Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85,
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
Geography - note:
landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in the world
People Luxembourg
Population:
454,157 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.9% (male 44,182; female 41,640)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 152,963; female 151,061)
65 years and over: 14.2% (male 26,060; female 38,251) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 38.1 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 38.9 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
1.23% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
11.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
9.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)