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	19,059,479	1.41%	0.06%
2024	2,888,055	19,069,340	0.57%	0.05%
2025	2,858,798	18,962,595	-1.01%	-0.56%
2026	2,825,654	18,854,232	-1.16%	-0.57%
2027	2,802,305	18,744,883	-0.83%	-0.58%
2028	2,779,027	18,634,894	-0.83%	-0.59%
2029	2,756,161	18,523,736	-0.82%	-0.6%
2030	2,733,754	18,411,878	-0.81%	-0.6%
2031	2,711,641	18,299,820	-0.81%	-0.61%
2032	2,689,763	18,187,406	-0.81%	-0.61%
2033	2,667,885	18,074,282	-0.81%	-0.62%
2034	2,645,788	17,960,330	-0.83%	-0.63%
2035	2,623,682	17,845,182	-0.84%	-0.64%
2036	2,601,571	17,728,480	-0.84%	-0.65%
2037	2,578,933	17,611,384	-0.87%	-0.66%
2038	2,556,081	17,493,684	-0.89%	-0.67%
2039	2,532,957	17,375,991	-0.9%	-0.67%
2040	2,509,992	17,258,810	-0.91%	-0.67%
2041	2,487,384	17,140,535	-0.9%	-0.69%
2042	2,464,530	17,022,168	-0.92%	-0.69%
2043	2,441,408	16,904,427	-0.94%	-0.69%
2044	2,418,568	16,786,029	-0.94%	-0.7%
2045	2,396,153	16,667,734	-0.93%	-0.7%
2046	2,373,696	16,550,066	-0.94%	-0.71%
2047	2,350,800	16,431,566	-0.96%	-0.72%
2048	2,327,686	16,312,099	-0.98%	-0.73%
2049	2,304,838	16,192,424	-0.98%	-0.73%
2050	2,281,631	16,072,989	-1.01%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lithuania decreased by 411,419 people (a 12.4% decline), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lithuania lost -52,311 (a 1.8% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 126th most populous country in 2005 and is 139th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.