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Wednesday, 08.05.2024, 23:41
Demographic trends in Lithuania
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Over the previous year, the resident population declined by
39.2 th. (1.4%). As in the previous years, emigration remains the main reason
for the resident population decline. Negative net international migration (the
number of emigrants exceeded that of immigrants by 29.6 th.) accounted for 75.5%
of the total resident population decrease. Due to negative natural population
change (the number of deaths exceeded that of live births by 9.6 th.) the
resident population decreased by 24.5%.
¹ Provisional data
Live births and deaths
In 2016, 31.2 th. babies were born, which is by 322 babies
(1%) less than in 2015. There were 10.9 live births per 1000 population (in
2015, 10.8).
In 2016, 40.8 th. persons died, which is by 1 th. (2.4%)
less than in 2015. The number of deaths per 1000 population decreased from 14.4
(in 2015) to 14.2 (in 2016).
Emigration and immigration
In 2016, 51 th. emigrants declared their departure from
Lithuania, which is by 6.4 th. (14.5%) more than a year ago. The number of
emigrants per 1000 th. increased from 15.3 (in 2015) to 17.8 (in 2016).
In 2016, 21.4 th. persons immigrated to Lithuania, which is
by 0.8 th. (3.5%) less than in 2015. The number of immigrants per 1000
population decreased from 7.6 (in 2015) to 7.4 (in 2016). In 2016, 16.5 th.
Lithuanian nationals returned to Lithuania (77.2% of the total number of
immigrants), which is by 1.9 th. (10.4%) less than in 2015. Last year, 4.9 th.
foreigners immigrated to the country, which is by 1.1 th. (30.2%) more than in
2015.
Marriages and divorces
In 2016, 21.1 th. marriages were registered (in 2015, 22 th.).
There were 7.4 marriages per 1000 population (in 2015, 7.6).
In 2016, 8.6 th. divorces were registered, which is by 0.8 th.
couples (8.7 %) less than a year ago. The number of divorces per 1000
population decreased from 3.2 (in 2015) to 3 (in 2016). Last year, there were
40.4 divorces per 1000 marriages (in 2015, 42.6).
Concepts
Natural population change is the difference between the number of live births and deaths.
Net international migration is the difference between the number of immigrants and that of emigrants.
Fig. 2. Resident population decrease
Main demographic and international migration indicators
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016¹ |
Resident population at the end of the year | 3 003 641 | 2 971 905 | 2 943 472 | 2 921 262 | 2 888 558 | 2 849 317 |
Emigrants | 53 863 | 41 100 | 38 818 | 36 621 | 44 533 | 50 978 |
Immigrants | 15 685 | 19 843 | 22 011 | 24 294 | 22 130 | 21 358 |
Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who returned to Lithuania | 14 012 | 17 357 | 18 975 | 19 528 | 18 383 | 16 478 |
Foreigners | 1 673 | 2 486 | 3 036 | 4 766 | 3 747 | 4 880 |
Live births | 30 268 | 30 459 | 29 885 | 30 369 | 31 475 | 31 153 |
Deaths | 41 037 | 40 938 | 41 511 | 40 252 | 41 776 | 40 774 |
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marriages | 19 221 | 20 660 | 20 469 | 22 142 | 21 987 | 21 148 |
divorces | 10 341 | 10 399 | 9 974 | 9 806 | 9 371 | 8 554 |
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Emigrants | 17.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 17.8 |
Immigrants | 5.2 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who returned to Lithuania | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
Foreigners | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Live births | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
Deaths | 13.6 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
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marriages | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
divorces | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
¹ Provisional data
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