The population of Lithuania (edition 2023)

International migration

In 2022, 87.4 thousand people immigrated to Lithuania, which is 2 times (by 42.5 thousand) more than in 2021.

In 2022, 15.3 thousand residents emigrated from Lithuania. Against 2021, the number of emigrants decreased by 39.4 per cent (9.9 thousand).

Last year the number of immigrants exceeded that of emigrants by 72.1 thousand. Over the four years (2019–2022), the number of residents who returned to Lithuania exceeded that of people who emigrated from Lithuania (in 2022, by 7.6 thousand). The number of foreign immigrants exceeded that of emigrants by 64.5 thousand.

Over the last ten years (2013–2022), 353.3 thousand persons immigrated to Lithuania, of whom 183.5 thousand (51.9 per cent) were Lithuanian nationals who returned to Lithuania, and 169.8 thousand (48.1 per cent) – foreigners. In 2013–2022, 343.3 thousand residents emigrated from Lithuania, of whom 297.7 thousand (86.7 per cent) were Lithuanian nationals, and 45.6 thousand (13.3 per cent) – foreigners. During the same period, in 2013–2022, the number of people who imigrated toLithuania exceeded the number of those who emmigrated from Lithuania by 10 thousand. The net international migration by Lithuanian nationals was negative (the number of those who emigrated exceeded the number of those who immigrated by 114.2 thousand), by foreigners – positive (the number of those who immigrated exceeded the number of those who emigrated by 124.2 thousand).

In 2022 the crude net international migration rate (1,000 population) was 25.5.

Net international migration, 2013–2022

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In 2022, the crude immigration rate stood at 30.9 (in 2021, 16). Last year, there were 7.3 citizens of the Republic of Lithuania per 1,000 population who returned to Lithuania, and 23.6 foreigners per 1,000 population who immigrated to Lithuania (in 2021, 8.5 and 7.5 respectively).

In 2022, 20.7 thousand (23.7 per cent of all immigrants) citizens of the Republic of Lithuania returned to Lithuania, which is by 3 thousand (12.7 per cent) less than in 2021.

In 2022, 66.7 thousand foreigners immigrated to the country (76.3 per cent of all immigrants), which is by 45.5 thousand or 3 times more than in 2021.

The majority (43.9 thousand, or 65.8 per cent) of foreigners who immigrated to Lithuania in 2022 were the citizens of Ukraine, 14.9 thousand (22.3 per cent) – Belarus, 2.2 thousand (3.3 per cent) – the Russian Federation. Over the year, the number of citizens of Ukraine who immigrated to Lithuania increased by 7 times, while of Belarus and the Russian Federation – increased by 1.8 per cent and 1.2 times respectively.

Return migration of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and foreigners who immigrated to Lithuania, 2013–2022

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In 2022, the crude emigration rate (the number of emigrants per 1,000 population) was on the decrease and stood at 5.4 (in 2021, at 9).

In 2022, the number of male and female emigrants amounted to 9 thousand and 6.3 thousand respectively, i.e. the number of male emigrants exceeded that of female emigrants by 2.7 thousand. Against 2021, the number of male emigrants decreased by 8.8 thousand (49.9 per cent), the number of female emigrants – by 1.2 thousand (15.6 per cent).

Emigrants 2013–2022

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Last year, 2.6 thousand (17.3 per cent) of all emigrants chose the United Kingdom as their destination of emigration, Norway was chosen by 2 thousand (12.9 per cent), Germany – 1.6 thousand (10.7 per cent), Ireland – 0.8 thousand (5 per cent), Ukraine – 0.6 thousand (4.1 per cent).

Emigrants by next place (country) of residence, 2021 and 2022

2021

2022

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In 2022, the majority (79.7 per cent) of emigrants were born in Lithuania, 4.7 per cent – in Belarus, 4.2 per cent – in Ukraine, 3.1 per cent – in Russia.

In 2022, 13.1 thousand (85.5 per cent of the total number of emigrants) citizens of the Republic of Lithuania emigrated from Lithuania (in 2021, 18.8 thousand, or 74.7 per cent). 2.2 thousand (14.5 per cent) citizens of other countries emigrated from Lithuania, 1.6 thousand (70.6 per cent) of them were citizens of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine.

International migration, 2013–2022

	Immigration	Emigration	Net international migration	Crude emigration rate (per 1,000 population)	Crude immigration rate (per 1,000 population)	Crude net international migration rate (per 1,000 population)
2022	87,367	15,270	72,097	30.9	5.4	25.5
2021	44,858	25,205	19,653	16.0	9.0	7.0
2020	43,096	23,103	19,993	15.4	8.3	7.1
2019	40,067	29,273	10,794	14.3	10.5	3.8
2018	28,914	32,206	-3,292	10.3	11.5	-1.2
2017	20,368	47,925	-27,557	7.2	16.9	-9.7
2016	20,162	50,333	-30,171	7.0	17.5	-10.5
2015	22,130	44,533	-22,403	7.6	15.3	-7.7
2014	24,294	36,621	-12,327	8.3	12.5	-4.2
2013	22,011	38,818	-16,807	7.4	13.1	-5.7

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Imigrants by previous place (country) of residence, 2021 and 2022

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Emigrants by age group, 2013–2022

Age group	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	38,818	36,621	44,533	50,333	47,925	32,206	29,273	23,103	25,205	15,270
0–4	1,912	1,825	1,935	2,753	1,916	1,411	1,192	840	218	540
5–9	1,749	1,808	1,964	2,269	1,947	1,533	1,386	942	279	467
10–14	1,399	1,326	1,640	1,736	1,452	1,088	978	623	259	495
15–19	2,502	2,351	2,726	3,011	3,637	2,781	2,127	1,511	1,334	1,015
20–24	7,684	6,742	8,595	8,320	10,957	6,500	5,386	3,298	3,890	2,725
25–29	7,145	6,562	7,634	9,312	9,627	5,960	5,171	3,600	3,660	2,445
30–34	5,136	4,874	5,747	7,160	5,822	3,833	3,715	3,236	3,284	1,871
35–39	3,421	3,497	4,478	4,985	3,713	2,556	2,798	2,699	3,101	1,540
40–44	2,608	2,479	3,244	3,537	2,898	2,067	2,049	2,088	2,797	1,207
45–49	1,988	1,959	2,576	2,748	2,491	1,777	1,796	1,762	2,401	1,088
50–54	1,506	1,432	1,807	2,200	1,709	1,252	1,210	1,209	1,790	780
55–59	805	969	1,165	1,322	1,057	780	792	702	1,182	552
60–64	289	307	405	467	310	283	289	277	586	225
65–69	204	156	232	203	158	125	133	138	197	100
70–74	145	83	101	91	70	80	73	54	109	75
75–79	111	91	123	91	75	66	72	32	41	62
≥80	214	160	161	128	86	114	106	92	77	83