Demographics of Luxembourg
Population:
437,389 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate:
1.27% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
12.45 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
8.91 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
9.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
4.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
1.7 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, and European (guest and worker residents)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant and Jewish 3%
Languages:
Luxembourgian, German, French, English
Literacy:
0-14 years:
19% (male 42,375; female 40,109)
15-64 years:
67% (male 148,205; female 145,325)
65 years and over:
14% (male 24,446; female 36,929) (2000 est.)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.66 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population:
77.13 years
male:
73.84 years
female:
80.63 years (2000 est.)
noun:
Luxembourger(s)
adjective:
Luxembourg
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100% (1980 est.)