The latest officially reported population of Lithuania was 2,888,278 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lithuania's population is 2,825,872 people compared to 85,963,745 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 30.4 times bigger than Lithuania's.
- Lithuania is ranked the 140th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.03% for Lithuania vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Lithuania has had an average growth rate of -0.22% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2006, the population of Lithuania has decreased from 3.27M people to 2.83M (13.6% decline), while Turkey has grown from 70M to 86M (22.7% growth).
- Turkey is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 89.4M people, while Lithuania's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.7M people and is projected to decrease to 1.22M people by 2100.
Lithuania vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
2825872
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85963745
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
31.5 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
25.4 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
14.2 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.35 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +2,617 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +46 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,693 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.58% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 128/197 | 155/197 |
Lithuania and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,778,550 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,823,550 | 29,119,238 | 1.62% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 2,863,350 | 29,916,147 | 1.41% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 2,898,950 | 30,726,841 | 1.24% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 2,935,200 | 31,543,072 | 1.25% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 2,971,450 | 32,345,220 | 1.24% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 3,008,050 | 33,177,672 | 1.23% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 3,044,400 | 34,050,421 | 1.21% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 3,078,850 | 34,921,684 | 1.13% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 3,107,321 | 35,787,774 | 0.92% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 3,139,689 | 36,638,465 | 1.04% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 3,179,041 | 37,518,611 | 1.25% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 3,213,622 | 38,430,221 | 1.09% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 3,244,438 | 39,329,533 | 0.96% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 3,273,894 | 40,210,234 | 0.91% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 3,301,652 | 41,053,126 | 0.85% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 3,328,664 | 41,899,984 | 0.82% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 3,355,036 | 42,773,298 | 0.79% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 3,379,514 | 43,645,306 | 0.73% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 3,397,842 | 44,510,429 | 0.54% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 3,413,202 | 45,408,815 | 0.45% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 3,432,947 | 46,321,190 | 0.58% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 3,457,179 | 47,322,096 | 0.71% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 3,485,192 | 48,447,410 | 0.81% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 3,514,205 | 49,574,069 | 0.83% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 3,544,543 | 50,687,115 | 0.86% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 3,578,914 | 51,777,772 | 0.97% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 3,616,367 | 52,843,670 | 1.05% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 3,655,049 | 53,909,626 | 1.07% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 3,684,255 | 54,976,723 | 0.8% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 3,697,838 | 56,015,628 | 0.37% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 3,704,134 | 57,009,887 | 0.17% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 3,700,114 | 57,990,118 | -0.11% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 3,682,613 | 58,999,167 | -0.47% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 3,657,144 | 60,033,836 | -0.69% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 3,629,102 | 61,024,503 | -0.77% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 3,601,613 | 61,951,134 | -0.76% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 3,575,137 | 62,852,966 | -0.74% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 3,549,331 | 63,734,383 | -0.72% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 3,524,238 | 64,591,923 | -0.71% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 3,499,536 | 65,425,961 | -0.7% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 3,470,818 | 66,245,128 | -0.82% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 3,443,067 | 67,048,795 | -0.8% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 3,415,213 | 67,831,730 | -0.81% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 3,377,075 | 68,592,617 | -1.12% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 3,322,528 | 69,329,557 | -1.62% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 3,269,909 | 70,045,349 | -1.58% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 3,231,294 | 70,158,112 | -1.18% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 3,198,231 | 71,051,678 | -1.02% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 3,162,916 | 72,039,206 | -1.1% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 3,097,282 | 73,142,150 | -2.08% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 3,028,115 | 74,223,629 | -2.23% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 2,989,139 | 75,175,827 | -1.29% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 2,961,250 | 76,147,624 | -0.93% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 2,937,253 | 77,181,884 | -0.81% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 2,911,109 | 78,218,479 | -0.89% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 2,877,325 | 79,277,962 | -1.16% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 2,842,639 | 80,312,698 | -1.21% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 2,819,200 | 81,407,204 | -0.82% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 2,811,089 | 82,579,440 | -0.29% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 2,810,369 | 83,384,680 | -0.03% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 2,808,380 | 84,147,318 | -0.07% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 2,831,639 | 84,979,913 | 0.83% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 2,871,585 | 85,325,965 | 1.41% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 2,888,278 | 85,518,661 | 0.58% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 2,859,019 | 85,725,557 | -1.01% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 2,825,872 | 85,960,835 | -1.16% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 2,802,522 | 86,227,115 | -0.83% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 2,779,241 | 86,502,744 | -0.83% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 2,756,374 | 86,771,652 | -0.82% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 2,733,965 | 87,037,680 | -0.81% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 2,711,850 | 87,297,191 | -0.81% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 2,689,971 | 87,537,075 | -0.81% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 2,668,091 | 87,762,403 | -0.81% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 2,645,992 | 87,974,138 | -0.83% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 2,623,885 | 88,172,739 | -0.84% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 2,601,771 | 88,364,318 | -0.84% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 2,579,132 | 88,545,669 | -0.87% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 2,556,278 | 88,707,268 | -0.89% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 2,533,153 | 88,849,956 | -0.9% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 2,510,186 | 88,975,510 | -0.91% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 2,487,576 | 89,083,304 | -0.9% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 2,464,721 | 89,177,769 | -0.92% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 2,441,596 | 89,254,147 | -0.94% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 2,418,754 | 89,311,458 | -0.94% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 2,396,338 | 89,349,806 | -0.93% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 2,373,879 | 89,375,429 | -0.94% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 2,350,981 | 89,383,765 | -0.96% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 2,327,866 | 89,361,174 | -0.98% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 2,305,016 | 89,306,566 | -0.98% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 2,281,808 | 89,218,346 | -1.01% | -0.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).
Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Lithuania and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.2:52.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.18 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 119.5 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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