Portuguese in Luxembourg
Portugisen zu Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Luso-luxemburgueses (Portuguese) Portugais au Luxembourg (French) Portugiesen in Luxemburg (German) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 142,016(2022) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Luxembourg | |
| Esch-sur-Alzette canton | 41,969(2023) |
| Luxembourg canton | 17,838(2023) |
| Diekirch canton | 7,898(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: Portugisen zu Lëtzebuerg or Luxembourgish: lëtzebuerger Portugisen; 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. 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. 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.
On the other hand, if taking into account the statistics given by the Portuguese embassy in the country, there are 142,016 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.