Luxembourg remains a popular destination among immigrants. More people are entering than leaving the Grand Duchy.
In recent years, the net migration rate was exceedingly positive and amounted to approximately 10,000 people, Statec's statistics show.
Luxembourg's rates of natural increase are more balanced. In case you were wondering, the rate of natural increase (RNI) is classified as the birth rate minus the death rate. Between 2013 and 2017, Luxembourg's average RNI lay at 2130 people, representing a national increase of +3,7%.
In 11 of the country's municipalities, the RNI was negative. In other words, more people died than babies were born. Among them were Echternach, Remich and Niederanven.
Statec also analysed internal migration rates, investigating how many people moved around between different municipalities without leaving the Grand Duchy. Between 2013 and 2017, 2359 for example people left Luxembourg City to settle in a different municipality. Luxembourg City's internal migration rate therefore lies at a negative -20,8%. The opposite phenomenon took place in Boulaide: more people moved to the village than left it (+32,4%).
However, it is above all the international migration rate that plays a major role in Luxembourg. The statistics show an excess of approximately 10,500 people each year.
23,000 people arrived in Luxembourg between 2013 and 2017. At the same time, only 12,000 inhabitants left the Grand Duchy. Luxembourg City's rate lies at an impressive +45,7%.
On the other side of the spectrum lies Putscheid, the country's only village with a negative rate of -3,5%. The entire country boasts an average international migration rate of +18,5%.
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