| Principality of Liechtenstein National name: Fuerstentum
Liechtenstein Ruler: Prince Hans
Adam II (1989) Head of
Government: Otmar Hasler (2001)
Current government officials
Total area: 62 sq mi (161 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 34,247 (growth rate:
0.7%); birth rate: 10.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.6/1000; life
expectancy: 79.8; density per sq mi: 551
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Vaduz, 5,300 Monetary unit: Swiss franc
Languages:
German (official), Alemannic dialect
Ethnicity/race:
Alemannic 86%; Italian, Turkish, and other
14%
Religions:
Roman Catholic, 77%, Protestant, 7%; unknown,
11% (2002) Literacy rate: 100%
(1981 est.) Economic summary:
GDP/PPP (1999 est.): $825 million; per capita $25,000. Real
growth rate: 11%. Inflation: 1% (2001).
Unemployment: 1.3% (Sept. 2002). Arable land: 25%.
Agriculture: wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products. Labor force: 29,000 of whom 13,900 commute from
Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2001); industry
47.4%, services 51.3%, agriculture 1.3% (2001). Industries:
electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products, ceramics,
pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism,
optical instruments. Natural resources: hydroelectric
potential, arable land. Exports: $2.47 billion (1996): small
specialty machinery, connectors for audio and video, parts for motor
vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared foodstuffs, electronic
equipment, optical products. Imports: $917.3 million (1996):
agricultural products, raw materials, machinery, metal goods,
textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles. Major trading partners:
EU (Germany, Austria, France, Italy, UK), U.S., Switzerland
(2004). Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 20,072 (2000); mobile cellular: n.a. Radio
broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios:
21,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: n.a. (linked to
Swiss networks) (1997). Televisions: 12,000 (1997). Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): 44 (Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
(2000). Internet users: n.a. Transportation: Railways: total: 18.5 km;
note: owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal
Railways (2002). Highways: total: 250 km; paved: 250 km;
unpaved: 0 km. Ports and harbors: none. Airports:
none. International disputes:
Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for 1,600 sq km of
land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918.
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