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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
National name: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Ruler: Grand Duke Henri (2000)
Prime Minister: Jean-Claude Juncker (1995)
Total area: 998 sq mi (2,585 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 474,413 (growth rate: 1.2%); birth rate: 11.9/1000;
infant mortality rate: 4.7/1000; life expectancy: 78.9; density per sq mi: 475
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Luxembourg, 78,800
Monetary unit: Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)
Languages: Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
Ethnicity/race: Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian,
Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo), and European (guest and worker
residents)
Religions: Roman Catholic 87%; Protestant, Jewish, Islamic 13% (2000)
Literacy rate: 100% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $29.43 billion; per capita $55,600. Real
growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 3.6%. Unemployment: 4.9%. Arable land: 23%.
Agriculture: wine, grapes, barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits; dairy
products, livestock products. Labor force: 316,500 of whom 121,600 are
foreigners; agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (2004 est.). Industries:
banking and financial services, iron and steel, information technology,
telecommunications, cargo transportation, food processing, chemicals, metal
products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism. Natural resources: iron
ore (no longer exploited), arable land. Exports: $13.39 billion f.o.b. (2005
est.): machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products,
glass. Imports: $18.74 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.): minerals, metals, foodstuffs,
quality consumer goods. Major trading partners: Germany, France, Belgium, UK,
Italy, Spain, Netherlands, China (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 314,700 (1999); mobile cellular:
215,741 (2000). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999).
Radios: 285,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 8 (1999). Televisions:
285,000 (1998 est.). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000). Internet
users: 100,000 (2001).
Transportation: Railways: total: 274 km (2002). Highways: total: 5,189 km;
paved: 5,189 km (including 114 km of expressways); unpaved: 0 km (2000).
Waterways: 37 km; Moselle. Ports and harbors: Mertert. Airports: 2 (2002).
International disputes: none.
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