Liechtenstein

EuropeCapital city: VaduzCapital metro: VaduzMonarch: Hans-Adam II, PrincePrime Minister: Brigitte Haas

a monarch.

2026 population
41K
Rank #225 globally
Area
160 km² (62 sq mi)
Metros tracked
1
99% of population in metros
Composite score
1.0
Rank #189 globally

population: Natl estimate (31 Dec 2025) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 1 metros tracked

🗺️ Geography1 metro

Liechtenstein metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.

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Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

🏙️ 1 tracked metro
1 metros
#1365Vaduz★ Capital▲ Largest
Oberland · 41K · Emerging Metro
1.0
🗂️ Districts

2 entries listed under Liechtenstein. Select any to see its metros and footprint.

2 total
📋 At a glance
Official language
German
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Legislature
Landtag of Liechtenstein
Demonym
Liechtensteiner
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+423
Internet TLD
.li
ISO 3166
LI
Established
1806
Highest point
Grauspitz (2,599 m (8,527 ft))
National anthem
Oben am jungen Rhein

Facts via Wikidata.

🗣️ Languages of Liechtenstein

German first; 2 languages share the country; 2 official.

LanguageShareStatus
German100%Official
Central Alemannic85%De facto
Walser3.2%None

Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.

Effective languages
1.0
Official-language gap
0%
German is spoken by 100%

Liechtenstein on the languages board · Language power

💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Human Dev. Index
#18 / 191
0.938
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#155 / 193
$8.9B
World Bank · 2024
GDP per capita
★ #2 / 193
$220.2k
World Bank · 2024
GNI/capita (Atlas)
★ #1 / 192
$116.4k
World Bank · 2009
Life expectancy
★ #5 / 194
84.2 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
44.2 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#194 / 194
15%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
1.4%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#39 / 193
249/km² (645/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
★ #4 / 193
69.4%
World Bank · 2024
Internet users
★ #9 / 193
98%
World Bank · 2024
CO₂ per capita
#106 / 192
3.3 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024

Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.

Alliances & Organisations2 full memberships

Political & Economic

Subregional

Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer

🏛️ Leadership History9 leaders · click to expand

marks a monarch.

Brigitte Haas✦ Current
Prime Minister · in office
2025–Present
Daniel Risch
Prime Minister · 4y 0m 17d
2021–2025
Adrian Hasler
Prime Minister · 7y 11m 26d
2013–2021
Klaus Tschütscher
Prime Minister · 4y 2d
2009–2013
Otmar Hasler
Prime Minister · 7y 11m 20d
2001–2009
Hans-Adam II, Prince✦ Current
Monarch · 36y 7m 20d
1989–Present
Gustav Schädler
Prime Minister · 6y 22d
1922–1928
Josef Ospelt
Prime Minister · 1y 1m 3d
1921–1922
Carl von In der Maur
Prime Minister · 7y 11m 13d
1884–1892
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#217 · 0.0%
3%5%8%10%2000
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)

The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.

👥 Population over time
Population 2023
40k
#216 in the world
Since 1800
6.83×
from 6k
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
0.00%
0.00% in 1800
10k20k30k40k18001850190019502000

Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.

👥 To 2100

The UN’s probabilistic projection for Liechtenstein: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.

Peak on the median
after 2100
still growing at 2100
2050
43k
95% band 34k to 55k
2100
44k
95% band 12k to 140k
2100 against 2025
1.09×
median still rising in 2100
Deaths outnumber births
from 2031
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
37k74k111k147k1950197520002025205020752100
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration

What drives it

Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.

1950
294 born · 139 died · +76 net migration
TFR 2.71 · life expectancy 65.3 · median age 27.7
1960
329 born · 132 died · +123 net migration
TFR 2.78 · life expectancy 70.9 · median age 26.9
1970
365 born · 146 died · +282 net migration
TFR 2.09 · life expectancy 72.8 · median age 26.1
1980
376 born · 167 died · +149 net migration
TFR 1.70 · life expectancy 74.8 · median age 29.2
1990
387 born · 166 died · +120 net migration
TFR 1.50 · life expectancy 78.5 · median age 31.9
2000
418 born · 219 died · +167 net migration
TFR 1.57 · life expectancy 78.6 · median age 35.5
2010
334 born · 223 died · +124 net migration
TFR 1.44 · life expectancy 82.1 · median age 40.1
2020
349 born · 322 died · +269 net migration
TFR 1.46 · life expectancy 82.0 · median age 43.6

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Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.

💰 Billionaires1 · $1.3B combined · click to expand
#2987Christoph Zeller(inherited)
Healthcare · Dental materials
$1.3B

Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.

🏆 National Teams

Liechtenstein on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.