Demographics of Andorra
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 features of the population
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 of Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...

, including population density
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, ethnicity
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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Andorrans, who are ethnically Catalans
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...

, are a minority in their own country; Spanish
Spain
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, French
France
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, and Portuguese
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 residents make up 67.7% of the population.

The national language is Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

, a Romance language related to the Western Romance group. It is spoken by more than 12 million people in the nearer territories. Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, French
French language
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, and Portuguese
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 also are spoken.

Andorrans live in seven urbanized valleys that form Andorra's political districts the seven parròquies (parishes):
  • Andorra la Vella
    Andorra la Vella
    Andorra la Vella is the capital of the Co-principality of Andorra, and is located high in the east Pyrenees between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital....

  • Canillo
    Canillo
    Canillo is one of the parishes of Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. Canillo has a gondola link to the main ski resort of Grandvalira.-Geography:...

  • Encamp
    Encamp
    Encamp is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river, and connected by a cable car to Lake Engolasters. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, Grau Roig, el Tremat, la Mosquera, and Les Bons. As of 2004, it...

  • Escaldes-Engordany
    Escaldes-Engordany
    Escaldes-Engordany is one of the parishes of Andorra. The parish is composed of the areas of les Escaldes, Engordany, Els Vilars d'Engordany, Engolasters, and El Fener. As of 2005 it has a population of 16,918. Notable events include the town's annual jazz festival....

  • La Massana
    La Massana
    La Massana is one of the seven parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. . La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana derives from the Latin name mattianam for a variety of apple.The parish is extremely mountainous and...

  • Ordino
  • Sant Julià de Lòria
    Sant Julià de Lòria
    Sant Julià de Lòria is one of the parishes of Andorra, in the far south of that country. It is also the name of the main town of the parish, which at 908 m is the lowest settlement in Andorra...


Vital statistics

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1948 5,500 92 58 34 16.6 10.5 6.1
1949 5,800 85 48 37 14.6 8.2 6.4
1950 6,100 94 61 33 15.5 10.1 5.4
1951 6,200 104 63 41 16.7 10.1 6.6
1952 6,100 98 49 49 16.1 8.0 8.0
1953 5,700 101 53 48 17.6 9.3 8.4
1954 5,500 96 51 45 17.3 9.2 8.1
1955 5,800 108 55 53 18.5 9.4 9.1
1956 6,200 110 61 49 17.7 9.8 7.9
1957 6,300 111 47 64 17.6 7.4 10.1
1958 6,800 138 55 83 20.4 8.1 12.3
1959 7,200 157 57 100 21.9 7.9 13.9
1960 7,800 180 73 107 23.0 9.3 13.7
1961 8,700 185 61 124 21.3 7.0 14.3
1962 9,600 242 72 170 25.1 7.5 17.6
1963 10,800 262 75 187 24.2 6.9 17.3
1964 11,800 275 77 198 23.3 6.5 16.8
1965 12,900 308 75 233 23.9 5.8 18.1
1966 14,000 292 88 204 20.9 6.3 14.6
1967 15,000 330 93 237 22.1 6.2 15.8
1968 16,400 375 96 279 22.9 5.9 17.0
1969 17,700 390 113 277 22.0 6.4 15.6
1970 18,900 395 102 293 20.9 5.4 15.5
1971 20,000 414 91 323 20.7 4.5 16.1
1972 21,000 487 110 377 23.2 5.2 18.0
1973 22,300 475 132 343 21.3 5.9 15.4
1974 23,900 545 116 429 22.8 4.8 17.9
1975 25,700 515 88 427 20.1 3.4 16.6
1976 26,700 469 143 326 17.6 5.4 12.2
1977 27,500 469 122 330 17.1 4.4 12.0
1978 29,100 441 140 301 15.2 4.8 10.4
1979 30,700 420 110 310 13.7 3.6 10.1
1980 33,400 577 153 424 17.3 4.6 12.7
1981 36,600 560 156 404 15.3 4.3 11.0
1982 38,900 630 127 390 16.2 3.3 10.0
1983 40,800 563 157 406 13.8 3.8 10.0
1984 42,200 472 164 308 11.2 3.9 7.3
1985 43,700 557 165 392 12.8 3.8 9.0
1986 45,800 547 179 368 11.9 3.9 8.0
1987 47,700 527 176 351 11.0 3.7 7.4
1988 49,500 572 206 366 11.6 4.2 7.4
1989 50,700 634 209 425 12.5 4.1 8.4
1990 52,700 628 191 437 11.9 3.6 8.3
1991 56,800 678 217 461 11.9 3.8 8.1
1992 60,300 729 219 510 12.1 3.6 8.5
1993 63,400 723 211 512 11.4 3.3 8.1
1994 64,800 704 184 520 10.9 2.8 8.0
1995 64,100 702 219 483 11.0 3.4 7.5
1996 64,200 700 197 503 10.9 3.1 7.8
1997 64,900 730 197 533 11.2 3.0 8.2
1998 65,600 781 235 546 11.9 3.6 8.3
1999 65,900 823 207 616 12.5 3.1 9.3
2000 65,900 747 259 488 11.3 3.9 7.4
2001 66,100 777 237 540 11.8 3.6 8.2
2002 66,700 749 218 531 11.2 3.3 8.0
2003 69,700 721 221 500 10.3 3.2 7.2
2004 74,600 814 281 533 10.9 3.8 7.1
2005 77,700 828 276 552 10.7 3.6 7.1
2006 79,900 843 260 583 10.6 3.3 7.3
2007 82,200 826 230 596 10.1 2.8 7.3
2008 83,800 875 237 638 10.4 2.8 7.6
2009 84,300 838 272 566 9.9 3.2 6.7
2010

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.5% (male 6,710/female 6,305)
15-64 years: 72.2% (male 31,604/female 28,925)
65 years and over: 12.3% (male 5,113/female 5,231) (2009 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population: 89% of total population (2008)
Rate of urbanization: -0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 212
Male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 82.51 years
country comparison to the world: 2
Male: 80.33 years
Female: 84.84 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.33 children born/woman (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 205

Ethnic groups

Andorrans 33% (who are ethnically Catalan)
Spanish
Spanish people
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 23% (who are divided into Spanish and Catalan speakers)
Portuguese
Portuguese people
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 21%
French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 17%
Arabs 3% (North African immigrants)
Other 3% (1998) (including Britons and Italians)

  • (This figures correspond to citizenship and not mother tongue or nationality.)

Religions

Roman Catholic
Roman Catholicism in Andorra
The Roman Catholic Church in Andorra is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....

(predominant)
Muslims (3%)
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