The latest officially reported population of Lithuania was 2,888,278 in 2024 vs 35,557,673 people in Malaysia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lithuania's population is 2,825,872 people compared to 36,389,490 in Malaysia.
Population statistics:
- Malaysia's population is 12.9 times bigger than Lithuania's.
- Lithuania is ranked the 140th 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 2006, the population of Lithuania has decreased from 3.27M people to 2.83M (13.6% decline), while Malaysia has grown from 26.4M to 36.4M (37.7% 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
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| Current population |
2825872
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36389490
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 45/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
31.5 minutes
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1.22 minutes
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| One birth every |
25.4 minutes
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1.21 minutes
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| One death every |
14.2 minutes
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2.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.35 hours
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3.01 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +2,617 | +174,770 |
| Daily growth/decline | +46 | +1,182 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,693 | +431,375 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.58% | +1.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 128/197 | 90/197 |
Lithuania and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 2,888,278 | 35,557,673 | 0.58% | 1.23% |
| 2025 | 2,859,019 | 35,977,838 | -1.01% | 1.18% |
| 2026 | 2,825,872 | 36,385,119 | -1.16% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 2,802,522 | 36,785,089 | -0.83% | 1.1% |
| 2028 | 2,779,241 | 37,182,773 | -0.83% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 2,756,374 | 37,574,292 | -0.82% | 1.05% |
| 2030 | 2,733,965 | 37,961,722 | -0.81% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 2,711,850 | 38,347,786 | -0.81% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 2,689,971 | 38,728,383 | -0.81% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 2,668,091 | 39,097,871 | -0.81% | 0.95% |
| 2034 | 2,645,992 | 39,457,849 | -0.83% | 0.92% |
| 2035 | 2,623,885 | 39,814,834 | -0.84% | 0.9% |
| 2036 | 2,601,771 | 40,166,904 | -0.84% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 2,579,132 | 40,512,289 | -0.87% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 2,556,278 | 40,853,318 | -0.89% | 0.84% |
| 2039 | 2,533,153 | 41,185,892 | -0.9% | 0.81% |
| 2040 | 2,510,186 | 41,509,646 | -0.91% | 0.79% |
| 2041 | 2,487,576 | 41,828,594 | -0.9% | 0.77% |
| 2042 | 2,464,721 | 42,144,474 | -0.92% | 0.76% |
| 2043 | 2,441,596 | 42,455,952 | -0.94% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 2,418,754 | 42,754,140 | -0.94% | 0.7% |
| 2045 | 2,396,338 | 43,038,205 | -0.93% | 0.66% |
| 2046 | 2,373,879 | 43,313,754 | -0.94% | 0.64% |
| 2047 | 2,350,981 | 43,580,459 | -0.96% | 0.62% |
| 2048 | 2,327,866 | 43,831,577 | -0.98% | 0.58% |
| 2049 | 2,305,016 | 44,065,538 | -0.98% | 0.53% |
| 2050 | 2,281,808 | 44,289,765 | -1.01% | 0.51% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).
Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lithuania's population will shrink by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people with a rank change from 140th to 145th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Vilnius | 581K |
| Kaunas | 305K |
| Klaipeda | 158K |
| Siauliai | 104K |
| Panevezys | 87.9K |
| Alytus | 51.9K |
| Marijampole | 36.8K |
| Mazeikiai | 33.2K |
| Jonava | 27.1K |
| Utena | 25.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1.98M |
| Klang | 878K |
| Ipoh | 867K |
| Johor Bahru | 798K |
| George Town | 794K |
| Shah Alam | 741K |
| Subang Jaya | 708K |
| Petaling Jaya | 639K |
| Kuantan | 608K |
| Sungai Petani | 545K |
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Population differences between Lithuania and Malaysia
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 77.2 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 33.2 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 31.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.2:52.8 | 52.4:47.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.18 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman |
| Population density | 119.5 ppl/mi² | 280.3 ppl/mi² |
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