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Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	11.70	Per 1000 Inhabitants	167	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	8.46	Per 1000 Inhabitants	91	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	4.49	Per 1000 Live Births	198	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	79.48	Years	32	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	8.34	Per 1000 Inhabitants	9	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	1.16	Percent	110	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	1.78	Born per Woman	158	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	2696	Gigawatt hour	127	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	1255	1 Mil. Cubic metre	86	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	165	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	-3.90	Percent	174	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	78000	Dollar	3	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	39140	Million dollar	97	Estimation		GDP
Industrial production growth rate	Economic property	1.70	Percent	62	Estimation		Industrial production growth rate
Inflation rate	Economic property	0.50	Percent	33	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	59.14	1000 Barrel per day	93	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	0	1000 Barrel per day	144	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	6.80	Percent	64	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	2586	Square kilometer	178			Area
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate	Health property	0.20	Percent	97			HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
HIV/AIDS - deaths	Health property	100		140			HIV/AIDS - deaths
People living with HIV/AIDS	Health property	500		152			People living with HIV/AIDS
Population size	Population property	497538		170			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim	status
Asian Development Bank	to promote regional economic cooperation	nonregional member
Organization of American States	to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development	observer
Australia Group	to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons
Benelux Union	to develop closer economic and legal cooperation and integration
Council of Europe	to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council	to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization
European Investment Bank	to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC
European Space Agency	to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Financial Action Task Force	to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
International Atomic Energy Agency	to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Chamber of Commerce	to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels
International Criminal Court	to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct;to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards;to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Development Association	to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Energy Agency	to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers;established by the OECD
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Finance Corporation	to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Labor Organization	to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency
International Monetary Fund	to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Criminal Police Organization	to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
International Organization for Migration	to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
Inter-Parliamentary Union	fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
International Organization for Standardization	to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
International Trade Union Confederation	to promote the trade union movement
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency
North Atlantic Treaty Organization	to promote mutual defense and cooperation
Nuclear Energy Agency	to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy;associated with OECD
Nuclear Suppliers Group	to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development	to promote economic cooperation and development
International Organization of the French-speaking World	founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law;to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management;and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures
Permanent Court of Arbitration	to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
Schengen Convention	to allow free movement within an area without internal border controls
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon;established by the UN Security Council
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Customs Organization	to promote international cooperation in customs matters
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Trade Organization	to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers
Zangger Committee	to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT)
Economic and Monetary Union
European Union

Names

Luxembourg : Name
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg : Longname
Luxembourg : Name
- Local
Grand Duche de Luxembourg : Longname
- Local

Description

Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both World Wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area.

Government type

constitutional monarchy

Religions

Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)

Natural Resources

iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land

Export commodities

machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass

Luxembourg