• Population: approx. 40,000 (as of 2024)
• Language: The official language is German. However, an Alemannic dialect is spoken.
• Religion: 79% Roman Catholic, 8% Protestant, 13% other

• Land area: 160 km²
• Municipalities: 11
• Main location: Vaduz
• Topography: Lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m a.s.l. Highest elevation: Grauspitz 2599 m a.s.l.
• National border: 76 km (border with Switzerland 41.1 km, border with Austria 34.9 km)
• Largest extension: 24.6 km long and 12.4 km wide

• Form of government: Constitutional hereditary monarchy on a democratic and parliamentary basis
• Head of state: Prince Hans-Adam II. In 2004, Hereditary Prince Alois was entrusted with the affairs of state as deputy to Prince Hans-Adam II.
• Government: Collegial government with five members
• Parliament: 25 members from two constituencies, with a four-year legislative term

The area that is now the Principality has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age.

In 15 BC, it was conquered by the Romans and incorporated into the Roman province of Raetia. After Roman rule, the Rhaeto-Romanic area was Germanized under Frankish administration and the immigration of Alemanni. The present-day state was founded by the Princes of Liechtenstein through the purchase of the County of Vaduz (1712) and the Lordship of Schellenberg (1699). In 1719, the two territories were united and elevated to the status of an imperial principality. Since then, it has formed a separate state under the rule of the Princely House of Liechtenstein.

Even today, the country is still divided into Oberland (south) and Unterland (north) as separate political constituencies due to this historical division.

1342 The County of Vaduz is created
1396 The County of Vaduz becomes imperial
1699 Prince Johann Adam Andreas buys the Lordship of Schellenberg
1712 Prince Johann Adam Andreas buys the County of Vaduz
1719 Elevation to the Principality of Liechtenstein
1806 Sovereignty through admission to the Confederation of the Rhine Confederation of the Rhine
1815 Accession to the German Confederation
1852 Customs treaty with Austria
1862 The constitutional constitution comes into force
1868 Abolition of the Liechtenstein military
1919 Dissolution of the customs treaty with Austria
1921 The new constitution comes into force
1924 Customs treaty with Switzerland, Introduction of the Swiss franc
1950 Member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague
1978 Member of the Council of Europe
1980 Currency treaty with Switzerland
1990 Liechtenstein becomes 160th member of the United Nations 1991 Member of the UN Member of the UN
1991 Member of EFTA
1995 Joins the European Economic Area (EEA)
1995 Joins the World Trade Organization (WTO)
1997 Establishment of the Archdiocese of Vaduz
1999 300th anniversary of the Unterland
2003 New constitution comes into force
2004 Hereditary Prince Alois is appointed Deputy Prince Hans-Adam II.
2006 200 years of sovereignty
2012 300 years of the Liechtenstein Oberland
2019 300 years of the Principality of Liechtenstein
2024 Joining the International Monetary Fund (IMF)