CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Luxembourg

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Introduction Luxembourg
Geography Luxembourg
Location: Western Europe, between France and Germany
Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 6 10 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 2,586 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Land boundaries: total: 359 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Land use: arable land: 23.28%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 76.32% (includes Belgium) (2001)
Natural hazards: NA
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
People Luxembourg
Population: 462,690 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19% (male 45,422; female 42,638)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 155,519; female 151,891)
65 years and over: 14.5% (male 26,981; female 40,239) (2004 est.)
Median age: total: 38.3 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 39.3 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.28% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 12.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 8.42 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate: 8.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.58 years
male: 75.31 years
female: 82.07 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Nationality: noun: Luxembourger(s)
adjective: Luxembourg
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.)
Government Luxembourg
Country name: conventional long form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
conventional short form: Luxembourg
local short form: Luxembourg
local long form: Grand Duche de Luxembourg
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Luxembourg
Administrative divisions: 3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Independence: 1839 (from the Netherlands)
National holiday: National Day (Birthday of Grand Duchess Charlotte) 23 June
Constitution: 17 October 1868, occasional revisions
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
head of government: Prime Minister Jean-Claude JUNCKER (since 1 January 1995) and Vice Prime Minister Jean ASSELBORN (since 31 July 2004)
note: government coalition - CSV and LSAP
election results: percent of vote by party - CSV 36.1%, LSAP 23.4%, DP 16.1%, Green Party 11.6%, ADR 10%; seats by party - CSV 24, LSAP 14, DP 10, Green Party 7, ADR 5
Political parties and leaders: Action Committee for Democracy and Justice or ADR [Gast GIBERYOEN]; Christian Social People's Party or CSV (known also as Christian Social Party or PCS) [Francois BILTGEN]; Democratic Party or DP [Claude MEISCH]; Green Party [Francois BAUSCH]; Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP [Alex BODRY]; Marxist and Reformed Communist Party DEI LENK (the Left) [no formal leadership]; other minor parties
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Arlette CONZEMIUS-PACCOURD
chancery: 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
consulate(s) general: New York and San Francisco
FAX: [1] (202) 328-8270
telephone: [1] (202) 265-4171
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Peter TERPELUK, Jr.
embassy: 22 Boulevard Emmanuel Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg City
telephone: [352] 46 01 23
FAX: [352] 46 14 01
Economy Luxembourg
Economy - overview: This stable, high-income economy features solid growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. The industrial sector, initially dominated by steel, has become increasingly diversified to include chemicals, rubber, and other products. Growth in the financial sector, which now accounts for about 22% of GDP, has more than compensated for the decline in steel. Most banks are foreign-owned and have extensive foreign dealings. Agriculture is based on small family-owned farms. The economy depends on foreign and trans-border workers for more than 30% of its labor force. Although Luxembourg, like all EU members, has suffered from the global economic slump, the country has maintained a fairly strong growth rate and enjoys an extraordinarily high standard of living.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $25.01 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $55,100 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.5%
industry: 16.6%
services: 82.9% (2002 est.)
Investment (gross fixed): 20.7% of GDP (2003)
Population below poverty line: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 200,000 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2003)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 1.9%, industry 8%, services 90.1% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate: 3.6% (2003 est.)
Budget: revenues: $11.82 billion
expenditures: $12.06 billion, including capital expenditures of $760 million (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products: barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes; livestock products
Industrial production growth rate: 1.7% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production: 457 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption: 6.07 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports: 744 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports: 6.389 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - consumption: 50,650 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports: 634 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports: 50,700 bbl/day (2001)
Natural gas - consumption: 865 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 867 million cu m (2001 est.)
Exports: $8.571 billion f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - partners: Germany 23.3%, France 19%, Belgium 10.4%, UK 9.1%, Italy 6.8%, Spain 4.6%, Netherlands 4.3% (2003)
Imports: $11.61 billion c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - partners: Belgium 29%, Germany 22.9%, France 11.4%, China 10.9%, Netherlands 4.8% (2003)
Debt - external: NA
Economic aid - donor: ODA, $147 million (2002)
Currency: euro (EUR)
Currency code: EUR
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications Luxembourg
Telephones - main lines in use: 355,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 473,000 (2002)
domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Radios: 285,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 5 (1999)
Televisions: 285,000 (1998 est.)
Internet country code: .lu
Internet hosts: 28,214 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000)
Internet users: 165,000 (2002)
Transportation Luxembourg
Railways: total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2003)
Highways: total: 5,189 km
paved: 5,189 km (including 114 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2000)
Waterways: 37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)
Pipelines: gas 155 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Mertert
Merchant marine: total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 652,454 GRT/805,101 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 11, container 8, liquefied gas 4, passenger 4, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned: Belgium 7, Denmark 1, Finland 3, France 3, Germany 10, Monaco 1, Netherlands 5, Switzerland 1, United Kingdom 7, United States 3
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports: 2 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)
Military Luxembourg
Military branches: Army
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 115,721 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 95,107 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 2,601 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $231.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.9% (2003)
This page was last updated on 1 January 2003
