Country or area · Western Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024

Liechtenstein population

Liechtenstein population now

40,424

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 40,035–40,977.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 39,598

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 40,364; 95% range, 31 Dec: 40,035–40,977
Median age: 45.7
Aged 65+: 22.0%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 5 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

LIE · 1950–2100 · in brief

Liechtenstein in numbers

39,598 people lived in Liechtenstein in mid-2023: less than 0.01% of the world's people, and the 216th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 2.9 times its 1950 population of 13,764.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 43,598. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 12,455 to 139 thousand.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2031 on. The population still grows to 2100, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 28.7 in 1950 and 45.2 in 2023; the projection has 49.3 in 2100. 20.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2022 at 25,934; in 2023 it was 25,931.

Among countries it ranks 216th in 2023, 215th in 2050 and 211th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes American Samoa in 2033, the Northern Mariana Islands in 2033 and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2055. It is overtaken by Gibraltar in 2026 and Monaco in 2086.

Population, mid-2023: 39,598
Rank by population, 2023: 216 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.71% · +281 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 247
Land area, 2023: 160 km²
Births, 2023: 371
Deaths, 2023: 300
Net migration, 2023: +214
Children per woman, 2023: 1.54
Median age, 2023: 45.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.6 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 13,764
Projected, mid-2050: 43,012
Projected, mid-2100: 43,598

LIE · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Liechtenstein, 1950–2100

