Demographics of Liechtenstein

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Liechtenstein, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest country of Europe, after the Vatican City, Monaco, and San Marino. Its population is primarily ethnic Alemannic, although its resident population is approximately one third foreign-born, primarily German speakers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and the Swiss Confederation, other Swiss, Italians, and Turks. Foreign-born people make up two-thirds of the country's workforce. 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% .

Population

Administrative divisions of Liechtenstein.

2006

Resident population by municipalities As of December 31, 2006.

Municipality/districtResident population
Vaduz 5,070
Triesen 4,674
Balzers 4,450
Triesenberg 2,566
Schaan 5,747
Planken 387
Upland 22,894
Eschen 4,141
Mauren 3,718
Gamprin 1,463
Ruggell 1,920
Schellenberg 1,032
Lowland 12,274
Liechtenstein 35,168

2007

35,365 (December 31, 2007 est.), of which 66% are Liechtensteiners.

Vital statistics since 1901 [1]

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
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
2000 32,600 420 239 181 12.9 7.3 5.5
2001 33,200 401 220 181 12.1 6.6 5.5
2002 33,700 395 215 180 11.7 6.4 5.3
2003 34,100 347 217 130 10.2 6.4 3.8
2004 34,400 372 198 174 10.8 5.7 5.1
2005 34,800 381 215 166 11.0 6.2 4.8
2006 35,000 361 220 141 10.3 6.3 4.0
2007 35,300 351 227 124 10.0 6.4 3.5
2008 35,500 350 205 145 9.9 5.8 4.1
2009 35,700 406 229 177 11.4 6.4 5.0
2010 36,000 329 238 91 9.1 6.6 2.5
2011 36,300 395 248 147 10.9 6.8 4.1
2012 36,600

Ethnic groups

Alemannic Germans 86%, Italian, Turkish, and other 14%

Religions

Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, other 6.2%, unknown 10.6% (July 2003) see also

Religion Publication Census 2000 - Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein 2000 1990
Catholics 78.4% 84.9%
Reformed Church 7.9% 9.4%
Christian-orthodox Churches 1.1% 0.7%
Other Christian Churches 0.4% 0.1%
Muslims 4.8% 2.4%
Jews 0.1% 0.0%
Other religions 0.3% 0.1%
Undeclared / no religion 7.0% 2.4%
Total: 100% 100%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook,[2] unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure:
0–14 years: 16.1% (male 2,809/female 2,856)
15–64 years: 69% (male 11,970/female 12,326)
65 years and over: 15% (male 2,304/female 2,971) (2011 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.26 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
(14 in the world) total population: 81.5 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.19 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.69 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: N/A%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: N/A

HIV/AIDS - deaths: N/A

Nationality:
noun: Liechtensteiner(s)
adjective: Liechtenstein

Languages: German (official), Alemannic dialect

Literacy:
(1 in the world) definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Amt für Statistiek Liechtenstein
  2. ↑ "CIA - The World Factbook". The World Factbook. CIA. June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

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