| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
The current population of Lithuania is 2,635,774 as of May 31, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Lithuania is projected at 2,689,862 or 2.690 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Lithuania is projected at 2,722,289 or 2.722 million people for the year 2020. Lithuania ranks number 142th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Lithuania is ranked 31st among 48 countries in Europe.
Lithuania's population peaked in 2001 with 3.67 mn people after Lithuania's population decreased year by year. The Lithuania population is projected to reach 2.48 million in 2030 and decrease further to 2.12 million in 2050 and 1.52 million by 2100. Lithuania accounts for 0.034 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.099% of 1951 and is projected to decline at 0.014% by 2100.
Lithuania was at 95th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 153rd in 2100.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 2020 | 2,722,289 | -37,338 | -1.35 | 0.035 |
| 2021 | 2,689,862 | -32,427 | -1.19 | 0.034 |
| 2022 | 2,661,708 | -28,154 | -1.05 | 0.033 |
| 2023 | 2,636,855 | -24,853 | -0.93 | 0.033 |
| 2024 | 2,613,768 | -23,087 | -0.88 | 0.032 |
| 2025 | 2,591,273 | -22,495 | -0.86 | 0.032 |
| 2026 | 2,569,130 | -22,143 | -0.85 | 0.031 |
| 2027 | 2,547,568 | -21,562 | -0.84 | 0.031 |
| 2028 | 2,526,392 | -21,176 | -0.83 | 0.030 |
| 2029 | 2,505,492 | -20,900 | -0.83 | 0.030 |
| 2030 | 2,484,803 | -20,689 | -0.83 | 0.029 |
| 2031 | 2,464,150 | -20,653 | -0.83 | 0.029 |
| 2032 | 2,443,448 | -20,702 | -0.84 | 0.028 |
| 2033 | 2,422,753 | -20,695 | -0.85 | 0.028 |
| 2034 | 2,402,192 | -20,561 | -0.85 | 0.027 |
| 2035 | 2,381,867 | -20,325 | -0.85 | 0.027 |
| 2036 | 2,361,774 | -20,093 | -0.84 | 0.026 |
| 2037 | 2,341,876 | -19,898 | -0.84 | 0.026 |
| 2038 | 2,322,272 | -19,604 | -0.84 | 0.026 |
| 2039 | 2,303,046 | -19,226 | -0.83 | 0.025 |
| 2040 | 2,284,293 | -18,753 | -0.81 | 0.025 |
| 2041 | 2,266,036 | -18,257 | -0.80 | 0.024 |
| 2042 | 2,248,244 | -17,792 | -0.79 | 0.024 |
| 2043 | 2,230,932 | -17,312 | -0.77 | 0.024 |
| 2044 | 2,214,105 | -16,827 | -0.75 | 0.023 |
| 2045 | 2,197,745 | -16,360 | -0.74 | 0.023 |
| 2046 | 2,181,864 | -15,881 | -0.72 | 0.023 |
| 2047 | 2,166,421 | -15,443 | -0.71 | 0.023 |
| 2048 | 2,151,297 | -15,124 | -0.70 | 0.022 |
| 2049 | 2,136,325 | -14,972 | -0.70 | 0.022 |
| 2050 | 2,121,397 | -14,928 | -0.70 | 0.022 |
| 2051 | 2,106,442 | -14,955 | -0.70 | 0.022 |
| 2052 | 2,091,479 | -14,963 | -0.71 | 0.021 |
| 2053 | 2,076,462 | -15,017 | -0.72 | 0.021 |
| 2054 | 2,061,383 | -15,079 | -0.73 | 0.021 |
| 2055 | 2,046,218 | -15,165 | -0.74 | 0.021 |
| 2056 | 2,030,962 | -15,256 | -0.75 | 0.020 |
