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Emigration and Immigration

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

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

Nationality	2017	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%