Lithuania
population: Monthly national estimate (1 Jul 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 15 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography15 metros
Lithuania metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 15 tracked metros
Show all 15 rows
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #514 | Vilnius★ Capital▲ Largest | Vilnius | 811K | 4.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #609 | Kaunas | Kaunas | 523K | 3.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #1516 | Siauliai | Šiauliai | 142K | 0.8 | Local Metro |
| #1747 | Klaipėda | Klaipėda | 209K | 0.6 | Local Metro |
| #1812 | Panevežys | Panevėžys | 125K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #1910 | Palanga | Klaipėda | 17K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #2379 | Marijampolė | Marijampolė | 138K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2422 | Utena | Utena | 128K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2709 | Kėdainiai | Kaunas | 46K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2738 | Telšiai | Telšiai | 40K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3661 | Taurage | Tauragė | 93K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
| #3745 | Alytus | Alytus | 78K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
| #3947 | Mažeikiai | Telšiai | 52K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
| #4205 | Pasvalys | Panevėžys | 23K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
| #4245 | Pakruojis | Šiauliai | 19K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Counties
10 entries listed under Lithuania. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Lithuanian
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- Seimas
- Constitution
- 1992, 7 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Lithuanian
- Time zones
- UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +370
- Internet TLD
- .lt
- ISO 3166
- LT
- Established
- 1990
- Highest point
- Aukštojas Hill (294 m (965 ft))
- National anthem
- Tautiška giesmė
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History42 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Other
Mindaugas Sinkevičius✦ Current
2026–PresentPrime Minister
Inga Ruginienė
2025–2026Prime Minister
Gintautas Paluckas
2024–2025Prime Minister
Ingrida Šimonytė
2020–2024Prime Minister
Gitanas Nausėda✦ Current
2019–PresentPresident
Saulius Skvernelis
2016–2020Prime Minister
Algirdas Butkevičius
2012–2016Prime Minister
Dalia Grybauskaitė
2009–2019President
Andrius Kubilius
2008–2012Prime Minister
Gediminas Kirkilas
2006–2008Prime Minister
Valdas Adamkus
2004–2009President
Rolandas Paksas
2003–2004President
Show all 15 leaders
Algirdas Brazauskas
2001–2006Prime Minister
Valdas Adamkus
1998–2003President
Algirdas Brazauskas
1993–1998President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Mindaugas Sinkevičius✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2026–Present |
| Inga Ruginienė | Prime Minister | 2025–2026 |
| Gintautas Paluckas | Prime Minister | 2024–2025 |
| Ingrida Šimonytė | Prime Minister | 2020–2024 |
| Gitanas Nausėda✦ Current | President | 2019–Present |
| Saulius Skvernelis | Prime Minister | 2016–2020 |
| Algirdas Butkevičius | Prime Minister | 2012–2016 |
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | President | 2009–2019 |
| Andrius Kubilius | Prime Minister | 2008–2012 |
| Gediminas Kirkilas | Prime Minister | 2006–2008 |
| Valdas Adamkus | President | 2004–2009 |
| Rolandas Paksas | President | 2003–2004 |
| Algirdas Brazauskas | Prime Minister | 2001–2006 |
| Valdas Adamkus | President | 1998–2003 |
| Algirdas Brazauskas | President | 1993–1998 |
First Republic
Antanas Smetona
1926–1940President
Kazys Grinius
1926–1926President
Aleksandras Stulginskis
1920–1926President
Antanas Smetona
1919–1920President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Antanas Smetona | President | 1926–1940 |
| Kazys Grinius | President | 1926–1926 |
| Aleksandras Stulginskis | President | 1920–1926 |
| Antanas Smetona | President | 1919–1920 |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
👑 Stanisław II August Poniatowski
1764–1795Grand Duke
👑 Augustus III
1733–1763Grand Duke
👑 Augustus II the Strong
1697–1733Grand Duke
👑 John III Sobieski
1674–1696Grand Duke
👑 Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki
1669–1673Grand Duke
👑 John II Casimir Vasa
1648–1668Grand Duke
👑 Władysław IV Vasa
1632–1648Grand Duke
👑 Sigismund III Vasa
1587–1632Grand Duke
👑 Stephen Báthory
1576–1586Grand Duke
👑 Henry de Valois
1573–1575Grand Duke
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Stanisław II August Poniatowski | Grand Duke | 1764–1795 |
| 👑 Augustus III | Grand Duke | 1733–1763 |
| 👑 Augustus II the Strong | Grand Duke | 1697–1733 |
| 👑 John III Sobieski | Grand Duke | 1674–1696 |
| 👑 Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki | Grand Duke | 1669–1673 |
| 👑 John II Casimir Vasa | Grand Duke | 1648–1668 |
| 👑 Władysław IV Vasa | Grand Duke | 1632–1648 |
| 👑 Sigismund III Vasa | Grand Duke | 1587–1632 |
| 👑 Stephen Báthory | Grand Duke | 1576–1586 |
| 👑 Henry de Valois | Grand Duke | 1573–1575 |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
👑 Sigismund II Augustus
1544–1572Grand Duke
👑 Sigismund I the Old
1506–1544Grand Duke
👑 Alexander Jagiellon
1492–1506Grand Duke
👑 Casimir IV Jagiellon
1440–1492Grand Duke
👑 Sigismund Kęstutaitis
1432–1440Grand Duke
👑 Švitrigaila
1430–1432Grand Duke
👑 Vytautas the Great
1392–1430Grand Duke
👑 Jogaila
1377–1392Grand Duke
👑 Algirdas
1345–1377Grand Duke
👑 Jaunutis
1341–1345Grand Duke
👑 Gediminas
1316–1341Grand Duke
👑 Vytenis
1295–1316Grand Duke
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👑 Mindaugas
1236–1263Grand Duke
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Sigismund II Augustus | Grand Duke | 1544–1572 |
| 👑 Sigismund I the Old | Grand Duke | 1506–1544 |
| 👑 Alexander Jagiellon | Grand Duke | 1492–1506 |
| 👑 Casimir IV Jagiellon | Grand Duke | 1440–1492 |
| 👑 Sigismund Kęstutaitis | Grand Duke | 1432–1440 |
| 👑 Švitrigaila | Grand Duke | 1430–1432 |
| 👑 Vytautas the Great | Grand Duke | 1392–1430 |
| 👑 Jogaila | Grand Duke | 1377–1392 |
| 👑 Algirdas | Grand Duke | 1345–1377 |
| 👑 Jaunutis | Grand Duke | 1341–1345 |
| 👑 Gediminas | Grand Duke | 1316–1341 |
| 👑 Vytenis | Grand Duke | 1295–1316 |
| 👑 Mindaugas | Grand Duke | 1236–1263 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 194511 interstate wars · click to expand
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Lithuania is past its peak, which is less unusual than it sounds: the two lines here can point in opposite directions, and for most of Europe and East Asia they now both point down.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Lithuania: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Lithuania on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
