Portuguese in Luxembourg

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Portuguese Luxembourgers, also known as Luso-Luxembourgers, are citizens or residents of Luxembourg whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal, including both Portuguese-born citizens with Luxembourg citizenship and Luxembourg-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship. Although estimates of the total Portuguese Luxembourg population vary, on 1 January 2023 there were 92,101 foreign people residing in Luxembourg and holding Portuguese nationality. Six years earlier, in 2017, 96,779 foreigners were holding Portuguese citizenship in Luxembourg. Although their number seems to have decreased by 4,678 people in six years, it is important to remember that 7,337 Portuguese citizens acquired the nationality of their host country in the same period. These figures, in fact, exclude many people of Portuguese ancestry or naturalized Luxembourg citizens. Dealing with foreigners only, foreigners holding Portuguese citizenship constitute 14.5% of the population of Luxembourg, making them the largest...

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