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	2,888,055	143,533,851	0.57%	-0.2%
2025	2,858,798	142,718,132	-1.01%	-0.57%
2026	2,825,654	142,120,553	-1.16%	-0.42%
2027	2,802,305	141,773,330	-0.83%	-0.24%
2028	2,779,027	141,402,326	-0.83%	-0.26%
2029	2,756,161	141,021,009	-0.82%	-0.27%
2030	2,733,754	140,628,883	-0.81%	-0.28%
2031	2,711,641	140,218,596	-0.81%	-0.29%
2032	2,689,763	139,807,207	-0.81%	-0.29%
2033	2,667,885	139,414,947	-0.81%	-0.28%
2034	2,645,788	139,034,543	-0.83%	-0.27%
2035	2,623,682	138,666,694	-0.84%	-0.26%
2036	2,601,571	138,311,757	-0.84%	-0.26%
2037	2,578,933	137,968,177	-0.87%	-0.25%
2038	2,556,081	137,643,032	-0.89%	-0.24%
2039	2,532,957	137,336,299	-0.9%	-0.22%
2040	2,509,992	137,053,347	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	2,487,384	136,795,588	-0.9%	-0.19%
2042	2,464,530	136,558,692	-0.92%	-0.17%
2043	2,441,408	136,335,849	-0.94%	-0.16%
2044	2,418,568	136,124,845	-0.94%	-0.15%
2045	2,396,153	135,933,758	-0.93%	-0.14%
2046	2,373,696	135,756,848	-0.94%	-0.13%
2047	2,350,800	135,574,181	-0.96%	-0.13%
2048	2,327,686	135,372,557	-0.98%	-0.15%
2049	2,304,838	135,156,911	-0.98%	-0.16%
2050	2,281,631	134,923,391	-1.01%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lithuania decreased by 411,419 people (a 12.4% decline), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lithuania lost -52,311 (a 1.8% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 126th most populous country in 2005 and is 139th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.