Luxembourg: People & Society#
| Population | 582,291 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Luxembourger(s) adjective: Luxembourg |
| Ethnic groups | Luxembourger 54.1%, Portuguese 16.4%, French 7%, Italian 3.5%, Belgian 3.3%, German 2.3%, British 1.1%, other 12.3% note: represents population by nationality (2015 est.) |
| Languages | Luxembourgish (official administrative and judicial language and national language (spoken vernacular)) 88.8%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 4.2%, Portuguese 2.3%, German (official administrative and judicial language) 1.1%, other 3.5% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.82% (male 50,445/female 47,525) 15-24 years: 12.26% (male 36,578/female 34,788) 25-54 years: 44.34% (male 132,434/female 125,748) 55-64 years: 11.63% (male 34,321/female 33,379) 65 years and over: 14.95% (male 38,614/female 48,459) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 43.7% youth dependency ratio: 23.6% elderly dependency ratio: 20.1% potential support ratio: 5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 39.2 years male: 38.6 years female: 39.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.05% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 16.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | most people live in the south, on or near the border with France |
| Urbanization | urban population: 90.2% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.71% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | LUXEMBOURG (capital) 107,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 30.2 (2012 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.3 years male: 79.8 years female: 84.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.61 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 6.6% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.9 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.4 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.5% of population rural: 98.5% of population total: 97.6% of population unimproved: urban: 2.5% of population rural: 1.5% of population total: 2.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 24.8% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2012) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 22.6% male: 26.1% female: 18.1% (2014 est.) |