Luxembourg 
Facts
Population:
442,972 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
18.91% (male 43,051; female 40,711)
15-64 years:
67.03% (male 149,781; female 147,165)
65 years and over:
14.06% (male 24,921; female 37,343) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.26% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
12.25 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
9.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.67 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
4.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.3 years
male:
74.02 years
female:
80.8 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.7 children born/woman (2001 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 Kososvo) and European (guest and resident workers)
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.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $15.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.7% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $36,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
1%
industry:
30%
services:
69% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 83.2%, industry 14.3%, agriculture 2.5% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:
2.7% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$5.6 billion
expenditures:
$5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum
Industrial production growth rate:
7.8% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
648 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
36.88%
hydro:
53.09%
nuclear:
0%
other:
10.03% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
6.149 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
655 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
6.201 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes; livestock products
Exports:
$7.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
Exports - partners:
EU 75% (Germany 25%, France 21%, Belgium 13%, UK 8%, Italy 6%, Netherlands 5%), US 4% (1999)
Imports:
$10 billion (c.i.f., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Imports - partners:
EU 81% (Belgium 35%, Germany 26%, France 12%, Netherlands 4%), US 9% (1999)
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $160 million (1999)
Currency:
Luxembourg franc (LUF); euro (EUR)
note:
on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Luxembourg at a fixed rate of 40.3399 Luxembourg francs per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002
Currency code:
LUF; EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); Luxembourg francs per US dollar - 34.77 (January 1999), 36.299 (1998), 35.774 (1997), 30.962 (1996); note - the Luxembourg franc is at par with the Belgian franc, which circulates freely in Luxembourg
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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