| 2057 | 2,015,603 | -15,359 | -0.76 | 0.020 |
| 2058 | 2,000,161 | -15,442 | -0.77 | 0.020 |
| 2059 | 1,984,655 | -15,506 | -0.78 | 0.020 |
| 2060 | 1,969,132 | -15,523 | -0.78 | 0.019 |
| 2061 | 1,953,576 | -15,556 | -0.79 | 0.019 |
| 2062 | 1,938,032 | -15,544 | -0.80 | 0.019 |
| 2063 | 1,922,544 | -15,488 | -0.80 | 0.019 |
| 2064 | 1,907,184 | -15,360 | -0.80 | 0.019 |
| 2065 | 1,892,020 | -15,164 | -0.80 | 0.018 |
| 2066 | 1,877,072 | -14,948 | -0.79 | 0.018 |
| 2067 | 1,862,368 | -14,704 | -0.78 | 0.018 |
| 2068 | 1,847,927 | -14,441 | -0.78 | 0.018 |
| 2069 | 1,833,776 | -14,151 | -0.77 | 0.018 |
| 2070 | 1,819,920 | -13,856 | -0.76 | 0.017 |
| 2071 | 1,806,384 | -13,536 | -0.74 | 0.017 |
| 2072 | 1,793,180 | -13,204 | -0.73 | 0.017 |
| 2073 | 1,780,340 | -12,840 | -0.72 | 0.017 |
| 2074 | 1,767,925 | -12,415 | -0.70 | 0.017 |
| 2075 | 1,755,968 | -11,957 | -0.68 | 0.017 |
| 2076 | 1,744,476 | -11,492 | -0.65 | 0.016 |
| 2077 | 1,733,428 | -11,048 | -0.63 | 0.016 |
| 2078 | 1,722,787 | -10,641 | -0.61 | 0.016 |
| 2079 | 1,712,500 | -10,287 | -0.60 | 0.016 |
| 2080 | 1,702,526 | -9,974 | -0.58 | 0.016 |
| 2081 | 1,692,842 | -9,684 | -0.57 | 0.016 |
| 2082 | 1,683,433 | -9,409 | -0.56 | 0.016 |
| 2083 | 1,674,228 | -9,205 | -0.55 | 0.016 |
| 2084 | 1,665,172 | -9,056 | -0.54 | 0.016 |
| 2085 | 1,656,186 | -8,986 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2086 | 1,647,253 | -8,933 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2087 | 1,638,363 | -8,890 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2088 | 1,629,501 | -8,862 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2089 | 1,620,670 | -8,831 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2090 | 1,611,871 | -8,799 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2091 | 1,603,099 | -8,772 | -0.54 | 0.015 |
| 2092 | 1,594,345 | -8,754 | -0.55 | 0.015 |
| 2093 | 1,585,581 | -8,764 | -0.55 | 0.015 |
| 2094 | 1,576,816 | -8,765 | -0.55 | 0.015 |
| 2095 | 1,568,020 | -8,796 | -0.56 | 0.014 |
| 2096 | 1,559,211 | -8,809 | -0.56 | 0.014 |
| 2097 | 1,550,392 | -8,819 | -0.57 | 0.014 |
| 2098 | 1,541,578 | -8,814 | -0.57 | 0.014 |
| 2099 | 1,532,806 | -8,772 | -0.57 | 0.014 |
| 2100 | 1,524,092 | -8,714 | -0.57 | 0.014 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 1950 | 2,567,403 | - | - | 0.101 |
| 1951 | 2,569,614 | 2,211 | 0.09 | 0.099 |
| 1952 | 2,578,049 | 8,435 | 0.33 | 0.098 |
| 1953 | 2,591,375 | 13,326 | 0.52 | 0.097 |
| 1954 | 2,608,525 | 17,150 | 0.66 | 0.096 |
| 1955 | 2,628,751 | 20,226 | 0.78 | 0.095 |
| 1956 | 2,651,630 | 22,879 | 0.87 | 0.094 |
| 1957 | 2,677,005 | 25,375 | 0.96 | 0.093 |
| 1958 | 2,704,992 | 27,987 | 1.05 | 0.092 |
| 1959 | 2,735,874 | 30,882 | 1.14 | 0.092 |
