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GeographyLocation: Western Europe, between France and Germany
Area: Land boundaries: total 359 km, Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 404,660 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.57% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.61 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.42 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.65 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, and European (guest and worker residents) Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant and Jewish 3% Languages: Luxembourgisch, German, French, English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Luxembourg Independence: 1839 Constitution: 17 October 1868, occasional revisions
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.2 billion National product real growth rate: 2.6% National product per capita: $22,830 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.6% Unemployment rate: 2.4%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |