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137) Luxembourg
Community
Area 2,586 square kilometres (land area 2,586 square kilometres)
Population,
197,528 (1871)
211,088 (1891)
236,543 (1901)
296,913 (1935)
295,500 (1950)
314,000 (1960) +6.3%
339,000 (1970) +8.0%
364,000 (1980) +7.4%
382,000 (1990) +4.9%
436,000 (2000) +14.1%
506,000 (2010) +16.6%
632,300 (2020) +25.0%
Ethnicity (citizenship), %
|
|
Belgian |
British |
French |
German |
Italian |
Luxembourg |
Polish |
Portuguese |
|
1935 |
|
|
1.2 |
5.7 |
3.1 |
87.1 |
0.5 |
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
|
|
74.0 |
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
4.5 |
2.3 |
4.3 |
63.1 |
|
13.3 |
|
2011 |
|
1.1 |
6.1 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
57.0 |
|
16.1 |
|
2013 |
3.3 |
|
6.6 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
55.5 |
|
16.4 |
Religion,
|
|
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
Muslim |
No Religion |
|
1900 |
0.9 |
98.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1960 |
|
98.0 |
|
|
|
1970 |
|
94.0 |
|
|
|
1990 |
1.0 |
95.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
|
2001 |
|
91.0 |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
2012 |
3.0 |
67.0 |
3.0 |
20.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1930 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1935 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1.7 |
15.0 (+3.0) |
43.0 |
12.0 |
19.9 |
9.8 |
58.8 |
|
1960 |
1.7 |
16.0 (+4.2) |
30.5 |
11.8 |
21.2 |
10,8 |
69.6 |
|
1970 |
2.2 |
12.0 (+0.2) |
19.0 |
12.2 |
22.2 |
12.6 |
74.4 |
|
1980 |
1.5 |
11.0 (+1.1) |
11.0 |
9.9 |
18.8 |
13.6 |
80.0 |
|
1990 |
1.6 |
13.0 (+4.4) |
7.0 |
8.6 |
17.4 |
13.4 |
80.9 |
|
2000 |
1.8 |
12.9 (+5.5) |
3.8 |
7.4 |
18.9 |
14.1 |
84.2 |
|
2010 |
1.6 |
11.9 (+4.5) |
2.4 |
7.4 |
17.6 |
14.0 |
88.5 |
|
2015 |
1.5 |
10.7 (+3.7) |
2.1 |
7.0 |
16.4 |
14.0 |
90.2 |
|
2017 |
1.4 |
10.4 (+3.3) |
2.0 |
7.1 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
15.9 |
14.2 |
91.0 |
Life expectancy,
63.8 (1947); 61.7 (M), 65.8 (F)
68.4 (1960); 66.4 (M), 71.6 (F)
70.0 (1970); 66.6 (M), 73.5 (F)
72.1 (1980); 68.5 (M), 75.8 (F)
75.0 (1990); 71.5 (M), 78.7 (F)
77.9 (2000); 74.8 (M), 81.1 (F)
80.6 (2010); 77.9 (M), 83.5 (F)
82.3 (2020); 80.2 (M), 84.4 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s
|
|
Differdange |
Dudelange |
Esch s A |
LUXEMBOURG1 |
Petange |
|
1850 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
1890 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
1900 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
1935 |
16 |
14 |
28 |
58 |
11 |
|
1945 |
14 |
13 |
24 |
59 |
10 |
|
1959 |
18 |
15 |
29 |
72 |
12 |
|
1980 |
17 |
14 |
26 |
80 |
12 |
|
1991 |
16 |
15 |
24 |
76 |
12 |
|
2001 |
20 |
17 |
27 |
76 |
13 |
|
2003 |
22 |
18 |
28 |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
30 |
89 |
|
|
2014 |
24 |
19 |
33 |
107 |
17 |
1Luxembourg derives from the Saxon Lytel Burgh, meaning �little town�.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1956 |
330 |
0.09 |
|
|
|
1960 |
704 |
0.13 |
2,242 |
74.56 |
|
1965 |
922 |
0.12 |
2,780 |
72.62 |
|
1970 |
1,510 |
0.15 |
4,450 |
84.81 |
|
1975 |
2,840 |
0.17 |
9,000 |
