The current population of Lithuania is 2,858,798 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 2,888,055 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Lithuania is ranked 139/197 by population and was ranked 126th in 2005.
- Lithuania's population peaked in 1991 at 3.7M people and has been in decline since.
- For the last 20 years, Lithuania has had an average decline rate of -0.7% per year.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 3.32M people to 2.86M (-14% decline in 20 years).
- The UN estimates that Lithuania's population is going to decline by -20.2% to 2.28M people by 2050.
- Lithuania accounts for 0.03% of the world's population.
Lithuania population clock
Lithuania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2858798
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 139/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | N/A |
| One net population change |
31.9 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
25.4 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
14.2 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,470 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.57% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 128/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.35 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +2,617 | N/A |
Lithuania population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,778,550 | - |
| 1961 | 2,823,550 | 1.62% |
| 1962 | 2,863,350 | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 2,898,950 | 1.24% |
| 1964 | 2,935,200 | 1.25% |
| 1965 | 2,971,450 | 1.24% |
| 1966 | 3,008,050 | 1.23% |
| 1967 | 3,044,400 | 1.21% |
| 1968 | 3,078,850 | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 3,107,321 | 0.92% |
| 1970 | 3,139,689 | 1.04% |
| 1971 | 3,179,041 | 1.25% |
| 1972 | 3,213,622 | 1.09% |
| 1973 | 3,244,438 | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 3,273,894 | 0.91% |
| 1975 | 3,301,652 | 0.85% |
| 1976 | 3,328,664 | 0.82% |
| 1977 | 3,355,036 | 0.79% |
| 1978 | 3,379,514 | 0.73% |
| 1979 | 3,397,842 | 0.54% |
| 1980 | 3,413,202 | 0.45% |
| 1981 | 3,432,947 | 0.58% |
| 1982 | 3,457,179 | 0.71% |
| 1983 | 3,485,192 | 0.81% |
| 1984 | 3,514,205 | 0.83% |
| 1985 | 3,544,543 | 0.86% |
| 1986 | 3,578,914 | 0.97% |
| 1987 | 3,616,367 | 1.05% |
| 1988 | 3,655,049 | 1.07% |
| 1989 | 3,684,255 | 0.8% |
| 1990 | 3,697,838 | 0.37% |
| 1991 | 3,704,134 | 0.17% |
| 1992 | 3,700,114 | -0.11% |
| 1993 | 3,682,613 | -0.47% |
| 1994 | 3,657,144 | -0.69% |
| 1995 | 3,629,102 | -0.77% |
| 1996 | 3,601,613 | -0.76% |
| 1997 | 3,575,137 | -0.74% |
| 1998 | 3,549,331 | -0.72% |
| 1999 | 3,524,238 | -0.71% |
| 2000 | 3,499,536 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,470,818 | -0.82% |
| 2002 | 3,443,067 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,415,213 | -0.81% |
| 2004 | 3,377,075 | -1.12% |
| 2005 | 3,322,528 | -1.62% |
| 2006 | 3,269,909 | -1.58% |
| 2007 | 3,231,294 | -1.18% |
| 2008 | 3,198,231 | -1.02% |
| 2009 | 3,162,916 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 3,097,282 | -2.08% |
| 2011 | 3,028,115 | -2.23% |
| 2012 | 2,989,139 | -1.29% |
| 2013 | 2,961,250 | -0.93% |
| 2014 | 2,937,253 | -0.81% |
| 2015 | 2,911,109 | -0.89% |
| 2016 | 2,877,325 | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 2,842,639 | -1.21% |
| 2018 | 2,819,200 | -0.82% |
| 2019 | 2,811,089 | -0.29% |
| 2020 | 2,810,369 | -0.03% |
| 2021 | 2,808,380 | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 2,831,639 | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 2,871,585 | 1.41% |
| 2024 | 2,888,055 | 0.57% |
| 2025 | 2,858,798 | -1.01% |
| 2026 | 2,825,654 | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 2,802,305 | -0.83% |
| 2028 | 2,779,027 | -0.83% |
| 2029 | 2,756,161 | -0.82% |
| 2030 | 2,733,754 | -0.81% |
| 2031 | 2,711,641 | -0.81% |
| 2032 | 2,689,763 | -0.81% |
| 2033 | 2,667,885 | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 2,645,788 | -0.83% |
| 2035 | 2,623,682 | -0.84% |
| 2036 | 2,601,571 | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 2,578,933 | -0.87% |
| 2038 | 2,556,081 | -0.89% |
| 2039 | 2,532,957 | -0.9% |
| 2040 | 2,509,992 | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 2,487,384 | -0.9% |
| 2042 | 2,464,530 | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 2,441,408 | -0.94% |
| 2044 | 2,418,568 | -0.94% |
| 2045 | 2,396,153 | -0.93% |
| 2046 | 2,373,696 | -0.94% |
| 2047 | 2,350,800 | -0.96% |
| 2048 | 2,327,686 | -0.98% |
| 2049 | 2,304,838 | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 2,281,631 | -1.01% |
Lithuania has a population of 2.86M as of 2025, compared to 2.91M in 2015, 3.32M in 2005, and 3.63M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.18% per year. Lithuania is ranked 170th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Lithuania will have 2,396,153 people (-16.2% decline) with a rank change from 139th to 145th.
By the year 2100, Lithuania's population is projected to decline by 57.3% to 1.22M people.
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Lithuania population statistics
|
Lithuania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.2:52.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.18 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 119.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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