Population in Lithuania compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lithuania and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	Vatican	Lithuania	Vatican
1960	2,778,550	-	-	-
1961	2,823,550	-	1.62%	-
1962	2,863,350	-	1.41%	-
1963	2,898,950	-	1.24%	-
1964	2,935,200	-	1.25%	-
1965	2,971,450	-	1.24%	-
1966	3,008,050	-	1.23%	-
1967	3,044,400	-	1.21%	-
1968	3,078,850	-	1.13%	-
1969	3,107,321	-	0.92%	-
1970	3,139,689	-	1.04%	-
1971	3,179,041	-	1.25%	-
1972	3,213,622	-	1.09%	-
1973	3,244,438	-	0.96%	-
1974	3,273,894	-	0.91%	-
1975	3,301,652	-	0.85%	-
1976	3,328,664	-	0.82%	-
1977	3,355,036	-	0.79%	-
1978	3,379,514	-	0.73%	-
1979	3,397,842	-	0.54%	-
1980	3,413,202	-	0.45%	-
1981	3,432,947	-	0.58%	-
1982	3,457,179	-	0.71%	-
1983	3,485,192	-	0.81%	-
1984	3,514,205	-	0.83%	-
1985	3,544,543	-	0.86%	-
1986	3,578,914	-	0.97%	-
1987	3,616,367	-	1.05%	-
1988	3,655,049	-	1.07%	-
1989	3,684,255	-	0.8%	-
1990	3,697,838	-	0.37%	-
1991	3,704,134	-	0.17%	-
1992	3,700,114	-	-0.11%	-
1993	3,682,613	-	-0.47%	-
1994	3,657,144	-	-0.69%	-
1995	3,629,102	-	-0.77%	-
1996	3,601,613	-	-0.76%	-
1997	3,575,137	-	-0.74%	-
1998	3,549,331	-	-0.72%	-
1999	3,524,238	-	-0.71%	-
2000	3,499,536	880	-0.7%	-
2001	3,470,818	890	-0.82%	1.14%
2002	3,443,067	900	-0.8%	1.12%
2003	3,415,213	911	-0.81%	1.22%
2004	3,377,075	921	-1.12%	1.1%
2005	3,322,528	921	-1.62%	0%
2006	3,269,909	932	-1.58%	1.19%
2007	3,231,294	821	-1.18%	-11.9%
2008	3,198,231	824	-1.02%	0.37%
2009	3,162,916	826	-1.1%	0.24%
2010	3,097,282	829	-2.08%	0.36%
2011	3,028,115	832	-2.23%	0.36%
2012	2,989,139	836	-1.29%	0.48%
2013	2,961,250	839	-0.93%	0.36%
2014	2,937,253	842	-0.81%	0.36%
2015	2,911,109	1,000	-0.89%	18.8%
2016	2,877,325	-	-1.16%	0%
2017	2,842,639	1,000	-1.21%	0%
2018	2,819,200	-	-0.82%	0%
2019	2,811,089	1,000	-0.29%	0%
2020	2,810,369	987	-0.03%	-1.29%
2021	2,808,380	970	-0.07%	-1.68%
2022	2,831,639	944	0.83%	-2.66%
2023	2,871,585	922	1.41%	-2.34%
2024	2,888,278	933	0.58%	1.2%
2025	2,859,019	939	-1.01%	0.59%
2026	2,825,872	952	-1.16%	1.37%
2027	2,802,522	974	-0.83%	2.32%
2028	2,779,241	985	-0.83%	1.13%
2029	2,756,374	983	-0.82%	-0.19%
2030	2,733,965	976	-0.81%	-0.75%
2031	2,711,850	968	-0.81%	-0.75%
2032	2,689,971	968	-0.81%	0%
2033	2,668,091	988	-0.81%	2.09%
2034	2,645,992	992	-0.83%	0.37%
2035	2,623,885	1,000	-0.84%	0.74%
2036	2,601,771	998	-0.84%	-0.18%
2037	2,579,132	1,003	-0.87%	0.55%
2038	2,556,278	1,022	-0.89%	1.83%
2039	2,533,153	1,060	-0.9%	3.78%
2040	2,510,186	1,095	-0.91%	3.3%
2041	2,487,576	1,127	-0.9%	2.86%
2042	2,464,721	1,149	-0.92%	1.96%
2043	2,441,596	1,169	-0.94%	1.76%
2044	2,418,754	1,186	-0.94%	1.42%
2045	2,396,338	1,209	-0.93%	2.02%
2046	2,373,879	1,224	-0.94%	1.22%
2047	2,350,981	1,248	-0.96%	1.95%
2048	2,327,866	1,272	-0.98%	1.92%
2049	2,305,016	1,296	-0.98%	1.88%
2050	2,281,808	1,325	-1.01%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.