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Counties

The population of the counties of Lithuania according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1989-12-01	Population Census (C) 2001-04-06	Population Census (Cf) 2011-04-05	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01
Alytus	ALY	Alytus	5,418	196,543	187,769	157,766	137,741	130,639	541800	→
Kaunas	KAU	Kaunas	8,086	755,453	701,529	608,332	569,571	587,051	808600	→
Klaipėda	KLA	Klaipėda	5,222	407,305	385,768	339,062	322,283	345,189	522200	→
Marijampolė	MAR	Marijampolė	4,466	194,398	188,634	161,649	138,292	131,287	446600	→
Panevėžys	PAN	Panevėžys	7,878	316,672	299,990	250,390	216,233	203,627	787800	→
Šiauliai	SIA	Šiauliai	8,537	395,707	370,096	301,686	262,220	263,677	853700	→
Tauragė	TAU	Tauragė	4,409	124,690	134,275	110,059	92,667	88,764	440900	→
Telšiai	TEL	Telšiai	4,349	174,408	179,885	152,078	133,376	128,163	434900	→
Utena	UTE	Utena	7,191	203,932	185,962	152,004	127,581	120,443	719100	→
Vilnius	VIL	Vilnius	9,730	905,694	850,064	810,403	810,797	888,043	973000	→
Lithuania	LTU	Vilnius	65,286	3,674,802	3,483,972	3,043,429	2,810,761	2,886,883		→

(1989) provided by Dmitrij Lagodin.
(2001) (2011) (2021) (2026) Department of Statistics, Republic of Lithuania.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01
1	Vilnius	VIL	607,842
2	Kaunas	KAU	302,874
3	Klaipėda	KLA	160,082
4	Šiauliai	SIA	111,018
5	Panevėžys	PAN	84,392
6	Alytus	ALY	49,952
7	Marijampolė	MAR	35,681
8	Mažeikiai	TEL	32,838
9	Jonava	KAU	26,341
10	Utena	UTE	25,415

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Lithuanian cities and (urban) towns according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1989-01-12	Population Census (C) 2001-04-06	Population Census (Cf) 2011-04-05	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01	Area
Akmenė	SIA	3,458	3,140	2,593	2,355	2,217	301	→
Alytus	ALY	73,015	71,491	59,964	52,727	49,952	3945	→
Anykščiai	UTE	12,758	11,958	10,575	8,697	8,226	1149	→
Ariogala	KAU	4,033	3,697	3,208	2,743	2,507	482	→
Baltoji Vokė	VIL	1,128	1,073	1,101	998	987	95	→
Birštonas	KAU	4,490	3,225	2,646	3,072	2,969	1317	→
Biržai	PAN	15,907	15,262	12,465	10,734	9,867	1782	→
Daugai	ALY	2,144	1,458	1,170	1,016	870	164	→
Druskininkai	ALY	18,943	18,233	14,764	12,908	12,787	2398	→
Dūkštas	UTE	1,193	1,070	888	732	630	237	→
Dusetos	UTE	1,185	914	717	531	441	174	→
Eišiškės	VIL	3,789	3,765	3,416	2,908	2,955	340	→
Elektrėnai	VIL	15,871	14,050	12,012	11,255	12,136	2366	→
Ežerėlis	KAU	2,151	2,051	1,820	1,640	1,563	224	→
Gargždai	KLA	13,409	15,212	15,021	15,065	15,553	943	→
Garliava	KAU	12,420	13,322	11,264	10,366	9,768	375	→
Gelgaudiškis	MAR	2,724	2,029	1,761	1,572	1,474	355	→
Grigiškės	VIL	11,610	11,448	10,867	9,950	9,713	393	→
Ignalina	UTE	6,872	6,591	6,007	5,106	4,581	606	→
Jieznas	KAU	1,883	1,476	1,230	1,047	987	204	→
Jonava	KAU	36,520	34,954	30,650	27,381	26,341	1367	→
Joniškėlis	PAN	1,585	1,477	1,201	1,026	927	229	→
Joniškis	SIA	11,773	11,329	9,899	8,612	8,249	893	→
Jurbarkas	TAU	14,310	13,797	11,232	10,186	11,236	1273	→
Kaišiadorys	KAU	10,964	10,002	8,664	8,380	8,347	1505	→
Kalvarija	MAR	5,701	5,090	4,457	3,982	3,822	563	→
Kaunas	KAU	418,087	378,943	315,993	298,753	302,874	15695	→
Kavarskas	UTE	972	809	666	503	465	116	→
Kazlų Rūda	MAR	7,715	7,401	6,635	5,590	5,413	373	→
Kėdainiai	KAU	33,840	32,048	26,648	23,461	23,321	2698	→
Kelmė	SIA	11,557	10,900	9,150	7,688	7,109	876	→
Klaipėda	KLA	202,929	192,954	162,360	152,008	160,082	9822	→
Kretinga	KLA	19,516	21,423	19,010	17,249	16,952	1557	→
Kudirkos Naumiestis	MAR	2,061	1,997	1,732	1,381	1,275	397	→
Kupiškis	PAN	8,786	8,451	7,206	6,218	5,859	642	→
Kuršėnai	SIA	14,796	14,197	11,963	10,916	10,365	1171	→
Kybartai	MAR	7,064	6,556	5,631	4,126	3,869	467	→
Lazdijai	ALY	5,485	5,140	4,531	4,016	3,698	422	→
Lentvaris	VIL	12,694	11,773	11,105	9,713	9,373	759	→
Linkuva	SIA	2,025	1,797	1,550	1,283	1,179	265	→
Marijampolė (Kapsukas)	MAR	50,887	48,675	41,051	36,727	35,681	2413	→
Mažeikiai	TEL	43,547	42,675	37,020	33,101	32,838	1624	→
Molėtai	UTE	6,843	7,221	6,434	5,782	5,464	378	→
Naujoji Akmenė	SIA	13,500	12,345	9,300	7,985	8,008	922	→
Nemenčinė	VIL	5,612	5,892	5,054	4,831	4,379	386	→
Neringa	KLA	2,478	2,386	2,570	3,609	4,566	8980	→
Obeliai	PAN	1,804	1,371	1,074	871	734	351	→
Pabradė	VIL	7,360	6,525	5,994	4,918	4,507	1097	→
Pagėgiai	TAU	2,568	2,393	1,941	1,576	1,511	434	→
Pakruojis	SIA	6,218	6,057	5,139	4,594	4,349	352	→
Palanga	KLA	17,571	17,623	15,732	16,746	19,198	7908	→
Pandėlys	PAN	1,167	1,024	809	692	641	311	→
Panemunė	TAU	398	329	274	217	210	174	→
Panevėžys	PAN	126,500	119,749	99,690	89,100	84,392	5013	→
Pasvalys	PAN	9,071	8,709	7,523	6,451	6,205	725	→
Plungė	TEL	22,535	23,436	20,041	17,543	16,722	1185	→
Priekulė	KLA	1,826	1,725	1,413	1,245	1,144	301	→
Prienai	KAU	11,909	11,353	9,867	8,796	8,692	831	→
