Population of Andorra 2021
As of 2021, the latest population of Andorra is 77,000, based on AllCityPopulation calculation of the current data from UN (United Nations).
Population Distribution
Total population | 77,000 |
Population growth rate | -0.06% |
Birth rate | 7.50 births per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy | |
Overall life expectancy | 82.58 years |
Men life expectancy | 80.46 years |
Women life expectancy | 84.83 years |
Age structure | |
0-14 years | 14.06% |
15-64 years | 69.76% |
65 years and above | 16.18% |
Median age | 43.00 years |
Gender ratio (Male to Female) | 1.07 |
Population density | 164.53 residents per km² |
Urbanization | 91.70% |
Ethnicities | |
46% Andorrans, 26% Spaniards, 14% Portuguese, 5% French and others | |
Religions | |
Catholics (Roman Catholic) 94.2%; Jews 0.4%; Others 5.4% | |
Human Development Index (HDI) | 0.857 |
HDI ranking | 36th out of 194 |
People in Andorra
Around 77,000 people live in Andorra today. In 1900 the population was only 6,000. Since then, the population has grown rapidly. Andorrans – that’s the name of the people who live in Andorra – make up only about half of the population (49 percent). There are also Spanish (25 percent), Portuguese (14 percent) and French (4 percent) as well as people from other countries living in Andorra.
Where do the people of Andorra live?
Most of the residents live in the towns that formed in the Valira valley. Overall, 88 percent of the people live in a city. Andorra la Vella is the largest city with almost 23,000 residents, followed by Escaldes-Engordany with 14,000 residents and Encamp with 13,500 residents.
Languages in Andorra
The official language of Andorra is Catalan. However, only 39 percent speak Catalan as their mother tongue and 58 percent use it most frequently in everyday life. That is why one often hears other languages in Andorra, most often Spanish (Castilian), followed by Portuguese and French – according to the residents of Andorra.
Catalan is written using Latin letters (these are the letters you see here too). There are several dialects. The Catalan spoken in Andorra is part of Western Catalan.
Religions in Andorra
90 percent of the population belong to the Roman Catholic Church.