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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 383,813 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1989).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 9 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 80 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Luxembourger(s); adjective--Luxembourg.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: Celtic base, with French and German blend; 
  20. also guest and worker residents from Portugal, Italy, and 
  21. European countries.
  22.  
  23. Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 3% Protestant and Jewish.
  24.  
  25. Language: Luxembourgish, German, French; many also speak 
  26. English.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 100%.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 161,000; one-third of labor force is foreign 
  31. workers, mostly from Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, and FRG; 
  32. 48.9% services, 24.7% industry, 13.2% government, 8.8% construction, 
  33. 4.4% agriculture (1984).
  34.  
  35. Organized labor: 100,000 (est.) members of four confederated 
  36. trade unions.
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