Quick Facts

Quick Facts

  • Luxembourg is a very small country, with a geographic size slightly smaller than the state of Rhode Island

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  • 2013 estimate of population of 514,862 (July 2013 est.)
  • Large immigrant population:
    • 2000: Luxembourger 63.1%, Portuguese 13.3%, French 4.5%, Italian 4.3%, German 2.3%, other EU 7.3%, other 5.2% (2000 census)
    • over 47% of students, 65% of active population, 43% in 2011
  • Languages: national language is Luxembourgish, legislative language is French, official administrative and judicial languages French, German, Luxembourgish. All are languages of instruction. many immigrants speak Portugese and English.
  • Literacy: 100% (2000 est.) of population age 15 and over that can read and write.
  • school life expectancy (total number of years of schooling that a child can expect to receive): 14 years
  • 87% Roman Catholic
  • $42.92 billion (2012 est.)
  • Spending on education: Preprimary level: annual expenditure of USD 20,958 (3 times the OECD average)
  • Primary level: annual expenditures USD 21,240
  • Secondary: USD 17,633

Sources:

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (2013). Luxembourg. In The world factbook. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lu.html

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