Demographic features of the population of Liechtenstein include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The population of Liechtenstein as of August 2026 was 40,435. It is ranked #214 in world population.Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest country in Europe, after Vatican City, Monaco, and San Marino. Its population is primarily ethnic Alemannic, although a third of its resident population are foreign nationals, primarily German speakers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and the Swiss Confederation, other Swiss, Italians, and Turks. Nationals are referred to by the plural: Liechtensteiners.

The official language is German; most speak Alemannic, a German dialect highly divergent from Standard German, but closely related to those dialects spoken in neighbouring regions. In Triesenberg a quite distinct dialect promoted by the municipality is spoken. According to the 2000 census, 87.9% of the population is Christian, of which 76% adhere to the Roman Catholic faith, while about 7% are Protestant. The religious affiliation for most of the remainder is Islam - 4.8%, undeclared - 4.1%, and no religion - 2.8%. The median age of citizens is 44.7 years.

Population size and structure

Age structure of the population

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 19 368 19 687 39 055 100 0–4 964 933 1 897 4.86 5–9 1 017 870 1 887 4.83 10–14 1 018 893 1 911 4.89 15–19 1 004 962 1 966 5.03 20–24 1 064 1 089 2 153 5.51 25–29 1 189 1 141 2 330 5.97 30–34 1 230 1 237 2 467 6.32 35–39 1 273 1 270 2 543 6.51 40–44 1 319 1 278 2 597 6.65 45–49 1 364 1 467 2 831 7.25 50–54 1 629 1 640 3 269 8.37 55–59 1 565 1 600 3 165 8.10 60–64 1 355 1 403 2 758 7.06 65-69 1 085 1 141 2 226 5.70 70-74 967 989 1 956 5.01 75-79 701 789 1 490 3.82 80-84 392 518 910 2.33 85-89 175 303 478 1.22 90-94 54 125 179 0.46 95-99 1 36 37 0.09 100-104 2 3 5 0.01Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 2 999 2 696 5 695 14.58 15–64 12 992 13 087 26 079 66.78 65+ 3 377 3 904 7 281 18.64

2019 Resident population by municipalities as of 30 June 2019. Municipality/districtResident population Vaduz 5,668 Triesen 5,230 Balzers 4,628 Triesenberg 2,643 Schaan 5,998 Planken 478 Eschen 4,459 Mauren 4,404 Gamprin 1,663 Ruggell 2,295 Schellenberg 1,091 Liechtenstein 38,557

66.2% are Liechtensteiners, the rest are foreigners.

