Between 2010 and 2022, the resident population of Luxembourg has increased by approximately 29%. However, the number of foreign-born residents has nearly doubled in the same period, with a growth rate of 93%. As a result, the proportion of foreign-born population in the total population has risen from 33% in 2010 to 49% in 2022. Library photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

Between 2010 and 2022, the resident population of Luxembourg has increased by approximately 29%. However, the number of foreign-born residents has nearly doubled in the same period, with a growth rate of 93%. As a result, the proportion of foreign-born population in the total population has risen from 33% in 2010 to 49% in 2022. Library photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

The proportion of foreign-born residents in Luxembourg reached almost half of its total population (49.36%) in 2022, which is almost twice the next highest proportion of 23.6%, reported in Malta. On the other hand, Romania had the lowest share of foreign-born residents at 1.66%, while the average foreign-born population in the EU was 18.75%.

In 2022, Luxembourg reported the highest percentage of non-native born residents among all EU member states, according to Eurostat. Of these individuals, 33.76% were in other EU countries, which was the highest proportion among the EU member states. Additionally, 15.6% of the non-native born population in Luxembourg were born outside the EU, which was the second-highest percentage among EU member states, trailing only Malta, with 15.73%.

Upon closer look, only 11% of children under the age of five in Luxembourg were foreign-born, which represented the smallest proportion. Conversely, the largest proportion of foreign-born individuals was observed in the age group of 45 to 49, where 69% of individuals were foreign-born. It is noteworthy that within Luxembourg's resident population aged 25 to 64, which is the primary working age group, there were more foreign-born individuals than native-born individuals.

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