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  • Population..........................................................................486,006 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate ..............................................................1.188% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate...................................................11.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................8.43 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................8.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..........Luxembourger 63.1%, Portuguese 13.3%, French 4.5%, Italian 4.3%, German 2.3%, other EU 7.3%, other 5.2% (2000 census)
Member of what is now the European Union since 1952.
Country Profile
Immigration in Luxembourg: New Challenges for an Old Country
Luxembourg’s stable, prosperous economy would not be possible without foreign workers, most of whom come from other EU countries. But this small country has also struggled to cope with asylum seekers from the former Yugoslavia and to integrate children of immigrants, as Serge Kollwelter explains.

Luxembourg page on the World Migration Map
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Neighboring Countries

Belgium
France
Germany
Other Resources

STATEC: Luxembourg’s National Statistics Bureau, Population Data
http://www.statistiques.public.lu

Asylum Procedures, Foreign Ministry of Luxembourg
http://www.gouvernement.lu

Association de Soutien aux Travailleurs Immigrés (ASTI)
http://www.asti.asso.fr/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov

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