SWAZILAND SWAZILAND REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 6 1968 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NO CONSTITUTION IN EFFECT POPULATION 985335 1999 EST AREA 6704 SQ MI CAPITAL MBABANE FORM OF GOVERNMENT MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES WOOD PULP MINING TEXTILES AGRICULTURE SUGAR CORN COTTON RICE PINEAPPLES CITRUS FRUITS NATURAL RESOURCES ASBESTOS COAL DIAMONDS TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER CLAY CURRENCY LILANGENI GDP 4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4200 1998 EST LANGUAGES SWATI ENGLISH BOTH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY INDIGENOUS BELIEFS LITERACY RATE 77 LIFE EXPECTANCY 37 YEARS MALE 39 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 41 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 21 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