Liechtenstein: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	13,641		294	139	2.71	65.3
1951	estimate	13,886		301	139	2.77	65.8
1952	estimate	14,113		299	140	2.74	66.2
1953	estimate	14,341		297	139	2.72	66.9
1954	estimate	14,591		295	137	2.70	67.5
1955	estimate	14,834		296	135	2.70	68.3
1956	estimate	15,104		300	134	2.73	68.9
1957	estimate	15,381		306	132	2.76	69.6
1958	estimate	15,697		315	132	2.79	70.1
1959	estimate	16,014		320	131	2.79	70.6
1960	estimate	16,326		329	132	2.78	70.9
1961	estimate	16,655		340	135	2.78	71.0
1962	estimate	17,064		355	140	2.80	70.9
1963	estimate	17,482		374	143	2.85	70.9
1964	estimate	17,918		396	145	2.92	71.1
1965	estimate	18,371		416	148	2.96	71.2
1966	estimate	18,834		407	147	2.78	71.6
1967	estimate	19,298		380	146	2.48	72.0
1968	estimate	19,810		356	145	2.22	72.3
1969	estimate	20,351		358	146	2.13	72.5
1970	estimate	20,893		365	146	2.09	72.8
1971	estimate	21,394		368	147	2.03	73.0
1972	estimate	21,794		367	147	1.98	73.4
1973	estimate	22,191		366	148	1.94	73.7
1974	estimate	22,603		368	149	1.90	74.0
1975	estimate	23,002		374	150	1.90	74.3
1976	estimate	23,393		385	152	1.91	74.6
1977	estimate	23,781		396	155	1.92	74.8
1978	estimate	24,162		401	160	1.90	74.7
1979	estimate	24,534		362	163	1.67	74.7
1980	estimate	24,909		376	167	1.70	74.8
1981	estimate	25,270		382	169	1.69	75.0
1982	estimate	25,653		367	172	1.61	75.1
1983	estimate	26,041		353	167	1.53	75.7
1984	estimate	26,434		352	166	1.51	76.2
1985	estimate	26,819		353	164	1.50	76.7
1986	estimate	27,198		354	163	1.48	77.2
1987	estimate	27,570		364	161	1.50	77.8
1988	estimate	27,948		371	163	1.50	78.0
1989	estimate	28,347		379	165	1.50	78.3
1990	estimate	28,717		387	166	1.50	78.5
1991	estimate	29,058		394	168	1.50	78.7
1992	estimate	29,499		391	175	1.48	78.7
1993	estimate	29,948		388	184	1.45	78.5
1994	estimate	30,392		387	194	1.44	78.2
1995	estimate	30,810		387	204	1.44	77.9
1996	estimate	31,256		409	214	1.52	77.7
1997	estimate	31,688		423	221	1.57	77.6
1998	estimate	32,110		426	222	1.59	77.8
1999	estimate	32,523		428	221	1.60	78.2
2000	estimate	32,931		418	219	1.57	78.6
2001	estimate	33,295		402	213	1.52	79.2
2002	estimate	33,593		382	210	1.47	79.8
2003	estimate	33,892		352	208	1.37	80.2
2004	estimate	34,228		365	205	1.44	80.7
2005	estimate	34,549		372	204	1.49	81.1
2006	estimate	34,832		351	206	1.43	81.4
2007	estimate	35,119		344	208	1.42	81.6
2008	estimate	35,333		344	211	1.44	81.9
2009	estimate	35,554		395	218	1.68	81.9
2010	estimate	35,880		334	223	1.44	82.0
2011	estimate	36,117		384	227	1.66	82.2
2012	estimate	36,422		350	230	1.51	82.3
2013	estimate	36,769		337	237	1.46	82.4
2014	estimate	37,051		362	242	1.57	82.5
2015	estimate	37,274		326	242	1.43	82.8
2016	estimate	37,526		366	247	1.59	82.9
2017	estimate	37,704		338	251	1.46	83.1
2018	estimate	37,997		367	259	1.56	83.3
2019	estimate	38,260		351	265	1.48	83.4
2020	estimate	38,620		349	322	1.46	82.0
2021	estimate	38,914		367	300	1.52	82.8
2022	estimate	39,174		368	293	1.53	83.4
2023	estimate	39,460		371	300	1.54	83.6
2024	estimate	39,736		371	310	1.54	83.8
2025	projection	40,004	39,878–40,143	371	319	1.54	83.9
2026	projection	40,252	39,974–40,545	370	329	1.54	84.1
2027	projection	40,484	40,035–40,977	370	337	1.54	84.2
2028	projection	40,705	40,052–41,402	369	347	1.54	84.4
2029	projection	40,914	40,005–41,831	368	356	1.55	84.5
2030	projection	41,106	39,946–42,307	367	365	1.55	84.7
2031	projection	41,298	39,854–42,768	367	375	1.55	84.8
2032	projection	41,485	39,742–43,269	367	384	1.55	84.9
2033	projection	41,648	39,628–43,791	366	393	1.54	85.0
2034	projection	41,797	39,469–44,306	366	401	1.55	85.2
2035	projection	41,938	39,318–44,841	366	410	1.55	85.3
2036	projection	42,072	39,168–45,369	366	419	1.55	85.5
2037	projection	42,190	38,903–45,871	366	427	1.55	85.6
2038	projection	42,293	38,618–46,418	366	435	1.55	85.7
2039	projection	42,403	38,398–47,030	367	442	1.55	85.9
2040	projection	42,493	38,086–47,617	367	450	1.55	86.0
2041	projection	42,575	37,737–48,255	367	457	1.55	86.2
2042	projection	42,660	37,411–48,864	367	464	1.55	86.3
2043	projection	42,721	37,157–49,495	368	471	1.56	86.4
2044	projection	42,790	36,808–50,152	368	479	1.56	86.5
2045	projection	42,838	36,511–50,867	368	486	1.56	86.7
2046	projection	42,885	36,084–51,486	369	492	1.56	86.8
2047	projection	42,931	35,660–52,106	370	500	1.56	86.9
2048	projection	42,958	35,213–52,758	371	504	1.56	87.0
2049	projection	42,986	34,759–53,522	373	511	1.56	87.1
2050	projection	43,006	34,234–54,423	374	517	1.56	87.2
2051	projection	43,019	33,823–55,010	375	520	1.56	87.4
2052	projection	43,042	33,335–55,730	376	525	1.56	87.5
2053	projection	43,048	32,973–56,635	377	529	1.56	87.6
2054	projection	43,058	32,647–57,500	378	530	1.56	87.7
2055	projection	43,058	32,013–58,708	378	533	1.56	87.8
2056	projection	43,041	31,540–59,465	378	534	1.57	88.0
2057	projection	43,042	31,239–60,258	378	534	1.56	88.1
2058	projection	43,051	30,804–61,245	378	534	1.57	88.2
2059	projection	43,043	30,403–62,494	377	533	1.57	88.3
2060	projection	43,044	29,761–63,369	376	532	1.57	88.5
2061	projection	43,031	29,224–64,380	375	529	1.56	88.6
2062	projection	43,031	28,691–65,453	374	527	1.57	88.7
2063	projection	43,022	28,160–66,137	374	525	1.57	88.8
2064	projection	43,013	27,492–66,954	373	520	1.57	89.0
2065	projection	43,023	27,110–68,080	373	518	1.57	89.0
2066	projection	43,020	26,409–69,383	372	515	1.57	89.1
2067	projection	43,010	26,031–70,937	372	510	1.57	89.3
2068	projection	43,009	25,578–72,237	372	506	1.57	89.4
2069	projection	43,017	25,033–73,153	372	503	1.58	89.5
2070	projection	43,014	24,495–74,270	372	499	1.58	89.6
2071	projection	43,019	23,891–75,473	371	495	1.58	89.7
2072	projection	43,032	23,603–76,609	371	491	1.58	89.8
2073	projection	43,041	23,054–77,839	370	487	1.58	89.9
2074	projection	43,055	22,489–79,533	370	484	1.58	90.0
2075	projection	43,073	22,071–80,919	370	482	1.58	90.2
2076	projection	43,095	21,377–82,441	370	478	1.58	90.3
2077	projection	43,140	21,044–84,375	371	476	1.58	90.4
2078	projection	43,168	20,551–85,845	371	475	1.58	90.5
2079	projection	43,198	20,027–87,438	371	472	1.58	90.6
2080	projection	43,227	19,485–89,340	371	469	1.58	90.8
2081	projection	43,256	19,043–91,846	371	468	1.58	90.9
2082	projection	43,282	18,539–94,161	371	467	1.58	91.0
2083	projection	43,293	18,176–96,742	371	464	1.58	91.1
2084	projection	43,328	17,786–99,140	372	464	1.58	91.2
2085	projection	43,358	17,561–100,619	371	463	1.58	91.3
2086	projection	43,385	17,163–103,552	371	462	1.58	91.4
2087	projection	43,418	16,771–106,701	371	461	1.58	91.5
2088	projection	43,435	16,373–108,799	370	461	1.58	91.6
2089	projection	43,468	16,023–111,844	370	461	1.58	91.7
2090	projection	43,487	15,664–114,391	369	460	1.58	91.8
2091	projection	43,507	15,419–117,373	368	460	1.58	91.9
2092	projection	43,522	15,029–119,373	368	460	1.59	92.0
2093	projection	43,549	14,685–121,600	367	459	1.59	92.2
2094	projection	43,562	14,379–123,911	366	459	1.59	92.3
2095	projection	43,553	13,975–126,586	366	459	1.59	92.3
2096	projection	43,572	13,731–129,042	365	459	1.59	92.4
2097	projection	43,585	13,437–131,408	364	458	1.59	92.6
2098	projection	43,588	13,038–134,413	363	458	1.59	92.7
2099	projection	43,590	12,798–136,756	362	458	1.59	92.8
2100	projection	43,600	12,455–139,031	361	459	1.59	92.9

