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Encyclopedia > Demographics of Luxembourg

Population: 448,569 (July 2002 est.)


Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.9% (male 43,634; female 41,164)
15-64 years: 67% (male 151,364; female 149,156)
65 years and over: 14.1% (male 25,486; female 37,765) (2002 est.)


Population growth rate: 1.25% (2002 est.)


Birth rate: 12.06 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)


Death rate: 8.83 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)


Net migration rate: 9.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)


Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.)


Infant mortality rate: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)


Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.48 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.97 years (2002 est.)


Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)


HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.16% (1999 est.)


HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA


HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)


Nationality:
noun: Luxembourger(s)
adjective: Luxembourg


Ethnic groups: Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo) and European (guest and worker residents)


Religions: the greatest preponderance of the population is Roman Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and Muslims


note: 1979 legislation forbids the collection of religious statistics


Languages: Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)


Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.)

See also : Luxembourg

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Luxembourg at AllExperts (1644 words)
Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and ranked 175th in size of all the countries of the world; the country is about 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq.
To the east, Luxembourg borders the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, and, to the south, it borders the French région of Lorraine.
The linguistic situation in Luxembourg is characterised by the practice and the recognition of three official languages: French, German, and Luxembourgish, a Franconian language of the Moselle region similar to German.
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