Eggersriet has a population (as of ) of . , about 9.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 59 are from Germany, 6 are from Italy, 27 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 19 are from Austria, and 56 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.7%) and French being third ( 0.6%). Of the Swiss national languages (), 1,992 speak German, 13 people speak French, 9 people speak Italian, and 2 people speak Romansh.