Radviliškis	SIA	21,263	20,339	17,254	15,103	15,250	2244	→
Ramygala	PAN	2,018	1,733	1,581	1,241	1,133	326	→
Raseiniai	KAU	13,211	12,541	11,203	9,865	9,348	850	→
Rietavas	TEL	4,490	3,979	3,251	3,234	3,109	478	→
Rokiškis	PAN	17,826	16,746	14,351	11,770	11,103	1146	→
Rūdiškės	VIL	2,489	2,559	2,300	1,985	1,851	412	→
Šakiai	MAR	7,226	6,795	6,051	5,462	5,184	425	→
Salantai	KLA	2,431	1,942	1,615	1,272	1,147	331	→
Šalčininkai	VIL	6,480	6,722	6,358	6,857	7,357	787	→
Seda	TEL	1,500	1,309	1,138	903	796	388	→
Šeduva	SIA	3,584	3,400	2,895	2,421	2,300	546	→
Šiauliai	SIA	145,629	133,883	109,328	100,653	111,018	8113	→
Šilalė	TAU	6,308	6,281	5,492	4,729	4,487	343	→
Šilutė	KLA	21,179	21,476	17,775	15,952	15,828	1399	→
Simnas	ALY	2,313	1,980	1,514	1,247	1,117	206	→
Širvintos	VIL	7,442	7,273	6,415	5,827	5,472	397	→
Skaudvilė	TAU	2,436	2,140	1,720	1,427	1,321	390	→
Skuodas	KLA	8,730	7,896	6,513	5,508	5,076	758	→
Smalininkai	TAU	758	653	515	852	917	96	→
Subačius	PAN	1,369	1,180	1,051	869	840	265	→
Švenčionėliai	VIL	7,712	6,923	5,771	4,748	4,300	577	→
Švenčionys	VIL	6,469	5,684	4,963	4,448	4,159	634	→
Tauragė	TAU	30,119	29,124	24,389	21,203	21,463	1406	→
Telšiai	TEL	33,351	31,460	25,540	22,642	21,454	1751	→
Trakai	VIL	6,703	5,725	4,933	5,426	5,659	1158	→
Troškūnai	UTE	672	525	451	389	359	83	→
Tytuvėnai	SIA	3,058	2,851	2,302	1,850	1,708	988	→
Ukmergė	VIL	30,410	28,759	23,878	21,258	21,543	2054	→
Utena	UTE	34,430	33,860	28,997	25,343	25,415	1532	→
Užventis	SIA	1,149	898	833	600	567	242	→
Vabalninkas	PAN	1,905	1,328	1,057	857	775	386	→
Varėna	ALY	12,291	10,845	9,240	8,202	7,554	905	→
Varniai	TEL	2,028	1,355	1,140	884	826	319	→
Veisiejai	ALY	2,079	1,762	1,430	1,141	999	183	→
Venta	SIA	3,827	3,412	2,392	2,250	2,151	354	→
Viekšniai	TEL	2,079	2,270	1,938	2,249	2,066	154	→
Vievis	VIL	5,663	5,303	4,915	4,311	4,113	417	→
Vilkaviškis	MAR	13,829	13,283	11,547	10,286	9,955	755	→
Vilkija	KAU	2,629	2,338	2,131	1,762	1,646	271	→
Vilnius	VIL	576,747	542,287	524,406	546,155	607,842	28663	→
Virbalis	MAR	1,566	1,351	1,095	885	844	197	→
Visaginas (Sniečkus)	UTE	32,438	29,554	22,361	19,446	18,815	1381	→
Žagarė	SIA	2,649	2,312	1,712	1,326	1,184	476	→
Zarasai	UTE	8,916	8,365	7,165	6,077	5,579	1280	→
Žiežmariai	KAU	3,523	3,884	3,607	3,158	2,896	519	→

(1989) provided by Dmitrij Lagodin.
(2001) (2011) (2021) (2026) Department of Statistics, Republic of Lithuania.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2026)
Males	1,373,995
Females	1,512,888

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	488,326
18-64 years	1,777,886
65+ years	620,671

Age Distribution (E 2026)
80+ years	165,590
70-79 years	256,433
60-69 years	409,989
50-59 years	402,346
40-49 years	401,083
30-39 years	415,350
20-29 years	291,632
10-19 years	297,926
0-9 years	246,534

Urbanization (E 2026)
Rural	908,177
Urban	1,978,706

Citizenship (C 2021)
Lithuania	2,782,515
Several Citizenships	8,372
Other Citizenship	19,874

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Lithuania	2,655,172
Other Country	155,589

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Lithuanians	2,378,118
Poles	183,421
Russians	141,122
Ukrainians	14,168
Belarusians	28,183
Other Ethnic Group	16,116

Religion (C 2021)
Catholics	2,085,340
Orthodox	105,326
Other Religion	64,191
No Religion	171,810