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The Brazilian Luxembourgers
Updated: January 9th, 2024
Written by: Daniel Atz with Lauren Lowell and Verônica Bochi
As of December 31st, 2023, 27,632 Luxembourg citizens were living in Brazil. Who are these Brazilian-Luxembourgers? Explore this interactive study to find out.
The Brazilian-Luxembourgers
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Updated: January 9th, 2024
Written by: Daniel Atz with Lauren Lowell and Verônica Bochi
As of December 31st, 2023, 27,632 Luxembourg citizens were living in Brazil. Who are these Brazilian-Luxembourgers? Explore this interactive study to find out.
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Background
According to Luxembourg’s statistics agency STATEC, at least 894 Brazilian dual citizens were living in Luxembourg on January 1, 2023. Most obtained citizenship through ancestry.
In addition, now over 27,632 Luxembourgish citizens also live in Brazil, 31% of which have obtained citizenship since January 1st, 2023. On top of that, thousands more Brazilians have the right to finalize their application for citizenship until 2025.
Without a doubt, the population of Brazilian dual citizens living in Luxembourg will increase significantly in the future. We think it’s high time to start learning about this new population of Luxembourgish citizens. The 2024 Brazilian-Luxembourgers study is based on data from Luxembourg’s Ministry of Justice, National Archives, Data.Public.Lu, CTIE, STATEC, and our own study of 634 dual citizens and 80 ancestors. LuxCitizenship only works with clients in the US, so none of the Brazilian citizens are our clients.
Context
In 2008, the new Luxembourg Nationality Act introduced the concept of dual citizenship in Luxembourg. Since then, thousands of people have obtained Luxembourgish dual citizenship through ancestry.
Growth Over The Years
Few Luxembourgish politicians imagined the popularity of the new Luxembourgish dual citizenship programs in Brazil. And yet, more people there have obtained Luxembourgish citizenship than anywhere else. The largest group of them (7,693) obtained citizenship in 2023 alone.
Since 2018, the number of Luxembourgish citizens in Brazil has increased from 2,844 to 27,632. While Brazilians started applying for Luxembourgish dual citizenship much later than their cousins in the United States, the total number of Luxembourgish citizens in Brazil overtook the United States on June 2nd, 2019, and has grown ever faster since.
And these numbers are guaranteed to grow. From the 15,477 Brazilians deemed eligible to complete a citizenship application under Article 89, 3,982 Brazilians were still eligible to obtain Luxembourgish dual citizenship under Article 89 as of March 28th, 2023. Additionally, other paths to obtain citizenship are still in effect.
Luxembourg has a population of 669,512. There are already 27,632 Luxembourgish citizens living in Brazil, which is equivalent to 4% of Luxembourg’s total population.
As the total number of these new Brazilian-Luxembourgers is equivalent to at least
4%
of Luxembourg’s population it’s time to start to get to know these new citizens.
Where We Last Left Off
In our ancestor study, we established that the 634 Brazilian-Luxembourgish citizens who participated in our study came from 80 ancestors. These ancestors mostly came from Luxembourg as part of the first migratory wave, and generally settled in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
Luxembourgish Ancestor Place of Birth
Ancestor Residence in Brazil
Now Meet Their Descendants
634 Brazilian-Luxembourgish dual citizens over 18 years old responded to LuxCitizenship’s open survey. The largest portion of the respondents are in the age range 30-49. Slightly more men responded than women.
Respondent Gender
Respondent Age
Ancestral Connections
While on average the Brazilian dual citizens are about as many generations removed from their Luxembourgish ancestor as the American-Luxembourgers, they are twice as likely to have a Luxembourgish ancestor from six generations back.
Generations Removed from Ancestor
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Where Are They From?
67% of the Brazilian-Luxembourgers were born in the same state where their ancestor lived. However, they have started to spread out throughout Brazil. By far the biggest state where they live is Santa Catarina, concentrating many more dual citizens than any one state in the United States.
Where Applicants Were Born
Where Applicants Live Today
Mobility – How “Close to Home” Are the Brazilian-Luxembourgers?
35.3% of Brazilian respondents no longer live in the state where their Luxembourgish ancestor resided. While this is a significant percentage, this is just under half of the amount of American-Luxembourgers who were in this same situation. Overall, this is a moderately mobile population.
Born in State Where Ancestor Lived
Live in Same State as Ancestor
Born + Live in the Same State
While 99.4% of dual citizens surveyed were born in Brazil, 8.4% now live in Luxembourg. Another 5.7% of respondents now live in another country.
About the Families
65% of the Brazilian dual citizens surveyed are married. On the other hand, 60.3% of respondents have children. The largest group among them has two children, with the most common age brackets being 3-6 and 10-14.
Married
# of Children
Children Age Ranges
Education Level
86.8% of our Brazil respondents indicate that they have pursued higher education beyond high school. 15.1% of respondents have completed at least one masters or doctorate program.
Education Level Achieved
Professional Career
Out of the respondents from the three countries, the Brazilian-Luxembourgers were the most likely to work in Government, Legal, and Food & Agriculture fields.
Most Recent Industry of Employment
Applicant Job Titles
It seems like the applicants might have many different jobs and titles. But, some titles were repeated a lot. These include civil servant, lawyer, and university professor.
Are you ready to learn more about the Brazilian-Luxembourgers?
Continue on to our Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey to learn more about the applicant’s motivations and future plans.
Are you ready to learn more about the Brazilian-Luxembourgers?
Continue on to our Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey to learn more about the applicant’s motivations and future plans.
Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey
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