Liechtenstein vs Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten has 7% more people than Liechtenstein: 43,923 vs 41,024, a gap of 2,899. Liechtenstein is growing faster (+1.41% vs +1.31% a year), adding about 578 people a year against +577. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Liechtenstein would overtake Sint Maarten in about 71 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2096) — a projection, not a forecast. Liechtenstein is the older society: 21.4% aged 65+ against 14.5% in Sint Maarten, while Sint Maarten has more children (14.8% under 15 vs 14.2%). Sint Maarten is 5.0× as densely populated (1,257.3 vs 249.0 people per km²). People in Liechtenstein live 7.7 years longer on average (84.2 vs 76.5). GDP per capita is 5.1× higher in Liechtenstein ($220,167 vs $42,978).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Liechtenstein) and 2025 (Sint Maarten); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Liechtenstein vs Sint Maarten — side by side
| Population | 41,0242025 | 43,9232025 |
|---|---|---|
| Growth rate / yr | +1.41%2025 | +1.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.42024 | 9.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.52024 | 8.32024 |
| Children per woman | 1.372024 | 1.442024 |
| Life expectancy | 84.2 yrs2024 | 76.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.2%2025 | 14.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 21.4%2025 | 14.5%2025 |
| Density | 249.0 /km²2023 | 1,257.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 160 km²2023 | 34 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 14.6%2025 | 100.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +1942025 | +5302025 |
| GDP per capita | $220,1672024 | $42,9782025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #208 | #206 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Liechtenstein: 2.5× from 1960 to 2025; Sint Maarten: 16.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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