Balzers: population and official figures
Balzers is a municipality of Liechtenstein, number 4 of 11 by population. Balzers had 4,804 permanent residents at the end of 2024, 11.7% of Liechtenstein's 40,886, the 4th largest of 11 municipalities by population.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Balzers: Balzers had 3,801 workplaces at 31 December 2024, 8.2% of the 46,364 jobs in Liechtenstein and the 6th most of 11 municipalities.
- Poverty and living standards in Balzers: The 2020 census counted 2,014 occupied dwellings in Balzers, 11% more than in 2010, with 2.33 residents per occupied dwelling (the 4th highest of 11).
- Government budget and revenue in Balzers: The municipality of Balzers took in CHF 32.9 million on its current account in 2024 and spent CHF 29.2 million, leaving a current surplus of CHF 3.7 million (CHF 769 per resident, the 5th lowest of 11).
- Government and politics in Balzers: The Gemeindevorsteher (mayor) of Balzers, directly elected in the municipal elections of 2023 for 2023-2027, comes from the Patriotic Union (VU).
Is the population of Balzers growing?
Between the end of 2018 and the end of 2024 the population of Balzers changed from 4,594 to 4,804 (+4.6%), the 4th slowest growth of 11; Liechtenstein as a whole grew by 6.5%.
Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copyHow many foreigners live in Balzers?
Foreign nationals made up 27.7% of Balzers's residents at the end of 2024 (national share 35.1%), the 3rd lowest of 11 and up from 26.6% a year earlier.
Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copyHow many doctors are there in Balzers?
Balzers had 2 general practitioners and 4 specialists in 3 practices in 2024, 12.5 doctors per 10,000 residents, the 4th lowest of 11.
Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copyMore figures
- Balzers covers 19.7 km² in the Oberland electoral district, which gives 243 residents per km² in 2024, the 5th lowest density of 11 municipalities (national average 255). Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copy
- In 2024 Balzers recorded 45 live births and 30 deaths, and net migration of +42 people, so its population rose by 57 over the year. Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copy
- 7 of Liechtenstein's 57 practising dentists worked in Balzers in 2024, in 2 practices. Source: Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein · saved copy
Other municipalities of Liechtenstein
- Schaan 6,287
- Vaduz 6,032
- Triesen 5,701
- Eschen 4,730
- Mauren 4,632
- Triesenberg 2,703
- Ruggell 2,555
- Gamprin 1,782
- Schellenberg 1,169
- Planken 491
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Sources
- Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein: Statistisches Jahrbuch Liechtensteins 2026 (tables T_1.1_02, T_2.1_01, T_2.1_03, T_2.2_10, T_2.2_11, T_2.3_02, T_5.2_02, T_5.2_03, T_6.2_01, T_8.1_12, T_10.1_26, T_10.1_27), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 55eec612904f…)
- Amt für Statistik, Fürstentum Liechtenstein: Statistisches Jahrbuch Liechtensteins 2025 (2023 values of tables T_2.1_03, T_5.2_02, T_5.2_03, T_8.1_12), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 07de2024e769…)
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