How many people live in Liechtenstein right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
40,439
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 217 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0005%
- Median age
- 44.7 years
- Children per woman
- 1.54
- Life expectancy
- 84.1 years
- People per km²
- 252
According to UN estimates, about 40,439 people live in Liechtenstein right now. It ranks 217th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Gibraltar and the British Virgin Islands, and it is home to one in every 206,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 370 people are born there and about 330 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 190 people a year. Overall, it gains about 230 people a year.
In 1950, about 13,764 people lived there. Today there are 2.9 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 43,013 people (6% more than today), and by 2100 about 43,598.
Half of its people are younger than 45 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.54 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 252 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Liechtenstein in 2026?
- Liechtenstein has about 40,439 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 40,368.
- How many people are born each day in Liechtenstein?
- Very few: about 370 a year. About 330 people die each year.
- Is the population of Liechtenstein growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.58% a year, or about 230 people.
- What will the population of Liechtenstein be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 43,013.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Sint Maarten 44,604
- Northern Mariana Islands 42,775
- Gibraltar 41,085
- British Virgin Islands 39,991
- Monaco 38,018
- Marshall Islands 34,723
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,456
- Germany 83,580,397
- United Kingdom 70,045,945
- France 66,775,469
- Italy 58,850,910
- Spain 47,835,426
- Ukraine 39,443,605
- Poland 37,796,218
- Romania 18,766,014
- Netherlands 18,476,981
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Sweden 10,713,758
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.