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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	Romania	Lithuania	Romania
1960	2,778,550	18,406,905	-	-
1961	2,823,550	18,555,250	1.62%	0.81%
1962	2,863,350	18,676,550	1.41%	0.65%
1963	2,898,950	18,797,850	1.24%	0.65%
1964	2,935,200	18,919,126	1.25%	0.65%
1965	2,971,450	19,031,576	1.24%	0.59%
1966	3,008,050	19,215,450	1.23%	0.97%
1967	3,044,400	19,534,242	1.21%	1.66%
1968	3,078,850	19,799,831	1.13%	1.36%
1969	3,107,321	20,009,141	0.92%	1.06%
1970	3,139,689	20,250,398	1.04%	1.21%
1971	3,179,041	20,461,567	1.25%	1.04%
1972	3,213,622	20,657,957	1.09%	0.96%
1973	3,244,438	20,835,681	0.96%	0.86%
1974	3,273,894	21,029,429	0.91%	0.93%
1975	3,301,652	21,293,583	0.85%	1.26%
1976	3,328,664	21,551,634	0.82%	1.21%
1977	3,355,036	21,756,096	0.79%	0.95%
1978	3,379,514	21,951,464	0.73%	0.9%
1979	3,397,842	22,090,488	0.54%	0.63%
1980	3,413,202	22,207,282	0.45%	0.53%
1981	3,432,947	22,353,070	0.58%	0.66%
1982	3,457,179	22,475,741	0.71%	0.55%
1983	3,485,192	22,560,478	0.81%	0.38%
1984	3,514,205	22,640,547	0.83%	0.35%
1985	3,544,543	22,732,999	0.86%	0.41%
1986	3,578,914	22,836,841	0.97%	0.46%
1987	3,616,367	22,949,430	1.05%	0.49%
1988	3,655,049	23,057,662	1.07%	0.47%
1989	3,684,255	23,161,458	0.8%	0.45%
1990	3,697,838	23,201,835	0.37%	0.17%
1991	3,704,134	23,001,155	0.17%	-0.86%
1992	3,700,114	22,794,284	-0.11%	-0.9%
1993	3,682,613	22,763,280	-0.47%	-0.14%
1994	3,657,144	22,730,211	-0.69%	-0.15%
1995	3,629,102	22,684,270	-0.77%	-0.2%
1996	3,601,613	22,619,004	-0.76%	-0.29%
1997	3,575,137	22,553,978	-0.74%	-0.29%
1998	3,549,331	22,507,344	-0.72%	-0.21%
1999	3,524,238	22,472,040	-0.71%	-0.16%
2000	3,499,536	22,442,971	-0.7%	-0.13%
2001	3,470,818	22,131,970	-0.82%	-1.39%
2002	3,443,067	21,730,496	-0.8%	-1.81%
2003	3,415,213	21,574,326	-0.81%	-0.72%
2004	3,377,075	21,451,748	-1.12%	-0.57%
2005	3,322,528	21,319,685	-1.62%	-0.62%
2006	3,269,909	21,193,760	-1.58%	-0.59%
2007	3,231,294	20,882,982	-1.18%	-1.47%
2008	3,198,231	20,537,875	-1.02%	-1.65%
2009	3,162,916	20,367,487	-1.1%	-0.83%
2010	3,097,282	20,246,871	-2.08%	-0.59%
2011	3,028,115	20,147,528	-2.23%	-0.49%
2012	2,989,139	20,058,035	-1.29%	-0.44%
2013	2,961,250	19,983,693	-0.93%	-0.37%
2014	2,937,253	19,908,979	-0.81%	-0.37%
2015	2,911,109	19,815,616	-0.89%	-0.47%
2016	2,877,325	19,702,267	-1.16%	-0.57%
2017	2,842,639	19,588,715	-1.21%	-0.58%
2018	2,819,200	19,473,970	-0.82%	-0.59%
2019	2,811,089	19,371,648	-0.29%	-0.53%
2020	2,810,369	19,265,250	-0.03%	-0.55%
2021	2,808,380	19,122,059	-0.07%	-0.74%
2022	2,831,639	19,048,502	0.83%	-0.38%
2023	2,871,585	19,061,062	1.41%	0.07%
2024	2,888,278	19,051,804	0.58%	-0.05%
2025	2,859,019	18,945,157	-1.01%	-0.56%
2026	2,825,872	18,836,893	-1.16%	-0.57%
2027	2,802,522	18,727,645	-0.83%	-0.58%
2028	2,779,241	18,617,757	-0.83%	-0.59%
2029	2,756,374	18,506,702	-0.82%	-0.6%
2030	2,733,965	18,394,947	-0.81%	-0.6%
2031	2,711,850	18,282,991	-0.81%	-0.61%
2032	2,689,971	18,170,681	-0.81%	-0.61%
2033	2,668,091	18,057,661	-0.81%	-0.62%
2034	2,645,992	17,943,814	-0.83%	-0.63%
2035	2,623,885	17,828,772	-0.84%	-0.64%
2036	2,601,771	17,712,177	-0.84%	-0.65%
2037	2,579,132	17,595,189	-0.87%	-0.66%
2038	2,556,278	17,477,597	-0.89%	-0.67%
2039	2,533,153	17,360,012	-0.9%	-0.67%
2040	2,510,186	17,242,939	-0.91%	-0.67%
2041	2,487,576	17,124,773	-0.9%	-0.69%
2042	2,464,721	17,006,515	-0.92%	-0.69%
2043	2,441,596	16,888,882	-0.94%	-0.69%
2044	2,418,754	16,770,593	-0.94%	-0.7%
2045	2,396,338	16,652,406	-0.93%	-0.7%
2046	2,373,879	16,534,847	-0.94%	-0.71%
2047	2,350,981	16,416,456	-0.96%	-0.72%
2048	2,327,866	16,297,099	-0.98%	-0.73%
2049	2,305,016	16,177,534	-0.98%	-0.73%
2050	2,281,808	16,058,209	-1.01%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.