Demography

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Ludo Segers and Justinas Šuliokas | The Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania is not immune from the winds of change and the draughts of populism that are blowing across Europe, says Robertas Dargis, a prominent entrepreneur and the president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK). With his insightful overview of the country's economic outlook, Mr. ...

the Lithuania Tribune, DELFI

Productivity in Lithuania compared to Western European economies remains abysmally low. One of the ways to approach the problem could be by looking into ways to extend the population's life expectancy, say international experts.

Ineta Bricaitė, LRT

Will Lithuania ever again be a nation of 3.5 million? This target, championed by the leaders of six political parties, is to be achieved by 2025. Some experts say it reeks of utopianism, while others point to historic precedents in other countries.

LT Daily, DELFI

A new survey, commissioned by the Lithuanian Real Estate Development Association and carried out by the Labour and Social Research Institute, shows that as Lithuania's population continues to shrink, labour force shortages might be one of the country’s biggest challenges within a decade.

In 2014, 47.6 percent of Lithuania's population lived in rural areas, while 42.9 percent - in densely populated areas (cities). 9.6 percent of residents lived in intermediate area, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. This makes Lithuania the third most rural country in...

Giedrimas Jeglinskas

It is mind-boggling that the question of dual citizenship remains unresolved. Since the 1990s, Lithuania’s population has been in decline. Emigration coupled with low birth rate continues to drive down the number of people living in Lithuania.

On 1 January 2015, the population of the European Union was estimated at 508.2 million, compared with 506.9 million on 1 January 2014. During the year 2014, 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while 4.9 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded a positive natural change of its populatio...