NORWAY NORWAY REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 26 1905 FROM SWEDEN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 17 1814 POPULATION 4438547 1999 EST AREA 125050 SQ MI CAPITAL OSLO FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES OIL COPPER NATURAL GAS PYRITES NICKEL IRON ORE ZINC LEAD FISH TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING NATURAL GAS FOOD PROCESSING SHIPBUILDING PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS METAL PRODUCTION CHEMICALS TIMBER MINING TEXTILES FISHING AGRICULTURE OATS CATTLE DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY KRONE GDP 109 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 24700 1998 EST LANGUAGES NORWEGIAN OFFICIAL LAPP FINNISH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERANISM OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 76 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 13 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
