Population
Lithuania’s estimated population was 3.24 million people at the beginning of 2011, a decrease of 2.5% compared to the previous year. At the beginning of 2011, men and women accounted for 46.46% and 53.54% of the total population respectively.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania)
Gender ratio
The gender ratio in Lithuania is slightly imbalanced with 1,153 women per 1,000 men in 2011.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania)
68.95% of the population lies within the 15 to 64 age group, followed by 16.05% above 65 years and the remaining 15% below 14 years of age.
Population by Age
|
No of People
|
0-14
|
499,299
|
15-64
|
2,295,339
|
65+
|
534,401
|
(Source: Statistics Lithuania)
Mortality rate
In 2010, the overall mortality rate was 12.8 deaths per 1000 people. Lithuania registered 40,983 deaths in 2011. The infant mortality rate decreased from 13.9 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 1994 to 4.3 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 2010.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania, Statistics Lithuania)
Birth rate
The birth rate in Lithuania has been fluctuating over the past few years. In 2010, the birth rate was 10.8 live births per 1000 people. The average life expectancy in 2010 was 67.98 years for men and 78.78 years for women.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania, Statistics Lithuania)
Ethnicity
Lithuania is a multi-ethnic country. Lithuania's population consists of approximately 115 ethnic groups. The main ethnic groups include Lithuanians (83.5%), Poles (6.7%), Russians (6.3%), Belarusians (1.2%) and others (2.3%).
(Source: Official Gateway)
Migration and urbanisation
In 2011, 53,863 people emigrated from Lithuania, an decrease of 35.23% compared to 2010 when emigration reached scale of 83,157 people. There were 16.7 emigrants per 1000 people. 15,685 people immigrated to Lithuania in 2011, a increase of 300.36% over the previous year. Lithuania had 4.9 immigrants per 1000 people.
The majority of the population of Lithuania is urbanised as 66.97% of the population live in urban areas compared to 33.03% in rural areas.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania, Statistics Lithuania)
Poverty
In 2010, 20.2% of the total population were at the risk of poverty.
(Source: Statistics Lithuania, Statistics Lithuania)
Human Development Index
Lithuania ranked 40th on the Human Development Index (HDI) 2012, conducted by the United Nations. HDI provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and gross enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity, PPP, income).
(Source: UNDP)