🇱🇹 Lithuania Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇱🇹 Lithuania LT / LTU #121

Nomad Score 66.0

Cities 10

Region European Union, Baltic States, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 2.9M

Density 43.8/km²

Gini Index (2018) 35.7

Life Expectancy (2024) 77.2 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.11

Urban Population (2024) 68.8%

Literacy Rate (2011) 99.8%

Labor Force (2025) 78.8%

Gender Wage Gap (2018) 12.5%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	79.4%
No religion	6.1%
Others	0.8%
No answer	13.7%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Lithuanians	82.3%
Poles	6.2%
Russians	5.0%
Ukrainians	2.2%
Belarusians	2.1%
Others	2.2%

Demonym (male) Lithuanian

Demonym (female) Lithuanian

National Anthem Tautiška giesmė

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		14.7%
15-64 Working		65.1%
65+ Elderly		20.2%

Dependency Ratio 53.6%

Profile Aging

Urban Pop. (2024) 68.8%

Birth Rate (2024) 6.6 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 13.0 /1000

Largest City (2025) 27.6%

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.11

Infant Mortality (2024) 2.8 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 0.5%

Tourism (2020) 2.3M

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 77.2 yrs

HALE (2021) 64.2 yrs

Health Spending (2024) 7.6% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 2.8/1000

UHC Index (2021) 75/100

Hospital Beds (2022) 5.7/1000

Physicians (2022) 4.47/1000

Nurses (2022) 7.84/1000

Health Spending/cap (2024) $2,232

Out-of-Pocket (2024) 31.4%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2011) 99.8%

Education Spending (2022) 4.3% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 496

Internet Users (2024) 89.2%

Mobile Subscriptions (2024) 138.7/100

Broadband (2023) 28.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 98,553/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 28.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 65,300 km²

Capital Vilnius 📍

Continent Europe

Region Europe

Subregion Northern Europe

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+02:00

Calling Codes +370

Postal Code LT-#####

TLD .lt

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇺 Russia

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Lithuania is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red.