Migration trends in Lithuania

Europe

459.3K people from Lithuania have built lives abroad. That's 15.9% of the country population, spread across 42 different countries

2.9M

Population

175.2K

Immigrants

459.3K

Emigrants

−284.1K

Outflow

Every 7th person born in Lithuania now lives abroad

The #110 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Lithuania

Where people move to

206.7K45.0%

44.3K9.6%

34.6K7.5%

Where people come from

54.5K31.1%

43.9K25.1%

35.6K20.3%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

336.7K immigrants · 343.7K emigrants

1995

Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 23%
The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 52.8K

2005

Russia replaced Poland as the main destination for those leaving

2010

The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 193.6K

2020

Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born

Today

Since 1990: 161.5K fewer foreign-born residents and 115.6K more citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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