 348.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 22200 1998 EST LANGUAGES DUTCH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 75 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 11 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
