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Luxembourg’s Population Boom
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Posted by CFO WOrld
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vendredi, 30 juillet 2010 |
 Have Europeans suddenly become attracted to the charms of Luxembourg’s old city? Or perhaps by the symbols of European unity that dot its European quarter–the European Court of Justice, the European Investment Bank? Or is it that television in the Grand Duchy is not all that good?
According to data released Tuesday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency (also based in Luxembourg), Luxembourg’s population rose 1.72% in 2009. That’s by far the largest rate of increase in the EU.
A quick read of the figures shows that the reason for the increase is not a Luxembourg Baby Boom. Instead, it’s an influx of immigrants: 1.32 percentage points of the rise is due to net migration into Luxembourg. (...)
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