115.09 |
|
1980 |
5,430 |
0.19 |
17,100 |
135.74 |
|
1985 |
4,740 |
0.11 |
12,900 |
70.61 |
|
1990 |
13,230 |
0.23 |
34,650 |
144.65 |
|
1995 |
21,600 |
0.29 |
52,800 |
175.60 |
|
2000 |
21,200 |
0.21 |
43,848 |
120.30 |
|
2005 |
37,350 |
0.29 |
80,300 |
181.23 |
|
2010 |
53,200 |
0.36 |
105,109 |
217.28 |
|
2015 |
58,050 |
0.32 |
101,900 |
181.29 |
|
2016 |
59,950 |
0.32 |
102,800 |
178.89 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1990 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
32.9 |
28.0 |
64.6 |
64.2 |
|
2000 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
20.5 |
8.0 |
69.0 |
90.0 |
|
2010 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
13.6 |
17.2 |
86.0 |
80.6 |
|
2013 |
|
1.1 |
|
20.0 |
|
78.9 |
|
2016 |
0.2 |
|
12.3 |
|
87.4 |
|
Communications
Language, % Official; French, German, Letzeburgisch (official since 1984)
|
|
French |
German |
Letzeburgish |
Portuguese |
|
1990 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
72.0 |
9.0 |
Literacy, 99.9% (1985 and after)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
4,230 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
4,303 |
|
9,204 |
4,525 |
|
1956 |
|
31,200 |
24,300 |
|
|
1959 |
|
|
|
7,783 |
|
1961 |
|
|
41,581 |
|
|
1963 |
4,806 |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
4,942 |
70,000 |
|
|
|
1977 |
4,971 |
|
141,400 |
10,100 |
|
1981 |
5,094 |
|
|
|
|
1986 |
5,164 |
|
156,050 |
|
|
1988 |
|
177,500 |
|
|
|
1992 |
5,203 |
|
208,847 |
13,690 |
|
2000 |
|
320,518 |
263,683 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
341,272 |
21,730 |
|
2005 |
|
366,480 |
|
23,976 |
|
2008 |
5,227 |
394,917 |
|
27,043 |
|
2013 |
|
403,000 |
|
|
Railways; First railway opened 1859.
|
|
Length (km) |
% electrified |
|
1860 |
2 |
|
|
1870 |
171 |
|
|
1880 |
304 |
|
|
1890 |
384 |
|
|
1900 |
465 |
|
|
1910 |
520 |
|
|
1920 - 1940 |
535 |
|
|
1950 |
507 |
|
|
1960 |
393 |
|
|
1970 |
328 |
|
|
1980 |
270 |
|
|
1990 |
275 |
80.0 |
|
2000 |
275 |
94.9 |
|
2014 |
275 |
100 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1955
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
15,964 |
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
20,287 |
|
60,000 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
42,411 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
98,000 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
57,815 |
|
101,000 |
10,000 |
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
131,660 |
|
205,000 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
183,700 |
824 |
240,000 |
141,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
26,300 |
|
155,000 |
|
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
165,000 |
6,500 |
|
2000 |
249,000 |
303,000 |
300,000 |
290,000 |
200,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
165,000 |
|
2005 |
|
720,000 |
|
|
290,000 |
315,000 |
|
2009 |
273,600 |
727,400 |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
2016 |
280,000 |
813,000 |
|
|
|
568,000 |
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
569,400 |
Tourism: Visitors to Luxembourg,
430,692 (1980)
458,000 (1985)
820,000 (1990)
768,000 (1995)
852,000 (2000)
913,000 (2005)
805,000 (2010)
1,090,000 (2015)