Show the numbers: Liechtenstein, mid-2026, by single year of age

Liechtenstein: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	200	173
1	203	176
2	204	178
3	206	178
4	206	178
5	189	184
6	184	190
7	204	196
8	202	191
9	205	188
10	205	173
11	206	160
12	212	174
13	200	179
14	204	192
15	196	186
16	210	184
17	224	182
18	213	180
19	214	198
20	212	218
21	223	225
22	220	213
23	218	214
24	231	218
25	236	220
26	225	236
27	214	238
28	231	240
29	245	240
30	251	240
31	254	228
32	251	233
33	242	251
34	244	245
35	247	250
36	253	248
37	276	238
38	259	261
39	238	274
40	246	258
41	255	260
42	244	266
43	256	266
44	274	249
45	266	248
46	258	256
47	248	254
48	258	254
49	281	250
50	269	270
51	260	275
52	278	286
53	277	308
54	276	308
55	317	300
56	336	297
57	319	334
58	312	342
59	298	322
60	306	308
61	318	322
62	305	340
63	307	318
64	296	303
65	284	300
66	282	295
67	255	280
68	249	265
69	246	254
70	226	241
71	214	228
72	205	216
73	185	219
74	192	210
75	192	187
76	179	178
77	180	185
78	165	182
79	154	169
80	136	149
81	127	146
82	126	143
83	105	126
84	82	118
85	74	104
86	66	88
87	48	77
88	41	69
89	36	57
90	26	45
91	20	40
92	16	43
93	13	34
94	10	22
95	7	15
96	4	13
97	3	10
98	2	8
99	1	6
100+	0	10

LIE · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Liechtenstein, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

LIE · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2022: 25,936 people aged 15–64, against 25,933 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

31 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 43 years: 1978–2020.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

LIE · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Liechtenstein, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Liechtenstein gains 206 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 44 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 335 (1968) and the most it lost was 63 (2016).

In 2024, 27,669 people living in Liechtenstein had been born in another country, 69 of every 100 people there, against 38 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

LIE · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Liechtenstein

Of every 100 babies born in Liechtenstein in 2023, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 31 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 3 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
3 · 81 · 16

2023
0 · 69 · 31

2050 · projected
0 · 72 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 371
Average age when women have a baby: 32.2 years; 29.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 2; 15 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Liechtenstein by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0
15–19	8	17	6	1	2	2
20–24	67	107	50	23	24	24
25–29	108	148	135	87	93	89
30–34	63	75	151	145	150	141
35–39	36	23	66	95	86	86
40–44	11	4	10	19	18	18
45–49	1	0	0	1	1	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	294	374	418	371	374	361

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

LIE · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Liechtenstein

At the end of 2025, Liechtenstein was hosting 1,024 people who had crossed a border into it, about 26 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,024

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 20 people.

In 2025, 70 people asked for asylum in Liechtenstein for the first time. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

LIE · of every 100 people

How people live in Liechtenstein

Of every 100 people in Liechtenstein in 2025, 76 lived in a town or suburb and 24 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 1.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

LIE · cities · 2025

Cities in Liechtenstein

No place in Liechtenstein is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Liechtenstein are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.