The latest officially reported population of Lithuania was 2,888,278 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lithuania's population is 2,825,872 people compared to 39,535,850 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 14 times bigger than Lithuania's.
- Lithuania is ranked the 140th 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 2006, the population of Lithuania has decreased from 3.27M people to 2.83M (13.6% decline), while Ukraine has declined from 47.3M to 39.5M (16.4% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 40.5% of the population in Lithuania and 43.2% in Ukraine.
Lithuania vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
2825872
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39535850
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
31.5 minutes
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
25.4 minutes
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
14.2 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.35 hours
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +2,617 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | +46 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,693 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.58% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 128/197 | 147/197 |
Lithuania and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 2,888,278 | 37,860,221 | 0.58% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 2,859,019 | 38,980,379 | -1.01% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 2,825,872 | 39,535,850 | -1.16% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 2,802,522 | 39,245,208 | -0.83% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 2,779,241 | 38,952,086 | -0.83% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 2,756,374 | 38,654,416 | -0.82% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 2,733,965 | 38,353,848 | -0.81% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 2,711,850 | 38,050,624 | -0.81% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 2,689,971 | 37,746,688 | -0.81% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 2,668,091 | 37,442,088 | -0.81% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 2,645,992 | 37,135,839 | -0.83% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 2,623,885 | 36,828,149 | -0.84% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 2,601,771 | 36,519,767 | -0.84% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 2,579,132 | 36,209,679 | -0.87% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 2,556,278 | 35,897,705 | -0.89% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 2,533,153 | 35,584,263 | -0.9% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 2,510,186 | 35,270,911 | -0.91% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 2,487,576 | 34,957,580 | -0.9% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 2,464,721 | 34,641,778 | -0.92% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 2,441,596 | 34,324,132 | -0.94% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 2,418,754 | 34,004,074 | -0.94% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 2,396,338 | 33,680,448 | -0.93% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 2,373,879 | 33,351,499 | -0.94% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 2,350,981 | 33,017,828 | -0.96% | -1% |
| 2048 | 2,327,866 | 32,680,968 | -0.98% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 2,305,016 | 32,338,515 | -0.98% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 2,281,808 | 31,990,136 | -1.01% | -1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).
Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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Population differences between Lithuania and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 75 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.2:52.8 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.18 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 119.5 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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