+Vital statistics since 1901Average population Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Total fertility rateFemale fertile population (15–49 years) 1901 7,500 283 169 114 37.9 22.6 15.3 1902 7,600 264 168 96 34.8 22.1 12.6 1903 7,700 273 166 107 35.4 21.5 13.9 1904 7,800 256 175 81 32.7 22.4 10.4 1905 7,900 248 181 67 31.2 22.8 8.4 1906 8,100 253 131 122 31.4 16.3 15.1 1907 8,200 231 147 84 28.3 18.0 10.3 1908 8,300 240 145 95 29.0 17.5 11.5 1909 8,400 226 145 81 26.9 17.3 9.6 1910 8,500 266 152 114 31.2 17.8 13.4 1911 8,600 239 153 86 27.7 17.7 10.0 1912 8,700 238 141 97 27.4 16.2 11.1 1913 8,700 243 135 108 27.9 15.5 12.4 1914 8,700 264 150 114 30.2 17.2 13.1 1915 8,700 213 139 74 24.4 15.9 8.5 1916 8,800 183 141 42 20.9 16.1 4.8 1917 8,800 200 116 84 22.8 13.2 9.6 1918 8,800 211 200 11 24.0 22.8 1.3 1919 8,800 220 119 101 25.0 13.5 11.5 1920 8,800 262 141 121 29.7 16.0 13.7 1921 8,800 253 122 131 28.6 13.8 14.8 1922 8,900 247 131 116 27.7 14.7 13.0 1923 9,000 222 151 71 24.6 16.7 7.9 1924 9,100 249 109 140 27.2 11.9 15.3 1925 9,300 200 128 72 21.6 13.8 7.8 1926 9,400 226 112 114 24.1 11.9 12.1 1927 9,500 215 141 74 22.6 14.8 7.8 1928 9,600 202 111 91 21.0 11.5 9.4 1929 9,800 206 106 100 21.1 10.9 10.2 1930 9,900 199 104 95 20.1 10.5 9.6 1931 10,000 207 130 77 20.7 13.0 7.7 1932 10,100 196 106 90 19.4 10.5 8.9 1933 10,200 240 119 121 23.5 11.7 11.9 1934 10,300 229 102 127 22.2 9.9 12.3 1935 10,400 226 130 96 21.7 12.5 9.2 1936 10,500 225 121 104 21.4 11.5 9.9 1937 10,600 226 145 81 21.3 13.7 7.6 1938 10,700 213 136 77 19.9 12.7 7.2 1939 10,800 255 136 119 23.6 12.6 11.0 1940 10,900 281 119 162 25.7 10.9 14.8 1941 11,000 249 117 132 22.6 10.6 12.0 1942 11,200 284 141 143 25.3 12.6 12.7 1943 11,500 301 128 173 26.2 11.1 15.1 1944 11,700 342 120 222 29.1 10.2 18.9 1945 12,000 324 148 176 27.0 12.3 14.7 1946 12,300 351 139 212 28.6 11.3 17.3 1947 12,600 314 174 140 25.0 13.9 11.2 1948 12,900 366 135 231 28.4 10.5 17.9 1949 13,300 311 131 180 23.5 9.9 13.6 1950 13,600 275 105 170 20.2 7.7 12.5 1951 13,900 290 114 176 20.9 8.2 12.7 1952 14,100 303 132 171 21.5 9.4 12.1 1953 14,300 317 137 180 22.2 9.6 12.6 1954 14,500 316 127 189 21.7 8.7 13.0 1955 14,800 300 125 175 20.3 8.5 11.9 1956 15,000 317 133 184 21.2 8.9 12.3 1957 15,200 351 127 224 23.1 8.4 14.7 1958 15,600 372 142 230 23.9 9.1 14.8 1959 16,000 345 127 218 21.5 7.9 13.6 1960 16,500 380 123 257 23.1 7.5 15.6 1961 16,900 359 131 228 21.3 7.8 13.5 1962 17,400 360 166 194 20.6 9.5 11.1 1963 18,100 398 146 252 22.0 8.1 13.9 1964 18,800 386 148 238 20.6 7.9 12.7 1965 19,200 395 156 239 20.6 8.1 12.5 1966 19,600 370 152 218 18.9 7.8 11.1 1967 20,200 411 158 253 20.4 7.8 12.5 1968 20,800 431 148 283 20.7 7.1 13.6 1969 21,100 420 168 252 19.9 8.0 12.0 1970 21,100 422 163 259 20.0 7.7 12.3 1971 21,600 350 186 164 16.2 8.6 7.6 1972 22,100 359 149 210 16.2 6.7 9.5 1973 22,800 403 178 225 17.7 7.8 9.9 1974 23,500 326 147 179 13.9 6.3 7.6 1975 23,800 306 179 127 12.8 7.5 5.3 1976 24,100 347 178 169 14.4 7.4 7.0 1977 24,400 309 148 161 12.6 6.1 6.6 1978 25,000 313 163 150 12.5 6.5 6.0 1979 25,600 370 173 197 14.5 6.8 7.7 1980 25,500 393 175 218 15.4 6.9 8.5 1981 25,700 369 161 208 14.4 6.3 8.1 1982 26,300 384 167 217 14.6 6.4 8.3 1983 26,400 348 151 197 13.2 5.7 7.4 1984 26,600 405 177 228 15.2 6.7 8.6 1985 26,900 373 171 202 13.9 6.4 7.5 1986 27,200 351 188 163 12.9 6.9 6.0 1987 27,600 365 180 185 13.2 6.5 6.7 1988 27,900 416 195 221 14.9 7.0 7.9 1989 28,300 373 172 201 13.2 6.1 7.1 1990 28,700 379 195 184 13.2 6.8 6.4 1991 29,200 416 187 229 14.2 6.4 7.8 1992 29,600 375 180 195 12.7 6.1 6.6 1993 30,100 415 178 237 13.8 5.9 7.9 1994 30,500 358 206 152 11.7 6.8 5.0 1995 30,800 425 225 200 13.8 7.3 6.5 1996 31,000 405 230 175 13.1 7.4 5.6 1997 31,200 435 230 205 13.9 7.4 6.6 1998 31,700 382 208 174 12.1 6.6 5.5 1999 32,200 430 206 224 13.3 6.4 7.0 1.63 8,744 200032,673 420 239 181 12.9 7.3 5.5 1.58 8,903 200133,104 401 220 181 12.1 6.6 5.5 1.53 8,981 200233,678 395 215 180 11.7 6.4 5.3 1.49 9,016 200334,022 347 217 130 10.2 6.4 3.8 1.36 9,022 200434,477 372 198 174 10.8 5.7 5.0 1.46 9,028 200534,734 381 215 166 11.0 6.2 4.8 1.51 9,024 200635,010 361 220 141 10.3 6.3 4.0 1.45 9,022 200735,322 351 227 124 9.9 6.4 3.5 1.44 8,994 200835,446 350 205 145 9.9 5.8 4.1 1.45 8,967 200935,789 406 229 177 11.3 6.4 4.9 1.71 8,917 201036,010 329 238 91 9.1 6.6 2.5 1.40 8,872 201136,281 395 248 147 10.9 6.8 4.1 1.69 8,867 201236,636 357 224 133 9.7 6.1 3.6 1.51 8,860201336,942 339 246 93 9.2 6.7 2.5 1.45 8,839201437,215 372 268 104 10.0 7.2 2.8 1.59 8,775201537,468 325 252 73 8.7 6.7 1.9 1.40 8,724201637,686 378 271 107 10.0 7.2 2.8 1.61 8,669201737,877 338 249 89 8.9 6.6 2.3 1.44 8,603201838,201 378 274 104 9.9 7.2 2.7 1.58 8,518201938,557356263939.26.82.4 1.47 8,446202038,896353319349.08.20.81.46 8,443202139,1513752711049.56.92.61.53 8,431202239,444364279859.27.12.11.47 8,409202339,790361270919.16.82.31.45 8,368202440,015340302388.47.41.01.37 8,435202541,024316317–17.77.7–0.01.28 (e) 202641,227

