Demographics of Luxembourg
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The following is an overview of the demographics of Luxembourg. Demographic topics include basic statistics, most populous cites, and religious affiliation.
The population of Luxembourg as of July 2002 was estimated at 448,569 by The World Factbook.
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[edit] Ethnicity
Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo) and European (guest and worker residents)
[edit] Religious affiliation
The greatest preponderance of the population is Roman Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and Muslims [1]
[edit] Miscellaneous statistics
Age structure:(2002 est.)
- 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)
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: (2002 est.)
- 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
Infant mortality rate: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: (2002 est.)
- total population: 77.48 years
- male: 74.2 years
- female: 80.97 years
Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.16% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
Languages: Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
Literacy: (2000 est.) Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 100%
- male: 100%
- female: 100%
- See also : Luxembourg
[edit] Note
- ^ Note: 1979 legislation forbids the collection of religious statistics. (Loi du 31 mars 1979 réglementant l´utilisation des données nominatives dans les traitements informatiques, Art. 15a [1])
Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan1 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia1 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan1 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia1 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey1 · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Vatican City
Dependencies, autonomies and other territories
Abkhazia1 · Adjara1 · Åland · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhichevan1 · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1
1 Has significant territory in Asia.