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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	Poland	Lithuania	Poland
1960	2,778,550	29,637,450	-	-
1961	2,823,550	29,964,000	1.62%	1.1%
1962	2,863,350	30,308,500	1.41%	1.15%
1963	2,898,950	30,712,000	1.24%	1.33%
1964	2,935,200	31,139,450	1.25%	1.39%
1965	2,971,450	31,444,950	1.24%	0.98%
1966	3,008,050	31,681,000	1.23%	0.75%
1967	3,044,400	31,987,155	1.21%	0.97%
1968	3,078,850	32,294,655	1.13%	0.96%
1969	3,107,321	32,548,300	0.92%	0.79%
1970	3,139,689	32,664,300	1.04%	0.36%
1971	3,179,041	32,783,500	1.25%	0.36%
1972	3,213,622	33,055,650	1.09%	0.83%
1973	3,244,438	33,357,200	0.96%	0.91%
1974	3,273,894	33,678,899	0.91%	0.96%
1975	3,301,652	34,015,199	0.85%	1%
1976	3,328,664	34,356,300	0.82%	1%
1977	3,355,036	34,689,050	0.79%	0.97%
1978	3,379,514	34,965,600	0.73%	0.8%
1979	3,397,842	35,247,217	0.54%	0.81%
1980	3,413,202	35,574,150	0.45%	0.93%
1981	3,432,947	35,898,587	0.58%	0.91%
1982	3,457,179	36,230,481	0.71%	0.92%
1983	3,485,192	36,571,808	0.81%	0.94%
1984	3,514,205	36,904,134	0.83%	0.91%
1985	3,544,543	37,201,885	0.86%	0.81%
1986	3,578,914	37,456,119	0.97%	0.68%
1987	3,616,367	37,668,045	1.05%	0.57%
1988	3,655,049	37,824,487	1.07%	0.42%
1989	3,684,255	37,961,529	0.8%	0.36%
1990	3,697,838	38,110,782	0.37%	0.39%
1991	3,704,134	38,246,193	0.17%	0.36%
1992	3,700,114	38,363,667	-0.11%	0.31%
1993	3,682,613	38,461,408	-0.47%	0.25%
1994	3,657,144	38,542,652	-0.69%	0.21%
1995	3,629,102	38,594,998	-0.77%	0.14%
1996	3,601,613	38,624,370	-0.76%	0.08%
1997	3,575,137	38,649,660	-0.74%	0.07%
1998	3,549,331	38,663,481	-0.72%	0.04%
1999	3,524,238	38,660,271	-0.71%	-0.008%
2000	3,499,536	38,258,629	-0.7%	-1.04%
2001	3,470,818	38,248,076	-0.82%	-0.03%
2002	3,443,067	38,230,364	-0.8%	-0.05%
2003	3,415,213	38,204,570	-0.81%	-0.07%
2004	3,377,075	38,182,222	-1.12%	-0.06%
2005	3,322,528	38,165,445	-1.62%	-0.04%
2006	3,269,909	38,141,267	-1.58%	-0.06%
2007	3,231,294	38,120,560	-1.18%	-0.05%
2008	3,198,231	38,125,759	-1.02%	0.01%
2009	3,162,916	38,151,603	-1.1%	0.07%
2010	3,097,282	38,042,794	-2.08%	-0.29%
2011	3,028,115	38,063,255	-2.23%	0.05%
2012	2,989,139	38,063,164	-1.29%	-0%
2013	2,961,250	38,040,196	-0.93%	-0.06%
2014	2,937,253	38,011,735	-0.81%	-0.07%
2015	2,911,109	37,986,412	-0.89%	-0.07%
2016	2,877,325	37,970,087	-1.16%	-0.04%
2017	2,842,639	37,974,826	-1.21%	0.01%
2018	2,819,200	37,974,750	-0.82%	-0%
2019	2,811,089	37,965,475	-0.29%	-0.02%
2020	2,810,369	37,515,748	-0.03%	-1.18%
2021	2,808,380	36,981,559	-0.07%	-1.42%
2022	2,831,639	36,821,749	0.83%	-0.43%
2023	2,871,585	36,687,353	1.41%	-0.36%
2024	2,888,278	36,559,233	0.58%	-0.35%
2025	2,859,019	36,181,399	-1.01%	-1.03%
2026	2,825,872	35,898,979	-1.16%	-0.78%
2027	2,802,522	35,758,415	-0.83%	-0.39%
2028	2,779,241	35,609,703	-0.83%	-0.42%
2029	2,756,374	35,452,249	-0.82%	-0.44%
2030	2,733,965	35,287,436	-0.81%	-0.46%
2031	2,711,850	35,116,185	-0.81%	-0.49%
2032	2,689,971	34,938,952	-0.81%	-0.5%
2033	2,668,091	34,757,421	-0.81%	-0.52%
2034	2,645,992	34,571,572	-0.83%	-0.53%
2035	2,623,885	34,381,734	-0.84%	-0.55%
2036	2,601,771	34,187,419	-0.84%	-0.57%
2037	2,579,132	33,988,985	-0.87%	-0.58%
2038	2,556,278	33,787,175	-0.89%	-0.59%
2039	2,533,153	33,581,427	-0.9%	-0.61%
2040	2,510,186	33,372,181	-0.91%	-0.62%
2041	2,487,576	33,160,435	-0.9%	-0.63%
2042	2,464,721	32,945,446	-0.92%	-0.65%
2043	2,441,596	32,726,827	-0.94%	-0.66%
2044	2,418,754	32,506,015	-0.94%	-0.67%
2045	2,396,338	32,282,692	-0.93%	-0.69%
2046	2,373,879	32,056,740	-0.94%	-0.7%
2047	2,350,981	31,828,421	-0.96%	-0.71%
2048	2,327,866	31,597,823	-0.98%	-0.72%
2049	2,305,016	31,364,596	-0.98%	-0.74%
2050	2,281,808	31,128,250	-1.01%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.