Since 1990 the number of residents living in Lithuania has dropped by 803 thousand people, which constitutes about 22 percent of the entire population. It is worth noting, that 310 thousand can be referred to natural causes (births/deaths), but the vast majority (416 thousand) is due to emigration.
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Source: Statistics Lithuania. Updated: 2025-09-01
Emigration is the act of leaving one's resident country with the intention to remain abroad for a period longer than one year. Based on the data provided by Statistics Lithuania, from 2004 more than 846 thousand residents left Lithuania and 635 thousand people have arrived.
Source: Statistics Lithuania. Updated: 2025-09-01
Immigration is the act of arriving in a country with the intention to remain for a period longer than one year. Despite often being associated with the arrival of foreigners, immigration includes all people - both returning Lithuanians and foreigners - who intend to reside in Lithuania for more than one year.
Read moreSource: Statistics Lithuania. Updated: 2025-09-01
Net international migration is the difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants. Countries where more people arrive than leave have positive net international migration, such as Ireland, Sweden and Germany.
Read moreSource: Eurostat. Updated: 2025-09-01
The graphic presents the net migration rates (the difference of immigrants and emigrants) in the counties of Lithuania.
Source: Statistics Lithuania. Updated: 2025-09-01
A foreigner is a person who does not possess Lithuanian citizenship. This group of people is comprised of EU citizens, non-EU citizens and stateless persons.
Read moreSource: Migration Department. Updated: 2025-09-01
Usually, Lithuanian citizenship is acquired after birth if one of the parents is a Lithuanian citizen or a stateless person. It can also be obtained through naturalization or reinstated to people (and their descendants) who had Lithuanian citizenship before June 15th, 1940).
Read moreSource: Migration Department. Updated: 2025-09-01
On average in the period of 2019-2024, 134 persons per year obtained Lithuanian citizenship through naturalization. The vast majority are stateless persons and citizens of Ukraine.
Source: Migration Department. Updated: 2025-09-01
