Lithuania: People & Society#
Population | 2,854,235 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Lithuanian(s) adjective: Lithuanian |
Ethnic groups | Lithuanian 84.1%, Polish 6.6%, Russian 5.8%, Belarusian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2% (2011 est.) |
Languages | Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.) |
Religions | Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1% (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.93% (male 218,453/female 207,643) 15-24 years: 11.55% (male 170,494/female 159,283) 25-54 years: 40.36% (male 566,159/female 585,862) 55-64 years: 13.73% (male 172,987/female 218,955) 65 years and over: 19.42% (male 187,340/female 367,059) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.1% youth dependency ratio: 21.8% elderly dependency ratio: 28.3% potential support ratio: 3.5% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 43.4 years male: 39.5 years female: 46.7 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -1.06% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 10 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | fairly even population distribution throughout the country, but somewhat greater concentrations in the southern cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, and the western port of Klaipeda |
Urbanization | urban population: 66.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.53% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | VILNIUS (capital) 517,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.8 (2013 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.9 years male: 69.5 years female: 80.6 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.59 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.9% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2006) |
Health expenditures | 6.6% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 4.12 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
Hospital bed density | 7 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.7% of population rural: 90.4% of population total: 96.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.3% of population rural: 9.6% of population total: 3.4% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.2% of population rural: 82.8% of population total: 92.4% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 17.2% of population total: 7.6% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.5% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2013) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 19.3% male: 19.6% female: 18.7% (2014 est.) |