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Country
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Luxembourg |
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Leader
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Head of state: Grand Duke Henri Prime minister: Jean-Claude Juncker
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President: Joyce Banda
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Population
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509,074
| 16,323,044
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Life Expectancy
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79.750 years
| 52.310 years
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Capital City
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Luxembourg
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Largest city
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| Luxembourg (population: 76,684) | Lilongwe (population: 646,750) |
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Human Development Index
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0.956
| 0.457
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| GDP per capita |
$81,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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100%
| 62.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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8.3
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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23.3%
| 13%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.900%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy
| multiparty democracy
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Independence date
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1839 (from the Netherlands)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)
| Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
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| Languages |
Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
| Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
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| Exports |
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
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| External Debt |
$2,146,000,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Europe, between France and Germany
| Southern Africa, east of Zambia
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| Area |
2,586 km sq
| 118,484 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
| sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
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