SINGAPORE SINGAPORE REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 9 1965 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 3 1959 AMENDED 1965 POPULATION 3531600 1999 EST AREA 247 SQ MI CAPITAL SINGAPORE FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC WITHIN COMMONWEALTH MAIN INDUSTRIES SHIPBUILDING PETROLEUM PROCESSING ELECTRONICS BANKING FOOD AND RUBBER PROCESSING BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE POULTRY ORCHIDS VEGETABLES FRUITS NATURAL RESOURCES FISH DEEP WATER PORTS CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 84.6 BILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 24600 1997 EST LANGUAGES CHINESE MALAY TAMIL ENGLISH ALL ARE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES RELIGIONS BUDDHISM AND TAOIST ISLAM CHRISTIANITY HINDUISM LITERACY RATE 91 LIFE EXPECTANCY 76 YEARS MALE 82 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 13 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
