The 2021 Lithuania Census was the first census in Lithuania carried out electronically. Basing on the recommendations of the United Nations and the July 9, 2008 European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 763/2008 on population and housing censuses, the censuses are carried out the same year every 10 years in all member states of the European Union. In Lithuania the census accounting day was January 1, 2021. [1]
Within the framework of the census, in the following months a statistical study was carried out of the population's nationality, native language and professed faith. During the first stage in January-February the survey was carried out online for 56 thousand of residents, at the second stage in April-June the surveyors surveyed 115 thousand of residents who didn't take part in the online survey from 40 thousand households. [2]
On January 1, 2021, 2,810,761 persons permanently lived in Lithuania, a decline from 3,483,972 recorded during the previous Lithuanian census of 2001. The decline was attributed to negative international migration of 119 thousand (51%) and negative population change of 114 thousand (49%). [2]
The census was carried out in 103 urban locations (1,916,751 residents) and 16,039 rural locations (894,010 residents). [4]
According to the statistical study, 85.33% of the country's population speak Lithuanian as their native language, 6.8% are native speakers of Russian and 5.1% of Polish. As of 2021 [update] , 60.6% of residents speak Russian as a foreign language, 31.1% – English, 10.5% – Lithuanian, 8% – German, 7.9% – Polish, 1.9% – French, 2.6% – various others. [5]
Aukštieji Paneriai is a neighborhood of Vilnius, situated about 10 kilometres away from the city center. It is located on low forested hills, on the Vilnius-Warsaw road. Paneriai was the site of the Ponary massacre, a mass killing of as many as 100,000 people from Vilnius and nearby towns and villages during World War II.
A seniūnija is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. An eldership may comprise a very small region consisting of few villages, one single town, or a part of a big city. Elderships vary in size and population depending on their location and nature. A few elderships make up a municipality. Šilainiai, Dainava, Verkiai, Žirmūnai and Pašilaičiai are the most populous elderates, with population counts over 40,000, around twice the population of some entire municipalities.
Vilnius District Municipality is one of the 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on three sides. The municipality is also bordered by Trakai district and Elektrėnai municipality in the west, Astravyets and Ashmyany districts of Belarus in the east, Širvintos, Molėtai and Švenčionys districts in the north and Šalčininkai district in the south.
Šalčininkai District Municipality is one of 60 district municipalities in Lithuania. The municipality is part of the Vilnius County and is located in southeastern Lithuania, next to the Belarus–Lithuania border. The south-eastern border of the municipality with Belarus includes a distinctive salient of Lithuanian territory, known as the Dieveniškės appendix, almost completely surrounded by Belarus.
Upninkai is the largest village in Jonava district, Lithuania. It is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of Vepriai on the left bank of the Šventoji River. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 786.
Vilijampolė is a neighborhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. Part of a larger Vilijampolė elderate which consists of Vilijampolė, Lampėdžiai, Panerys, and Veršvai neighorhoods, and covers 1,720 hectares with population of 23,687 people.
Lazdynai is an eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania, situated on the right bank of the Neris River. It covers a area of 9.9 square kilometres (3.8 sq mi) and has a population of 31,097. The word means "hazel bushes" in Lithuanian.
Viršuliškės is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 2,6 km2. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 14,733.
Barysiai is a village in the eldership of Gataučiai, in the Joniškis district municipality in Šiauliai County, Lithuania. It is 19 km away from the city of Joniškis and 4 km away from the town of Meškuičiai. According to a 2011 census, 12 people live in Barysiai.
Ginkūnai is a village located in Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. The village is located on the northeastern border of Šiauliai and the western shore of the Ginkūnai Lake. Ginkūnai has a school, post office and library. There are also two agricultural cooperatives.
Vilnius is the historic and present-day capital of Lithuania. Records of demographic measures go back to 1766, though the city itself has existed much longer. In recent days, the demographics have been heavily influenced by the war in neighboring Ukraine.
Latežeris is a village in Druskininkai municipality, in Alytus County, in south Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 35 people.
Dapšioniai is a village in the Radviliškis district in Lithuania, 3 kilometers northwest of Beinorava. The village is home to the Dievo Apvaizdos Bažnyčia, a Neoclassical church, as well as the Dapšionių ąžuolas, an oak tree 23 meters in height. The tree is under protection as an object of natural heritage of the state.
Baubliai is a village in Lithuania, specifically in the Akmenė district municipality. It is 9 km (5.6 mi) away from Papilė and is also close to Klaišiai forest, which is the source of the Eglesys.
Klaišiai is a village in the south of Akmenė district, 6 km (3.7 mi) from Šemetaičiai.
Zabičiūnai is a village in the Zarasai District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Antalieptė. According to the 2021 Lithuanian census, 37 people lived in Zabičiūnai. In the centre of the village there is a cemetery covered with maples, yews and olive bushes. A few gravestones have survived, with the oldest one having 1884 engraved on it. The last burial happened in July 1944, the name of the person was Kostas Morozov and he died by shrapnel from an exploding shell.
The Lithuanian census of 2011 collected demographic data of the country as of March 1, 2011. The census itself was conducted during March-May 2011. This was the second census in Lithuania after the restoration of independence and the first census since its accession to the European Union in 2004.
Burgaičiai is a village located in Šakiai district municipality, west Lithuania, at the western edge of Sudargas, on the left bank of Nemunas river. On the northern edge of the village there are three Burgaičiai mounds. There is the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Emaus in Sudargas.
Kermušija is a village in Druskininkai Municipality, in Alytus County, in south Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 17 people.
The demographic history of Vilnius goes back to the times after the Last Glacial Period some 12 thousand years ago.