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Liechtenstein
Principality of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a country in Western Europe. Its capital city is Vaduz. About 38 thousand people live there, in an area of 160 square kilometres.
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Where is Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein lies in Western Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 5 262 km from the equator.
Liechtenstein is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 2 countries: Austria and Switzerland.
How big is Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein covers 160 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 16 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 189th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 236.9 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Liechtenstein?
About 38 thousand people live in Liechtenstein.
That is the 189th biggest population in the world.
People here speak German.
They pay with the Swiss franc (Fr).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 79 years.
The land of Liechtenstein
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 2 neighbours first.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Liechtenstein different?
Websites from here often end in .li.
Liechtenstein and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Liechtenstein.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 42nd largest of 45 countries, and the 43rd most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Liechtenstein and its neighbours
Austria, its largest neighbour, is about 524.2 times bigger.
Austria has more people: 8.8 million against 38 thousand.
Nature and animals
The longest river is the Rhine, running 1 230 km from source to mouth.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
The capital of Liechtenstein is Vaduz. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Liechtenstein?
About 38 thousand people live in Liechtenstein, which makes it the 189th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein borders Austria and Switzerland — 2 neighbours in total.
How big is Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein covers 160 square kilometres, making it the 189th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 16 times bigger.
Which continent is Liechtenstein in?
Liechtenstein is in Europe, in the part called Western Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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