PORTUGAL PORTUGAL REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1140 FROM CASTILE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION APRIL 25 1976 POPULATION 9918040 1999 EST AREA 35574 SQ MI CAPITAL LISBON FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES FISH CORK TUNGSTEN IRON ORE URANIUM ORE MARBLE MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES SHOES WOOD PULP PAPER CORK METAL PRODUCTION PETROLEUM PROCESSING CHEMICALS FISH CANNING WINE TOURISM AGRICULTURE GRAIN POTATOES OLIVES GRAPES SHEEP CATTLE GOATS POULTRY DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY ESCUDO GDP 144.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 14600 1998 EST LANGUAGES PORTUGUESE RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 85 LIFE EXPECTANCY 73 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
