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Lithuania
Lietuvos Respublika
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
Languages
Lithuanian (official) 85.3%, Russian 6.8%, Polish 5.1%, other 1.1%, two mother tongues 1.7% (2021 est.)
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Roman Catholic 74.2%, Russian Orthodox 3.7%, Old Believer 0.6%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.9%, none 6.1%, unspecified 13.7% (2021 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.96 male(s)/female
total population
0.86 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.53 male(s)/female
Birth rate
7.01 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
14.1 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
40.9 years
total
44 years (2025 est.)
female
49.2 years
Population
male
1,334,600
total
2,815,687 (2025 est.)
female
1,481,087
Nationality
noun
Lithuanian(s)
adjective
Lithuanian
Tobacco use
male
38% (2025 est.)
total
26.6% (2025 est.)
female
16.7% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
68.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
-0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
15.2% (male 205,154/female 194,386)
15-64 years
62.6% (male 808,435/female 837,908)
65 years and over
22.2% (2024 est.) (male 201,405/female 380,898)
Ethnic groups
Lithuanian 84.6%, Polish 6.5%, Russian 5%, Belarusian 1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.8% (2021 est.)
Child marriage
women married by age 15
0% (2022)
women married by age 18
0.2% (2022)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
56.5 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
23.3 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
3 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
33.3 (2025 est.)
Physician density
6.1 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
7.5% of GDP (2022)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
13% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.22 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 93.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 98% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 6.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
11.8% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
4 deaths/1,000 live births
total
2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
3.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
-0.71% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.6 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
fairly even population distribution throughout the country, but somewhat greater concentrations in the southern cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, as well as the western port of Klaipeda
Life expectancy at birth
male
70.8 years
female
81.7 years
total population
76.1 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 91.9% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 96.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 8.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 3.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 1% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
4.61 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
11.93 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
4.96 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
1.48 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
26.3% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.2 years (2020 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
51.8% (2024 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
1.1% (2021 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
16 years (2022 est.)
total
17 years (2022 est.)
female
17 years (2022 est.)