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Population in Lithuania compared to Malaysia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lithuania was 2,888,055 in 2024 vs 35,557,673 people in Malaysia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lithuania's population is 2,858,798 people compared to 36,304,998 in Malaysia.

Population statistics:

  • Malaysia's population is 12.7 times bigger than Lithuania's.
  • Lithuania is ranked the 139th most populous country in the world, while Malaysia is the 45th.
  • The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.03% for Lithuania vs 0.44% for Malaysia.
  • For the last 10 years, Lithuania has had an average growth rate of -0.22% per year vs +1.5% in Malaysia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lithuania has decreased from 3.32M people to 2.86M (14% decline), while Malaysia has grown from 25.8M to 36.3M (40.5% growth).
  • Malaysia is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 46.4M people, while Lithuania's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.7M people and is projected to decrease to 1.22M people by 2100.

Lithuania vs Malaysia: live population counter

Lithuania Malaysia
Current population
2858798
36304998
Population rank 139/197 45/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.44%
One net population change
31.9 minutes
1.22 minutes
One birth every
25.4 minutes
1.21 minutes
One death every
14.2 minutes
2.9 minutes
One migration net change every
3.35 hours
3.01 minutes
Annual migration change +2,617 +174,770
Daily growth/decline +45 +1,182
Annual growth/decline +16,470 +431,375
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% +1.23%
Population growth rate rank 128/197 91/197

Lithuania and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Lithuania
Population

Growth rate
Malaysia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lithuania Malaysia Lithuania Malaysia
1960 2,778,550 7,956,197 - -
1961 2,823,550 8,164,443 1.62% 2.62%
1962 2,863,350 8,380,172 1.41% 2.64%
1963 2,898,950 8,602,160 1.24% 2.65%
1964 2,935,200 8,828,406 1.25% 2.63%
1965 2,971,450 9,056,408 1.24% 2.58%
1966 3,008,050 9,284,688 1.23% 2.52%
1967 3,044,400 9,507,099 1.21% 2.4%
1968 3,078,850 9,725,281 1.13% 2.29%
1969 3,107,321 9,947,597 0.92% 2.29%
1970 3,139,689 10,178,802 1.04% 2.32%
1971 3,179,041 10,423,453 1.25% 2.4%
1972 3,213,622 10,676,835 1.09% 2.43%
1973 3,244,438 10,935,621 0.96% 2.42%
1974 3,273,894 11,200,906 0.91% 2.43%
1975 3,301,652 11,471,914 0.85% 2.42%
1976 3,328,664 11,750,097 0.82% 2.42%
1977 3,355,036 12,035,713 0.79% 2.43%
1978 3,379,514 12,328,157 0.73% 2.43%
1979 3,397,842 12,627,862 0.54% 2.43%
1980 3,413,202 12,983,363 0.45% 2.82%
1981 3,432,947 13,399,203 0.58% 3.2%
1982 3,457,179 13,832,798 0.71% 3.24%
1983 3,485,192 14,285,907 0.81% 3.28%
1984 3,514,205 14,759,009 0.83% 3.31%
1985 3,544,543 15,252,258 0.86% 3.34%
1986 3,578,914 15,760,419 0.97% 3.33%
1987 3,616,367 16,276,737 1.05% 3.28%
1988 3,655,049 16,796,605 1.07% 3.19%
1989 3,684,255 17,314,997 0.8% 3.09%
1990 3,697,838 17,833,171 0.37% 2.99%
1991 3,704,134 18,342,464 0.17% 2.86%
1992 3,700,114 18,834,572 -0.11% 2.68%
1993 3,682,613 19,322,664 -0.47% 2.59%
1994 3,657,144 19,820,446 -0.69% 2.58%
1995 3,629,102 20,330,599 -0.77% 2.57%
1996 3,601,613 20,850,087 -0.76% 2.56%
1997 3,575,137 21,375,218 -0.74% 2.52%
1998 3,549,331 21,906,713 -0.72% 2.49%
1999 3,524,238 22,435,531 -0.71% 2.41%
2000 3,499,536 22,967,816 -0.7% 2.37%
2001 3,470,818 23,526,538 -0.82% 2.43%
2002 3,443,067 24,102,477 -0.8% 2.45%
2003 3,415,213 24,679,602 -0.81% 2.39%
2004 3,377,075 25,256,772 -1.12% 2.34%
2005 3,322,528 25,836,071 -1.62% 2.29%
2006 3,269,909 26,417,909 -1.58% 2.25%
2007 3,231,294 26,998,389 -1.18% 2.2%
2008 3,198,231 27,570,059 -1.02% 2.12%
2009 3,162,916 28,124,778 -1.1% 2.01%
2010 3,097,282 28,655,776 -2.08% 1.89%
2011 3,028,115 29,162,039 -2.23% 1.77%
2012 2,989,139 29,662,831 -1.29% 1.72%
2013 2,961,250 30,174,265 -0.93% 1.72%
2014 2,937,253 30,696,137 -0.81% 1.73%
2015 2,911,109 31,232,798 -0.89% 1.75%
2016 2,877,325 31,789,685 -1.16% 1.78%
2017 2,842,639 32,355,644 -1.21% 1.78%
2018 2,819,200 32,910,967 -0.82% 1.72%
2019 2,811,089 33,440,596 -0.29% 1.61%
2020 2,810,369 33,889,558 -0.03% 1.34%
2021 2,808,380 34,282,399 -0.07% 1.16%
2022 2,831,639 34,695,493 0.83% 1.2%
2023 2,871,585 35,126,298 1.41% 1.24%
2024 2,888,055 35,557,673 0.57% 1.23%
2025 2,858,798 35,977,838 -1.01% 1.18%
2026 2,825,654 36,385,119 -1.16% 1.13%
2027 2,802,305 36,785,089 -0.83% 1.1%
2028 2,779,027 37,182,773 -0.83% 1.08%
2029 2,756,161 37,574,292 -0.82% 1.05%
2030 2,733,754 37,961,722 -0.81% 1.03%
2031 2,711,641 38,347,786 -0.81% 1.02%
2032 2,689,763 38,728,383 -0.81% 0.99%
2033 2,667,885 39,097,871 -0.81% 0.95%
2034 2,645,788 39,457,849 -0.83% 0.92%
2035 2,623,682 39,814,834 -0.84% 0.9%
2036 2,601,571 40,166,904 -0.84% 0.88%
2037 2,578,933 40,512,289 -0.87% 0.86%
2038 2,556,081 40,853,318 -0.89% 0.84%
2039 2,532,957 41,185,892 -0.9% 0.81%
2040 2,509,992 41,509,646 -0.91% 0.79%
2041 2,487,384 41,828,594 -0.9% 0.77%
2042 2,464,530 42,144,474 -0.92% 0.76%
2043 2,441,408 42,455,952 -0.94% 0.74%
2044 2,418,568 42,754,140 -0.94% 0.7%
2045 2,396,153 43,038,205 -0.93% 0.66%
2046 2,373,696 43,313,754 -0.94% 0.64%
2047 2,350,800 43,580,459 -0.96% 0.62%
2048 2,327,686 43,831,577 -0.98% 0.58%
2049 2,304,838 44,065,538 -0.98% 0.53%
2050 2,281,631 44,289,765 -1.01% 0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lithuania decreased by 411,419 people (a 12.4% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lithuania lost -52,311 (a 1.8% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Lithuania was ranked 126th most populous country in 2005 and is 139th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lithuania's population will shrink by 20.2% to 2,281,631 people with a rank change from 139th to 145th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.

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