Lithuanian population

As of 1 January 2024, the resident population of Lithuania totalled 2 million 886.5 thousand, which is by 29 thousand (1 percent) more than a year ago, reports the State Data Agency.

Around half of the Lithuanian population would like to work 4 days a week, a poll commissioned by the LRT public broadcaster suggests. However, around one in three adults would not be in favour of a shorter work week

Around half of Lithuanians say that their trust in local government has decreased after the so-called receipts scandal, a survey conducted by Baltijos tyrimai for the public broadcaster shows.

Lithuania marks the start of Soviet mass deportations 82 years ago, Day of Mourning and Hope, on Wednesday.

One third of the Lithuanian population say the coronavirus pandemic has adversely affected the financial situation, according to a survey conducted by the pollster Vilmorus for BNS.

There are more coronavirus infections and deaths from the coronavirus among elderly women, compared to men, in Lithuania, and there are also over a dozen of infected children in the country, based on the latest figures from the country's National Public Health Center.

Last week an article based on the research of the Lithuanian genome was published in the prestigious open-access scientific journal Scientific Reports. The article was written by scientists from the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University (Dr. Alina Urnikytė, Acad. Prof Vaidutis Kučinskas and Asso...

1.5 million people will live in Lithuania at the end of the XXI century, which is around 45 percent down from now, the United National forecast.

Russia would defend the rights of its nationals and Russian speakers everywhere, including abroad. Such are the menacing notions emanating from the Kremlin for some time now. Meanwhile what would the ethnic Russians of Lithuania do if Russian tanks and “green men” rolled into Lithuania?

With shrinking labour force universally acknowledged as the biggest impediment to Lithuania's long-term economic growth prospects, increasingly many migrants are coming to the country to fill job vacancies.

Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, is facing serious challenges as its population shrinks and young families move to the suburbs.

Over the last 25 years, the population of Lithuania has fallen from 3.7 million to 2.9 million, shrinking by over 1% annually. While predictions of the eventual extinction of the Lithuanian people are premature, the trends are a real cause for concern and will present huge challenges for the country...

Lithuania is facing grave demographic problems in the coming decades as its society continues to age at an alarming rate.

Lithuanian company Ergo has been awarded a Best Buy Award - for offering the best value for money in transport and property insurance categories.

Lithuanian population is in steady decline and domestic industry is losing consumers but so far the impact of this negative change has been reduced by a growing rate of domestic consumption.

Demographics will soon be the biggest problem facing Lithuanian society and industry, leading economists have warned, urging Lithuanian politicians to address the massive emigration that has been draining the Lithuanian population for over a decade now.