Life expectancy

+Nationality by yearNationality 2017Bevölkerungsstatistik 2017 Llv.li, p. 7 2016 Liechtensteiners 66.2% 66.2% Swiss 9.5% 9.5% Austrians 5.8% 5.8% Germans 4.2% 4.1% Italians 3.1% 3.2% Portuguese 1.9% 1.9% Turks 1.6% 1.8% Kosovar Albanians 1.1% 1.1% Spaniards 1.0% 0.9% Others 5.6% 5.5%

+ Language in Liechtenstein Main language2010% 2020Number% Number % German 34,171 36,088 Italian 412 494 Portuguese 284 390 Turkish 227 362 Spanish 268 324 Serbo-Croatian 244 288 Albanian 143 207 English 59 199 Russian3384 French39 79 Other languages 269 540

Religion

In 2020, 88.76% of the population had a Christian background, 6% were Muslim and 5% had no religious beliefs.The World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08

ReligionStatistisches Jahrbuch Liechtensteins 2020 Llv.li, p. 80Statistisches Jahrbuch Liechtensteins 2014 Llv.li, p. 80 2015 2010 2000 1990 Catholics 73.4% 75.9% 78.4% 84.9% Protestants 8.2% 8.5% 8.3% 9.2% Christian-Orthodox Churches 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 0.7% Other Christian Churches 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% Muslims 5.9% 5.4% 4.8% 2.4% Other religions 0.8% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% No religion 7.0% 5.4% 2.8% 1.5% Undeclared 3.3% 2.6% 4.1% 0.9%

See also Languages of Liechtenstein Turks in Liechtenstein

References

External links Amt für Volkswirtschaft (Office of Economic Affairs)