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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lithuania was 2,888,055 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lithuania's population is 2,858,798 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Ukraine's population is 13.8 times bigger than Lithuania's.
  • Lithuania is ranked the 139th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 0.51% of the world: 0.03% for Lithuania vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Lithuania has had an average growth rate of -0.22% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lithuania has decreased from 3.32M people to 2.86M (14% decline), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 40.4% of the population in Lithuania and 42.2% in Ukraine.

Lithuania vs Ukraine: live population counter

Lithuania Ukraine
Current population
2858798
39426577
Population rank 139/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.48%
One net population change
31.9 minutes
4.13 minutes
One birth every
25.4 minutes
2.48 minutes
One death every
14.2 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
3.35 hours
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change +2,617 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +45 +349
Annual growth/decline +16,470 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 128/197 146/197

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

Lithuania
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lithuania Ukraine Lithuania Ukraine
1960 2,778,550 42,824,093 - -
1961 2,823,550 43,399,766 1.62% 1.34%
1962 2,863,350 43,943,674 1.41% 1.25%
1963 2,898,950 44,462,372 1.24% 1.18%
1964 2,935,200 44,951,156 1.25% 1.1%
1965 2,971,450 45,386,892 1.24% 0.97%
1966 3,008,050 45,802,519 1.23% 0.92%
1967 3,044,400 46,215,988 1.21% 0.9%
1968 3,078,850 46,614,325 1.13% 0.86%
1969 3,107,321 46,976,256 0.92% 0.78%
1970 3,139,689 47,261,306 1.04% 0.61%
1971 3,179,041 47,573,287 1.25% 0.66%
1972 3,213,622 47,946,893 1.09% 0.79%
1973 3,244,438 48,277,121 0.96% 0.69%
1974 3,273,894 48,576,570 0.91% 0.62%
1975 3,301,652 48,865,229 0.85% 0.59%
1976 3,328,664 49,120,842 0.82% 0.52%
1977 3,355,036 49,336,481 0.79% 0.44%
1978 3,379,514 49,521,243 0.73% 0.37%
1979 3,397,842 49,721,381 0.54% 0.4%
1980 3,413,202 49,955,152 0.45% 0.47%
1981 3,432,947 50,189,281 0.58% 0.47%
1982 3,457,179 50,402,724 0.71% 0.43%
1983 3,485,192 50,637,029 0.81% 0.46%
1984 3,514,205 50,887,599 0.83% 0.49%
1985 3,544,543 51,108,770 0.86% 0.43%
1986 3,578,914 51,318,745 0.97% 0.41%
1987 3,616,367 51,515,732 1.05% 0.38%
1988 3,655,049 51,724,853 1.07% 0.41%
1989 3,684,255 51,917,817 0.8% 0.37%
1990 3,697,838 52,054,092 0.37% 0.26%
1991 3,704,134 52,170,961 0.17% 0.22%
1992 3,700,114 52,323,671 -0.11% 0.29%
1993 3,682,613 52,350,126 -0.47% 0.05%
1994 3,657,144 52,075,998 -0.69% -0.52%
1995 3,629,102 51,665,539 -0.77% -0.79%
1996 3,601,613 51,226,109 -0.76% -0.85%
1997 3,575,137 50,786,885 -0.74% -0.86%
1998 3,549,331 50,379,731 -0.72% -0.8%
1999 3,524,238 49,976,446 -0.71% -0.8%
2000 3,499,536 49,556,660 -0.7% -0.84%
2001 3,470,818 49,106,855 -0.82% -0.91%
2002 3,443,067 48,677,281 -0.8% -0.87%
2003 3,415,213 48,315,136 -0.81% -0.74%
2004 3,377,075 47,979,507 -1.12% -0.69%
2005 3,322,528 47,585,556 -1.62% -0.82%
2006 3,269,909 47,278,694 -1.58% -0.64%
2007 3,231,294 47,062,798 -1.18% -0.46%
2008 3,198,231 46,819,175 -1.02% -0.52%
2009 3,162,916 46,623,731 -1.1% -0.42%
2010 3,097,282 46,456,003 -2.08% -0.36%
2011 3,028,115 46,307,853 -2.23% -0.32%
2012 2,989,139 46,210,056 -1.29% -0.21%
2013 2,961,250 46,126,770 -0.93% -0.18%
2014 2,937,253 45,972,380 -0.81% -0.33%
2015 2,911,109 45,784,896 -0.89% -0.41%
2016 2,877,325 45,616,832 -1.16% -0.37%
2017 2,842,639 45,436,041 -1.21% -0.4%
2018 2,819,200 45,208,907 -0.82% -0.5%
2019 2,811,089 44,957,458 -0.29% -0.56%
2020 2,810,369 44,680,014 -0.03% -0.62%
2021 2,808,380 44,298,640 -0.07% -0.85%
2022 2,831,639 41,048,766 0.83% -7.34%
2023 2,871,585 37,732,836 1.41% -8.08%
2024 2,888,055 37,860,221 0.57% 0.34%
2025 2,858,798 38,980,379 -1.01% 2.96%
2026 2,825,654 39,535,850 -1.16% 1.43%
2027 2,802,305 39,245,208 -0.83% -0.74%
2028 2,779,027 38,952,086 -0.83% -0.75%
2029 2,756,161 38,654,416 -0.82% -0.76%
2030 2,733,754 38,353,848 -0.81% -0.78%
2031 2,711,641 38,050,624 -0.81% -0.79%
2032 2,689,763 37,746,688 -0.81% -0.8%
2033 2,667,885 37,442,088 -0.81% -0.81%
2034 2,645,788 37,135,839 -0.83% -0.82%
2035 2,623,682 36,828,149 -0.84% -0.83%
2036 2,601,571 36,519,767 -0.84% -0.84%
2037 2,578,933 36,209,679 -0.87% -0.85%
2038 2,556,081 35,897,705 -0.89% -0.86%
2039 2,532,957 35,584,263 -0.9% -0.87%
2040 2,509,992 35,270,911 -0.91% -0.88%
2041 2,487,384 34,957,580 -0.9% -0.89%
2042 2,464,530 34,641,778 -0.92% -0.9%
2043 2,441,408 34,324,132 -0.94% -0.92%
2044 2,418,568 34,004,074 -0.94% -0.93%
2045 2,396,153 33,680,448 -0.93% -0.95%
2046 2,373,696 33,351,499 -0.94% -0.98%
2047 2,350,800 33,017,828 -0.96% -1%
2048 2,327,686 32,680,968 -0.98% -1.02%
2049 2,304,838 32,338,515 -0.98% -1.05%
2050 2,281,631 31,990,136 -1.01% -1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lithuania decreased by 411,419 people (a 12.4% decline), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lithuania lost -52,311 (a 1.8% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 126th most populous country in 2005 and is 139th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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