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Liechtenstein

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The home of Liechtenstein's royal family since 1712, Vaduz Castle was originally built in the 12th century to control the trade routes on the Alpine Pass. Towering 120 m (393 ft) above the capital city of Vaduz, the castle overlooks the Rhine River and the Swiss Alps and is a landmark in the capital city that is named after it.
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Geography

Area

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People and Society

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Liechtenstein. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Environment

Government

National coat of arms

The six motifs on Liechtenstein‘s coat of arms provide a history of the royal House of Liechtenstein since 1719, when the country was founded. The small shield at the center is the royal family’s gold-and-red coat of arms, the gold-crowned eagle signifies the Silesia family, the diamond wreath represents the Kuenringer family, the red-and-silver shield is the Duchy of Troppau, the black eagle comes from the coat of arms of a family that married into the royal line, and the golden hunting horn represents the Duchy of Jägerndorf.

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Real GDP per capita

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Exports

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Merchant marine

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