How many people live in Luxembourg right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
689,604
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 169 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0083%
- Median age
- 39.7 years
- Children per woman
- 1.41
- Life expectancy
- 82.6 years
- People per km²
- 265
According to UN estimates, about 689,604 people live in Luxembourg right now. It ranks 169th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Macao and Suriname, and it is home to one in every 12,100 people on the planet.
Every day, about 19 people are born there and about 14 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 4,900 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 19 people a day (0.99% a year).
In 1950, about 296,570 people lived there. Today there are 2.3 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2061, at about 800,796, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 791,464 people (15% more than today), and by 2100 about 747,990.
Half of its people are younger than 40 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.41 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 83 years (worldwide, 74). There are 265 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Luxembourg in 2026?
- Luxembourg has about 689,604 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 687,448.
- How many people are born each day in Luxembourg?
- About 19 a day (6,900 a year). About 14 people die each day (5,100 a year).
- Is the population of Luxembourg growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.99% a year, or about 6,800 people.
- What will the population of Luxembourg be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 791,464, with a peak around 2061 at about 800,796.
- 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
- Guyana 842,511
- Bhutan 803,810
- Macao 723,468
- Suriname 646,933
- Montenegro 625,164
- Western Sahara 613,812
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,401
- Germany 83,580,366
- United Kingdom 70,046,001
- France 66,775,483
- Italy 58,850,873
- Spain 47,835,419
- Ukraine 39,443,559
- Poland 37,796,195
- Romania 18,765,997
- Netherlands 18,476,995
- Belgium 11,779,074
- Sweden 10,713,764
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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.