Lithuanian Census (2011)

The depressing picture of the preliminary results of the country's census began to emerge immediately after the publication of the preliminary results, which the media immediately began to write about , both in the country and abroad ^[1] . During the census period, the country's population declined from 3.48 million in 2001 to 3.058 million in 2011 (which is less than in 1941 ), although current statistics reported 3.25 million people in the country. in 2010 (for reference, the population of Lithuania reached its historical peak in the Lithuanian SSR in 1989, when it amounted to 3.68 million people, see the All-Union Population Census of 1989 ).

In general, the population of Lithuania during the intercensal period declined more intensively, compared with the current statistics of the republic, due to underestimated emigration . However, the contribution of the negative natural growth of all nationalities of the country, except for Roma, to the overall reduction in the population of Lithuania, was also important.

A similar situation is noted in neighboring Latvia , where a census was also held in 2011.

The country's population, with the exception of Vilnius, was rapidly and evenly declining. Thus, the population of Kaunas decreased from 379 to 321 thousand, Klaipeda - from 193 to 161 thousand, Siauliai - from 134 to 113 thousand, Panevezys - from 134 to 113 thousand. The population of other small towns and rural the area as a whole fell from 2,116 to 1,816 thousand people. During the census period, Lithuania, excluding Vilnius, lost 429 thousand or 15% of the population. The number of Vilnius residents was 539 thousand, which is 3.3 thousand (0.6%) less than in 2001, and 59 thousand less than in 1989 ^[2]

• Census of the USSR (1989)

• 2011 Census Results
• Census Summary Report (Eng.) (Lit.)
• Report on the process of preparing and conducting the census