In 2024, the total population of Lithuania stood at 2.89 million people. Between 1995 and 2024, the figure dropped by 740,000 people, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. The total population is forecast to decline by 90,000 people from 2024 to 2030, fluctuating as it trends downward.This indicator describes the total population in the country at hand. This total population of the country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.

Lithuania LT: Population: Growth data was reported at -1.422 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -1.271 % for 2016. Lithuania LT: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.496 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.607 % in 1961 and a record low of -2.258 % in 2011. Lithuania LT: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Lithuania – Table LT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

The total population in Lithuania was estimated at 2.9 million people in 2025, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Lithuania Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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This statistic shows the total male and female population of Lithuania from 1950 to 2020. From the graph we can see that there is a relatively large difference in the number of males and females, particularly when put in context with the total overall population. The number of women exceeds the number of men by over 260 thousand in 1950, which is one of the long-term effects of the Second World War. During the war, Lithuania lost over 14 percent of its overall population, and the number of women was already higher than men before this, however the war caused this gap in population to widen much further. From 1950 onwards both male and female populations grow, and by 1990 the gap has shrunk down to 200 thousand people. In 1990 Lithuania gained it's independence from the Soviet Union, and from this point both populations begin to decline, falling to 1.26 million men in 2020, and 1.46 million women, with a difference of 200 thousand.

The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Lithuania: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

Lithuania LT: Population: Total data was reported at 2,827,721.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,868,231.000 Person for 2016. Lithuania LT: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 3,325,596.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,704,134.000 Person in 1991 and a record low of 2,778,550.000 Person in 1960. Lithuania LT: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Lithuania – Table LT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Lithuania: Population density, people per square km: The latest value from 2021 is 45 people per square km, unchanged from 45 people per square km in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 456 people per square km, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Lithuania from 1992 to 2021 is 52 people per square km. The minimum value, 45 people per square km, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 59 people per square km was recorded in 1992.

Population, male (% of total population) in Lithuania was reported at 47.2 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Lithuania - Population, male (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

In 1800, the population of the area of modern-day Lithuania was estimated to be just under 780,000. Lithuania’s rate of population growth would remain largely unchanged in the 19th century, as the Russian Empire would slowly but gradually develop its border regions. While large numbers of Lithuanians would emigrate west-ward (largely to the United States) between 1867 and 1868 after a famine in the country, growth would remain largely uninterrupted until the beginning of the First World War in 1912, which would see Lithuania, like much of the Baltic region, devastated as the battleground between the German and Russian Empires. As the conflict spread, those who were not made to evacuate by orders from the Russian government would face economic turmoil under German occupation, and as a result, Lithuania’s population would fall from just under 2.9 million in 1910, to under 2.3 million by 1920.

While Lithuania’s population would start to grow once more following the end of the First World War, this growth would be short-lived, as economic turmoil from the Great Depression, and later occupation and campaigns of mass extermination in the Second World War, most notably the extermination of 95 to 97 percent of the country’s Jewish population in the Holocaust, would cause Lithuania’s population growth to stagnate throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In the years following the end of the Second World War, Lithuania’s population would steadily climb, as industrialization by the Soviet Union would lead to improved economic growth and access to health, and campaigns of mass immunization and vaccination would lead to a sharp decline in child mortality. As a result, by the 1990s, Lithuania would have a population of over 3.7 million. However, Lithuania’s population would rapidly decline in the years following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, as economic crises and mass emigration from the country, paired with sharp declines in fertility, would result in a dramatic reduction in population. As a result, in 2020, Lithuania is estimated to have a population of just over 2.7 million.

Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Lithuania was reported at 45.23 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Lithuania - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Lithuania - Population was 2890664.00 persons for December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Lithuania - Population - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Lithuania - Population reached a record high of 3052588.00 persons in December of 2011 and a record low of 2805998.00 persons in December of 2022.

Lithuania LT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male Population data was reported at 6.946 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.810 % for 2016. Lithuania LT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.550 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.568 % in 1994 and a record low of 6.699 % in 2015. Lithuania LT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Lithuania – Table LT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 30 to 34 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Lithuania LT: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 45.135 Person/sq km in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45.782 Person/sq km for 2016. Lithuania LT: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 53.106 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.096 Person/sq km in 1991 and a record low of 45.047 Person/sq km in 1961. Lithuania LT: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Lithuania – Table LT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.; Weighted Average;

Historical dataset showing total population for Lithuania by year from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset showing Lithuania population density by year from 1992 to 2022.

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number) in Lithuania was reported at 267215 Persons in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Lithuania - Population of compulsory school age, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Historical dataset showing Lithuania population growth rate by year from 1961 to 2023.

Comprehensive socio-economic dataset for Lithuania including population demographics, economic indicators, geographic data, and social statistics. This dataset covers key metrics such as GDP, population density, area, capital city, and regional classifications.

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