Demographics of Luxembourg

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Luxembourg is projected at 634.81 thousand, up by 1.41% compared with 625.98 thousand in 2020. Luxembourg is ranked 168rd in terms of population and 76th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 6.54 thousand births in Luxembourg in 2021. That is 18 per day, which is ranked 178th. The crude birth rate is 10.36 per 1000 people. There are 4.47 thousand deaths in Luxembourg in 2021. That is 12 per day, which is ranked 165th. The crude death rate is 7.07 per 1000 people.

0.56 million people are living in urban areas, which is 91.67% of Luxembourg population. Luxembourg is ranked 30th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Luxembourg in 2021 is 102.44 males per 100 females. There are 321.23 thousand males and 313.58 thousand females in Luxembourg. The percentage of female population is 49.40% compare to 50.60% male population. Luxembourg has 7.65 thousand more males than females. Luxembourg is at 166th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Luxembourg population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950296,005-
1955305,2620.6
1960314,5850.76
1965330,1600.86
1970339,6720.62
1975353,9840.8
1980364,0480.34
1985366,8820.3
1990381,7801.08
1995408,1451.42
2000436,1061.12
2005457,8481.33
2010507,8902.29
2015566,7412.21
2016579,2662.21
2017591,9142.18
2018604,2442.08
2019615,7301.9
2020625,9761.66
2021634,8141.41
  • Total
  • Crude

Luxembourg death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19503,5844,20912.0614.14
19553,8784,72512.7215.50
19603,9025,20012.3616.45
19654,0025,16312.1715.71
19704,2354,45812.4213.08
19754,3173,94012.2211.15
19804,2414,04811.7011.16
19854,0694,27211.0311.59
19903,9344,77710.2712.45
19953,9005,4089.5513.25
20003,8575,4058.8912.47
20053,8835,3408.3811.54
20103,9465,7397.7711.28
20154,0906,1997.2010.93
20204,4076,4967.0810.44
20214,4656,5367.0710.36
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Luxembourg

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950199,03796,964-67.242
1955208,83096,4310.9468.410
1960218,81595,7731.0969.556
1965237,57692,5851.5671.958
1970252,62587,0431.2774.374
1975273,61880,3651.5677.297
1980291,38472,6541.0180.042
1985295,96170,9230.3780.669
1990309,04772,7441.1580.947
1995338,32769,8221.9382.893
2000367,26968,8342.0584.216
2005396,48261,3601.8386.598
2010449,72258,1672.7788.547
2015511,08155,6602.2190.179
2020552,32851,6161.4291.453
2021560,42850,9101.4791.672
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Luxembourg population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 17,174 16,266 33,440 5.27 105.582
05-09 17,158 16,249 33,407 5.26 105.594
10-14 16,319 15,836 32,155 5.07 103.050
15-19 17,737 16,869 34,606 5.45 105.146
20-24 20,553 19,279 39,832 6.27 106.608
25-29 23,679 22,003 45,682 7.20 107.617
30-34 24,920 24,501 49,421 7.79 101.710
35-39 24,966 24,937 49,903 7.86 100.116
40-44 24,225 22,820 47,045 7.41 106.157
45-49 25,093 22,672 47,765 7.52 110.678
50-54 25,689 22,831 48,520 7.64 112.518
55-59 22,713 21,188 43,901 6.92 107.197
60-64 18,337 17,821 36,158 5.70 102.895
65-69 14,237 14,118 28,355 4.47 100.843
70-74 11,192 11,785 22,977 3.62 94.968
75-79 7,413 8,895 16,308 2.57 83.339
80-84 5,231 6,975 12,206 1.92 74.996
85-89 3,247 5,206 8,453 1.33 62.370
90-94 1,165 2,635 3,800 0.60 44.213
95-99 174 641 815 0.13 27.145
100+ 9 56 65 0.01 16.071
Total 321,231 313,583 634,814 102.439