Liechtenstein

Facts

Population:  32,528 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  18.41% (male 2,992; female 2,996) 15-64 years:  70.6% (male 11,455; female 11,511) 65 years and over:  10.99% (male 1,439; female 2,135) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.98% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  11.53 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  4.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.01 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.67 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  4.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  78.95 years male:  75.32 years female:  82.6 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Liechtensteiner(s) adjective:  Liechtenstein
Ethnic groups:  Alemannic 87.5%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12.5%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%, other 4.9% (1996)
Languages:  German (official), Alemannic dialect
Literacy:  definition:  age 10 and over can read and write total population:  100% male:  100% female:  100% (1981 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $730 million (1998 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  NA%
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $23,000 (1998 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  NA% industry:  NA% services:  NA%
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  0.5% (1997 est.)
Labor force:  22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day
Labor force - by occupation:  industry, trade, and building 45%, services 53%, agriculture, fishing, forestry, and horticulture 2% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:  1.8% (February 1999)
Budget:  revenues:  $424.2 million expenditures:  $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:  electronics, metal manufacturing, textiles, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  NA% hydro:  NA% nuclear:  NA% other:  NA%
Electricity - consumption:  NA kWh
Electricity - exports:  NA kWh
Electricity - imports:  NA kWh
Agriculture - products:  wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Exports:  $2.47 billion (1996)
Exports - commodities:  small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps, hardware, pottery
Exports - partners:  EU and EFTA countries 60.57% (Switzerland 15.7%) (1995)
Imports:  $917.3 million (1996)
Imports - commodities:  machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles
Imports - partners:  EU countries, Switzerland (1996)
Debt - external:  $0 (1996)
Economic aid - recipient:  none
Currency:  Swiss franc (CHF)
Currency code:  CHF
Exchange rates:  Swiss francs per US dollar - 1.6303 (January 2001), 1.6888 (2000), 1.5022 (1999), 1.4498 (1998), 1.4513 (1997), 1.2360 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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