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=== Online Resources ===
Liechtenstein is the sixth smallest country of Europe, after the Vatican City, Monaco, and San Marino. Its population is primarily ethnic Alemannic, although a third of its resident population are foreign nationals, primarily German speakers from the '''Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and the Swiss Confederation, other Swiss, Italians, and Turks'''. Nationals are referred to by the plural: Liechtensteiners.
 
==Ethnic groups==
Primary emigration from Liechtenstein to the Americas occurred between the years 1880 and 1922.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Liechtenstein,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1999.</ref>
Alemannic Germans 86%, Italians, Turks, Albanians, Yugoslavs, and others 14%.
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!Nationality !! 2017<ref>[https://www.llv.li/files/as/bevolkerungsstatistik-30-juni-2017.pdf Bevölkerungsstatistik 2017] Llv.li, p. 7</ref>!! 2016
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| Liechtensteiners || 66.2% || 66.2%
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| Swiss || 9.5% || 9.5%
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| Austrians || 5.8% || 5.8%
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| Germans || 4.2% || 4.1%
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| Italians || 3.1% || 3.2%
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| Portuguese || 1.9% || 1.9%
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| Turks || 1.6% || 1.8%
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| Kosovar Albanians || 1.1% || 1.1%
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| Spaniards || 1.0% || 0.9%
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| Others || 5.6% || 5.5%
|}


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Liechtenstein is the sixth smallest country of Europe, after the Vatican City, Monaco, and San Marino. Its population is primarily ethnic Alemannic, although a third of its resident population are foreign nationals, primarily German speakers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and the Swiss Confederation, other Swiss, Italians, and Turks. Nationals are referred to by the plural: Liechtensteiners.

Ethnic groups[edit | edit source]

Alemannic Germans 86%, Italians, Turks, Albanians, Yugoslavs, and others 14%.

Nationality 2017[1] 2016
Liechtensteiners 66.2% 66.2%
Swiss 9.5% 9.5%
Austrians 5.8% 5.8%
Germans 4.2% 4.1%
Italians 3.1% 3.2%
Portuguese 1.9% 1.9%
Turks 1.6% 1.8%
Kosovar Albanians 1.1% 1.1%
Spaniards 1.0% 0.9%
Others 5.6% 5.5%

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