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GeographyLocation: Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
Area: Land boundaries: total 78 km, Austria 37 km, Switzerland 41 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 30,654 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.2% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.95 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.56 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 5.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.47 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Alemannic 95%, Italian and other 5% Religions: Roman Catholic 87.3%, Protestant 8.3%, unknown 1.6%, other 2.8% (1988) Languages: German (official), Alemannic dialect
Literacy:
age 10 and over can read and write (1981)
Government
Names:
Type: hereditary constitutional monarchy Capital: Vaduz Independence: 23 January 1719 (Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein established) Constitution: 5 October 1921
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $630 million National product real growth rate: National product per capita: $22,300 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.4% Unemployment rate: 1.5%
Electricity:
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