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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	Russia	Lithuania	Russia
1960	2,778,550	119,897,000	-	-
1961	2,823,550	121,236,000	1.62%	1.12%
1962	2,863,350	122,591,000	1.41%	1.12%
1963	2,898,950	123,960,000	1.24%	1.12%
1964	2,935,200	125,345,000	1.25%	1.12%
1965	2,971,450	126,745,000	1.24%	1.12%
1966	3,008,050	127,468,000	1.23%	0.57%
1967	3,044,400	128,196,000	1.21%	0.57%
1968	3,078,850	128,928,000	1.13%	0.57%
1969	3,107,321	129,664,000	0.92%	0.57%
1970	3,139,689	130,404,000	1.04%	0.57%
1971	3,179,041	131,155,000	1.25%	0.58%
1972	3,213,622	131,909,000	1.09%	0.57%
1973	3,244,438	132,669,000	0.96%	0.58%
1974	3,273,894	133,432,000	0.91%	0.58%
1975	3,301,652	134,200,000	0.85%	0.58%
1976	3,328,664	135,147,000	0.82%	0.71%
1977	3,355,036	136,100,000	0.79%	0.71%
1978	3,379,514	137,060,000	0.73%	0.71%
1979	3,397,842	138,027,000	0.54%	0.71%
1980	3,413,202	139,010,000	0.45%	0.71%
1981	3,432,947	139,941,000	0.58%	0.67%
1982	3,457,179	140,823,000	0.71%	0.63%
1983	3,485,192	141,668,000	0.81%	0.6%
1984	3,514,205	142,745,000	0.83%	0.76%
1985	3,544,543	143,858,000	0.86%	0.78%
1986	3,578,914	144,894,000	0.97%	0.72%
1987	3,616,367	145,908,000	1.05%	0.7%
1988	3,655,049	146,857,000	1.07%	0.65%
1989	3,684,255	147,721,000	0.8%	0.59%
1990	3,697,838	147,969,406	0.37%	0.17%
1991	3,704,134	148,394,216	0.17%	0.29%
1992	3,700,114	148,538,197	-0.11%	0.1%
1993	3,682,613	148,458,777	-0.47%	-0.05%
1994	3,657,144	148,407,912	-0.69%	-0.03%
1995	3,629,102	148,375,787	-0.77%	-0.02%
1996	3,601,613	148,160,129	-0.76%	-0.15%
1997	3,575,137	147,915,361	-0.74%	-0.17%
1998	3,549,331	147,670,784	-0.72%	-0.17%
1999	3,524,238	147,214,776	-0.71%	-0.31%
2000	3,499,536	146,596,869	-0.7%	-0.42%
2001	3,470,818	145,976,482	-0.82%	-0.42%
2002	3,443,067	145,306,497	-0.8%	-0.46%
2003	3,415,213	144,648,618	-0.81%	-0.45%
2004	3,377,075	144,067,316	-1.12%	-0.4%
2005	3,322,528	143,518,814	-1.62%	-0.38%
2006	3,269,909	143,049,637	-1.58%	-0.33%
2007	3,231,294	142,805,114	-1.18%	-0.17%
2008	3,198,231	142,742,366	-1.02%	-0.04%
2009	3,162,916	142,785,348	-1.1%	0.03%
2010	3,097,282	142,849,468	-2.08%	0.04%
2011	3,028,115	143,018,195	-2.23%	0.12%
2012	2,989,139	143,378,447	-1.29%	0.25%
2013	2,961,250	143,805,638	-0.93%	0.3%
2014	2,937,253	144,237,223	-0.81%	0.3%
2015	2,911,109	144,640,716	-0.89%	0.28%
2016	2,877,325	145,015,460	-1.16%	0.26%
2017	2,842,639	145,293,260	-1.21%	0.19%
2018	2,819,200	145,398,106	-0.82%	0.07%
2019	2,811,089	145,453,291	-0.29%	0.04%
2020	2,810,369	145,245,148	-0.03%	-0.14%
2021	2,808,380	144,746,762	-0.07%	-0.34%
2022	2,831,639	144,236,933	0.83%	-0.35%
2023	2,871,585	143,826,130	1.41%	-0.28%
2024	2,888,278	143,533,851	0.58%	-0.2%
2025	2,859,019	142,718,132	-1.01%	-0.57%
2026	2,825,872	142,120,553	-1.16%	-0.42%
2027	2,802,522	141,773,330	-0.83%	-0.24%
2028	2,779,241	141,402,326	-0.83%	-0.26%
2029	2,756,374	141,021,009	-0.82%	-0.27%
2030	2,733,965	140,628,883	-0.81%	-0.28%
2031	2,711,850	140,218,596	-0.81%	-0.29%
2032	2,689,971	139,807,207	-0.81%	-0.29%
2033	2,668,091	139,414,947	-0.81%	-0.28%
2034	2,645,992	139,034,543	-0.83%	-0.27%
2035	2,623,885	138,666,694	-0.84%	-0.26%
2036	2,601,771	138,311,757	-0.84%	-0.26%
2037	2,579,132	137,968,177	-0.87%	-0.25%
2038	2,556,278	137,643,032	-0.89%	-0.24%
2039	2,533,153	137,336,299	-0.9%	-0.22%
2040	2,510,186	137,053,347	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	2,487,576	136,795,588	-0.9%	-0.19%
2042	2,464,721	136,558,692	-0.92%	-0.17%
2043	2,441,596	136,335,849	-0.94%	-0.16%
2044	2,418,754	136,124,845	-0.94%	-0.15%
2045	2,396,338	135,933,758	-0.93%	-0.14%
2046	2,373,879	135,756,848	-0.94%	-0.13%
2047	2,350,981	135,574,181	-0.96%	-0.13%
2048	2,327,866	135,372,557	-0.98%	-0.15%
2049	2,305,016	135,156,911	-0.98%	-0.16%
2050	2,281,808	134,923,391	-1.01%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.