| 1960 | 2,769,876 | 34,002 | 1.24 | 0.091 |
| 1961 | 2,806,922 | 37,046 | 1.34 | 0.091 |
| 1962 | 2,846,394 | 39,472 | 1.41 | 0.090 |
| 1963 | 2,887,080 | 40,686 | 1.43 | 0.090 |
| 1964 | 2,927,383 | 40,303 | 1.40 | 0.089 |
| 1965 | 2,966,165 | 38,782 | 1.32 | 0.089 |
| 1966 | 3,002,793 | 36,628 | 1.23 | 0.088 |
| 1967 | 3,037,444 | 34,651 | 1.15 | 0.087 |
| 1968 | 3,070,693 | 33,249 | 1.09 | 0.086 |
| 1969 | 3,103,515 | 32,822 | 1.07 | 0.086 |
| 1970 | 3,136,586 | 33,071 | 1.07 | 0.085 |
| 1971 | 3,170,078 | 33,492 | 1.07 | 0.084 |
| 1972 | 3,203,636 | 33,558 | 1.06 | 0.083 |
| 1973 | 3,236,739 | 33,103 | 1.03 | 0.082 |
| 1974 | 3,268,649 | 31,910 | 0.99 | 0.082 |
| 1975 | 3,298,879 | 30,230 | 0.92 | 0.081 |
| 1976 | 3,327,262 | 28,383 | 0.86 | 0.080 |
| 1977 | 3,354,067 | 26,805 | 0.81 | 0.079 |
| 1978 | 3,379,802 | 25,735 | 0.77 | 0.079 |
| 1979 | 3,405,179 | 25,377 | 0.75 | 0.078 |
| 1980 | 3,430,760 | 25,581 | 0.75 | 0.077 |
| 1981 | 3,456,142 | 25,382 | 0.74 | 0.076 |
| 1982 | 3,481,132 | 24,990 | 0.72 | 0.075 |
| 1983 | 3,506,540 | 25,408 | 0.73 | 0.075 |
| 1984 | 3,533,479 | 26,939 | 0.77 | 0.074 |
| 1985 | 3,562,397 | 28,918 | 0.82 | 0.073 |
| 1986 | 3,594,057 | 31,660 | 0.89 | 0.072 |
| 1987 | 3,627,330 | 33,273 | 0.93 | 0.072 |
| 1988 | 3,658,492 | 31,162 | 0.86 | 0.071 |
| 1989 | 3,682,558 | 24,066 | 0.66 | 0.070 |
| 1990 | 3,696,035 | 13,477 | 0.37 | 0.069 |
| 1991 | 3,697,457 | 1,422 | 0.04 | 0.068 |
| 1992 | 3,688,106 | -9,351 | -0.25 | 0.067 |
| 1993 | 3,670,651 | -17,455 | -0.47 | 0.066 |
| 1994 | 3,649,143 | -21,508 | -0.59 | 0.064 |
| 1995 | 3,626,612 | -22,531 | -0.62 | 0.063 |
| 1996 | 3,603,756 | -22,856 | -0.63 | 0.062 |
| 1997 | 3,579,910 | -23,846 | -0.66 | 0.061 |
| 1998 | 3,555,141 | -24,769 | -0.69 | 0.059 |
| 1999 | 3,529,181 | -25,960 | -0.73 | 0.058 |
| 2000 | 3,501,839 | -27,342 | -0.77 | 0.057 |
| 2001 | 3,473,625 | -28,214 | -0.81 | 0.056 |
| 2002 | 3,444,763 | -28,862 | -0.83 | 0.055 |
| 2003 | 3,414,365 | -30,398 | -0.88 | 0.054 |
| 2004 | 3,381,131 | -33,234 | -0.97 | 0.052 |
| 2005 | 3,344,268 | -36,863 | -1.09 | 0.051 |
| 2006 | 3,303,335 | -40,933 | -1.22 | 0.050 |
| 2007 | 3,258,980 | -44,355 | -1.34 | 0.049 |
| 2008 | 3,212,865 | -46,115 | -1.42 | 0.047 |
| 2009 | 3,167,265 | -45,600 | -1.42 | 0.046 |
| 2010 | 3,123,816 | -43,449 | -1.37 | 0.045 |
| 2011 | 3,083,403 | -40,413 | -1.29 | 0.044 |
| 2012 | 3,045,561 | -37,842 | -1.23 | 0.043 |
| 2013 | 3,008,934 | -36,627 | -1.20 | 0.042 |
| 2014 | 2,971,497 | -37,437 | -1.24 | 0.041 |
| 2015 | 2,931,880 | -39,617 | -1.33 | 0.040 |
| 2016 | 2,889,557 | -42,323 | -1.44 | 0.039 |
| 2017 | 2,845,414 | -44,143 | -1.53 | 0.038 |
| 2018 | 2,801,264 | -44,150 | -1.55 | 0.037 |
| 2019 | 2,759,627 | -41,637 | -1.49 | 0.036 |