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Noun Luxembourger(s)
Adjective Luxembourg Ethnic groups
Luxembourger 63.1%, Portuguese 13.3%, French 4.5%, Italian 4.3%, German 2.3%, other EU 7.3%, other 5.2% (2000 census) Languages
Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language) Religions
Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000) Population World Ranking: 173
509,074 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
18.2% (male 47,274/female 44,366) 15-64 years 66.9% (male 169,343/female 167,211) 65 years and over 14.9% (male 31,086/female 44,022) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 39.5 years
Male 38.4 years Female 40.5 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 104
1.135% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 164
11.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 84
8.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 14
8.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 85% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
LUXEMBOURG (capital) 90,000 (2009) 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 0.71 male(s)/female Total population 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 141
20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 192
Total 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births Female 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 37
Total population 79.75 years
Male 76.5 years Female 83.21 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 160
1.77 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 159
4.1% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
2.862 physicians/1,000 population (2007) Hospital bed density
5.57 beds/1,000 population (2008) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 80
0.3% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 141
Fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 119
Fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
Education expenditures
NA
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 100%Male 100% Female 100% (2000 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 13 years
Male 13 years Female 13 years (2006) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 68
Total 17.2%
Male 16.7% Female 17.8% (2009)
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Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839 but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both world wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area.