Portugisesch zu Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Luso-luxemburgueses (Portuguese) Portugais au Luxembourg (French) Portugiesisch in Luxemburg (German) | |
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| Total population | |
| 136,918[1](2022) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Luxembourg | |
| Esch-sur-Alzette canton | 41,969[2][3](2023) |
| Luxembourg canton | 17,838[2][3](2023) |
| Diekirch canton | 7,898[2][3](2023) |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Luxembourgish, French, German and English | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Portuguese people, Portuguese in the Netherlands, Portuguese in Belgium, Portuguese in France, Cape Verdeans in Luxembourg | |
Portuguese Luxembourgers (Luxembourgish: Portugisesch zu Lëtzebuerg; Portuguese: portugueses no Luxemburgo), also known as Luso-Luxembourgers (Portuguese: luso-luxemburgueses or lusoburgueses), are citizens or residents of Luxembourg whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal, including both Portuguese-born citizens with Luxembourg citizenship and Luxembourg-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.
Although estimates of the total Portuguese Luxembourg population vary, on 1 January 2023 there were 92,101 foreign people residing in Luxembourg and holding Portuguese nationality.[4] Six years earlier, in 2017, there were 96,779 foreigners holding Portuguese citizenship in Luxembourg. Although their number seems to have decreased by 4,678 people in 6 years, it is important to remember that 7,337 Portuguese citizens acquired the nationality of their host country in the same period.[5][6] These figures, in fact, exclude many people of Portuguese ancestry or naturalized Luxembourg citizens.
Dealing with foreigners only, foreigners holding Portuguese citizenship constitute 14.5% of the population of Luxembourg, making them the largest group of foreigner citizens living in the country.[7]
On the other hand, if taking into account the statistics given by the Portuguese embassy in the country, there are 151,028 registered Portuguese citizens. They thus make up 22.9% of the population of the country and they are, by far, the second most important community in Luxembourg after native Luxembourgers only.[5]
- ^ "Observatório da Emigração".
- ^ a b c "Portugais au Luxembourg".
- ^ a b c "Population par commune – Luxembourg".
- ^ "Population au Luxembourg par nationalité". lustat.statec.lu. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Observatório da Emigração". observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "10.499 personnes ont obtenu la nationalité luxembourgeoise à la suite des procédures de naturalisation, d'option et de recouvrement en 2022". gouvernement.lu (in French). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Une population ouverte et cosmopolite". luxembourg.public.lu (in French). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.