Luxembourg
Luxembourg · Western Europe
Luxembourg is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Luxembourg, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Luxembourgish.
With a population of roughly 660,000 people spread over 2,586 km², Luxembourg is the 163rd most populous country in the world and the 168th largest by area. That works out at about 255 people per square kilometre.
Luxembourg shares land borders with Belgium, Germany and France — 3 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette and Differdange. The highest point in the country is Kneiff, at 560 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Samoa, while its population is closest to that of Montenegro.
- Capital
- Luxembourg
- Region
- Western Europe
- Population
- 660,000
- Area
- 2,586 km²
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Luxembourgish
- Highest point
- Kneiff
560 m - Land borders
- 3
Luxembourg: things worth knowing
- Luxembourg is the world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy, a title that once applied to several European states.
- It has among the highest GDP per capita of any country, driven largely by banking and investment funds.
- In 2020 it became the first country to make all public transport free nationwide.
Luxembourg in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Luxembourg ranks 36th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.