Demographics of Vilnius explained

Vilnius is the historic and present-day capital of Lithuania. Records of demographic measures go back to 1766, though the city itself has existed much longer. In recent days, the demographics have been heavily influenced by the war in neighboring Ukraine.

Place:Vilnius
Size Of Population:633,481 (2023)

Current Demographics

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an influx of Ukrainian refugees to Lithuania, who were granted a refugee status[1] the number of inhabitants of Vilnius rose to 636,209 as of February 2024 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The number of inhabitants of Vilnius, born in Ukraine rose from 10 thousand to 29 thousand between 2021 and 2023. The number of persons born in Belarus rose from 25 thousand to 37 thousand during the same period mostly as a consequence of 2020–2021 Belarusian protests and intensified fleeing abroad of its citizens. Also, numbers of persons, who settle in Vilnius, coming from Central Asia, Caucasus, African, Asian (most notably - India) countries are on the rise.[2]

In 2023-2024 a surge of migrants from Central Asia and India was observed. The number of economic migrants in Lithuania from Uzbekistan rose from 1.8 thousand to almost 10 thousand, from Kyrgyzstan – from less than 2 thousand to more than 6.6 thousand, from Tajikistan – from 1.4 thousand to 6.3 thousand, from India – from 1.2 thousand to 5.2 thousand. Most of these migrants settled in Vilnius.[3]

As of late 2023, 73 thousand foreigners lived in Vilnius, up from 38 thousand a year and a half earlier. In January 2022, there were also 5 000 foreign minors living in Vilnius, but the number had risen to 13 000 in January 2023.[4]

Before these dramatic changes, what led to the sharp rise of the number of inhabitants, the city of Vilnius as of early 2021 had a population between 569,729[5] [6] (according to Statistics Lithuania) and 588,412[7] (according to the State Enterprise Centre of Registers). According to the municipality of Vilnius, the city had a population of 597,610[2] as of May 2022 – the figure includes Grigiškės, a formally separate town within the municipality of the capital, but without a separate body of a town government except that of a Vilnius city district (seniūnija). The actual number of city inhabitants could be higher as according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 732,815 permanent inhabitants as of January 2021 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined[8] .

According to the predictions, made by the municipality specialists of the city planning department of Vilnius, the number of inhabitants of Vilnius in 2030 could be between 630,3 thousand (pessimistic scenario) and 685 thousand (optimistic scenario) with the basic scenario of 651,6 thousand inhabitants within the city borders.[9]

Evolution

Demographic evolution of Vilnius between 1766 and 2024:

Vilnius inhabitants by ethnicity

YearLithuaniansPolesRussiansJewsOthersTotal
1897[10] 3,1312%47,79531%30,96720%61,84740%10,7927%154,532
1916 3,6692.6% 70,62950.1% 2,0801.5% 61,26543.5% 3,2172.3% 140,840
1917 2,9092.1% 74,46653.65% 2,2121.6% 57,51641.44% 1,8720.77% 138,787
1919 2,9002.3% 72,06756.1% 4,0493.2% 46,50636.2% 2,9542.3% 128,476
1923 1,4450.9% 100,83060.2% 4,6692.8% 56,16833.5% 4,3422.6% 167,454
1931[11] 1,5790.8% 128,62865.9% 7,3723.8% 54,59628% 1,1590.6% 195,071
1941 52,37028.1% 94,51150.7% 6.7123.6% 30,17916.2% 2,5411.4% 186,313
1942 29,48020.5% 103,20371.9% 6,0122%-- 1,2200.4% 143,498
1951 55,30030.8% 37,70021% 59,70033.3% 5,5003.1% 21,10011.8% 179,300
1959[12] 79,36333.6% 47,22620% 69,41629.4% 16,3546.9% 23,71910% 236,078
1970 159,15642.8% 68,26118.6% 91,00424.5% 16,4914.4% 37,18810% 372,100
1979 225,13747.3% 85,56218% 105,61822.2% 10,7232.3% 48,78510.3% 475,825
1989 291,52750.5% 108,23918.8% 116,61820.2% 9,1091.6% 51,5248.9% 576,747
2001[13] 318,51057.5% 104,44618.9% 77,69814.1% 2,7700.5% 50,4809.1% 553,904
2011[14] 337,00063.2% 88,38016.5% 64,27512% 2,0260.4% 45,9768.6% 535,631
2021[15] 373,51167.1% 85,43815.4% 53,8869.7%N/A 43,6557.8% 556,490
+(results of the 2011 census)[16]
Number of inhabitants
338,758
88,408
63,991
18,924
5,338
Jews2,026
Tatars934
Roma619
Armenians435
Latvians360
Germans341
Other2,065
Refused to answer13,432
Total535,631
+(results of the 2021 census)
Number of inhabitants
373,513
85,436
53,887
15,156
4,687
Other5,705
Refused to answer18,112
Total556,490

Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth

Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth (as of March 2023)
Country of birth Number of inhabitants
522,481
37,197
29,336
20,834
2,330
1,938
1,393
1,089
941
931
766
757
688
683
624
540
519
510
469
388
387
380
379
367
253
245
216
209
207
179
179
177
170
151
147
144
139
125
103
96
88
81
81
79
78
77
74
70
69
64
59
57
56
56
54
49
47
45
44
37
36
35
35
35
35
34
32
30
30
28
27
25
24
22
22
22
20
20
20
Other countries 421
Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth (2021)
Country of birth Number of inhabitants
517,936
25,591
18,731
10,158
2,239
1,598
1,335
954
752
618
578
496
474
470
408
384
378
373
364
341
329
316
297
283
254
209
189
187
153
149
140
122
120
114
109
98
97
91
87
79
79
77
73
70
70
67
67
64
51
51
50
49
46
45
44
44
41
40
36
31
28
27
27
26
26
24
23
23
22
Other countries 500

Elderships of Vilnius

Population figures of Vilnius by the city eldership (2021)
Eldership Area
km²[17]
Inhabitants[18] Density
per km²
Verkiai5650,881
Žirmūnai5.743,880
Pašilaičiai7.941,218
Antakalnis77.240,875
Naujoji Vilnia38.639,102
Fabijoniškės5.938,027
Naujamiestis4.933,206
Lazdynai9.932,410
Naujininkai37.631,697
Šeškinė4.629,809
Pilaitė13.928,335
Justiniškės3.026,684
Karoliniškės3.725,250
Senamiestis4.422,411
Vilkpėdė10.819,519
Šnipiškės3.115,750
Viršuliškės2.614,096
Žvėrynas2.613,703
Rasos16.311,666
Grigiškės7.011,246
Paneriai84.810,537
Undeclared inhabitants9,123
Total400.5589,425

See also

References

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/ukraine-dashboards WAR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE, Statistics of Lithuania
  2. https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTE2Mzk5MjEtZGU5Yi00MTU1LWFkOGEtYmQ2M2ZiM2RmYzQxIiwidCI6ImFmZjM2MzMxLTNlNWUtNDdlOC1hZjkzLTE4NTFkNmQxZmUzYiIsImMiOjh9 Statistics of Vilnius
  3. https://www.bernardinai.lt/lietuvoje-mazeja-ukrainieciu-kartais-auga-atvykusiuju-is-vidurines-azijos/ Lietuvoje mažėja ukrainiečių, kartais auga atvykusiųjų iš Vidurinės Azijos
  4. https://ihvilnius.lt/media-news/-the-number-of-foreigners-living-in-lithuan Number of foreigners living in Lithuania surpasses 200,000
  5. Web site: Nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius apskrityse ir savivaldybėse metų pradžioje. osp.stat.gov.lt. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203194611/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=684e50e2-6cf6-426f-8d20-8b3e3856bdd2 . 2020-02-03 . 9 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Vilniaus istorija . vle.lt . 15 January 2020.
  7. https://www.registrucentras.lt/bylos/dokumentai/gr/2021_01_04_Gyventoju_skaičius_pagal_savivaldybes.pdf State Enterprise Centre of Registers of Lithuania
  8. Web site: Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health . 2021-01-20 . 2021-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102725/https://www.vilniaustlk.lt/index.php?id=32 . dead .
  9. https://judumas.vilnius.lt/vdjp-informacija/ Vilniaus miesto darnaus judumo plano santrauka, Vilniaus planas, page 48
  10. Web site: ru:Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. – Вильна . First general census of the Russian Empire in 1897 – Vilna . http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=91 . ru.
  11. Web site: Drugi powszechny spis ludności z dn. 9.XII.1931 r. Miasto Wilno . Second general population census of 9.12.1931. Vilnius city . pl.
  12. Book: Snyder, Timothy . The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999 . Yale University Press . 2003 . 978-0-300-10586-5 . 92–93.
  13. Web site: Gyventojai [Population] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417122827/http://www.stat.gov.lt/vilniussampling/vskaiciais/05_gyventojai.pdf . 17 April 2012 . Statistics Department of Lithuania.
  14. Book: Lietuvos gyventojai 2011 metais (2011 m. gyventojų surašymo rezultatai / Lithuanian 2011 Population Census in Brief) . Statistics Department of Lithuania . 978-9955-797-17-3 . Population of Lithuania in 2011 (Population Census 2011 results) . 11 March 2019.
  15. Web site: Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas . 28 February 2022 . Osp.stat.gov.lt.
  16. Lietuvos Respublikos 2011 m. gyventojų surašymo rezultatai, 162-163 p.
  17. https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/6d5088b44dba4643a6611455d5352268_1?geometry=24.329%2C54.561%2C26.181%2C54.839 Vilnius city elderships by the area
  18. https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTE2Mzk5MjEtZGU5Yi00MTU1LWFkOGEtYmQ2M2ZiM2RmYzQxIiwidCI6ImFmZjM2MzMxLTNlNWUtNDdlOC1hZjkzLTE4NTFkNmQxZmUzYiIsImMiOjh9 Vilnius elderships by the number of inhabitants