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Revision as of 01:07, 19 April 2021

The city of Vilnius had a population between 569,729[1][2] (according to Statistics Lithuania), 588,412[3] (according to the State Enterprise Centre of Registers) or 589,019 (according to the municipality of Vilnius)[4] – the later figure includes Grigiškės, a separate town within the municipality of the capital. The actual number of temporary inhabitants could be higher as according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 732,815 permanent inhabitants as of January 2021 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined[5][note 1].

Evolution

Demographic evolution of Vilnius between 1766 and 2019:

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
176660,000—    
1796¹17,500−4.02%
180025,400+9.76%
181156,300+7.50%
1818²33,600−7.11%
182243,900+6.91%
183042,000−0.55%
183452,400+5.69%
183656,100+3.47%
183954,700−0.84%
184654,200−0.13%
185265,400+3.18%
186060,000−1.07%
187064,200+0.68%
187582,700+5.19%
1885102,900+2.21%
1897154,500+3.44%
1909205,200+2.39%
1911238,600+7.83%
1916140,800−10.01%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1919³128,500−3.00%
1923167,400+6.83%
1931195,100+1.93%
1939209,400+0.89%
1941⁴270,000+13.55%
1944⁵110,000−25.87%
1959236,100+5.22%
1970372,100+4.22%
1979481,000+2.89%
1985544,400+2.09%
1989576,700+1.45%
1990597,000+3.52%
1992644,600+3.91%
1995578,327−3.55%
1996571,164−1.24%
1997565,881−0.92%
1998562,353−0.62%
1999558,816−0.63%
2000554,281−0.81%
2001550,924−0.61%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2002550,213−0.13%
2003548,729−0.27%
2004546,773−0.36%
2005542,525−0.78%
2006541,732−0.15%
2007541,596−0.03%
2008542,969+0.25%
2009543,191+0.04%
2010536,127−1.30%
2011533,279−0.53%
2012537,152+0.73%
2013539,707+0.48%
2014542,626+0.54%
2015543,493+0.16%
2016545,280+0.33%
2017547,484+0.40%
2018552,131+0.85%
2019561,836+1.76%
2020569,729+1.40%
Source: [7]: 214, 303 [8][9] ¹ Sharp decline after the Vilnius uprising (1794); ² Decline of population due to Napoleonic wars and the aftermath; ³ Sharp decline of population of Vilnius because of World War I and the aftermath during the clashes around Vilnius. These resulted in evacuation of Russian military, bureaucracy and the majority of its Russian inhabitants from Vilnius in 1915, as well as fleeing or evacuation of other Vilnius inhabitants of various communities (mostly Jewish and Lithuanian) to Russia and rural parts of Lithuania;[10][11] ⁴ Rise of population due to influx of Polish and Jewish war refugees[12] and migration of Lithuanian bureaucracy, students from temporary capital Kaunas and other localities in Lithuania; ⁵ Sharp decline of population after atrocities of World War II and The Holocaust

Vilnius inhabitants by ethnicity

Vilnius inhabitants by ethnicity (results of the 2011 census)[13]
Number of inhabitants
Lithuanians 338,758
Poles 88,408
Russians 63,991
Belarusians 18,924
Ukrainians 5,338
Jews 2,026
Tatars 934
Roma 619
Armenians 435
Latvians 360
Germans 341
Other 2,065
Refused to answer 13,432
Total 535,631

Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth

Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth (2021)[4]
Country of birth Number of inhabitants
European Union Lithuania 517,936
 Belarus 25,591
 Russia 18,731
 Ukraine 10,158
 Great Britain 2,239
 Kazakhstan 1,598
European Union Latvia 1,335
European Union Germany 954
European Union Poland 752
 United States of America 618
 Uzbekistan 578
 Azerbaijan 496
 Georgia 474
European Union Ireland 470
 India 408
 Moldova 384
European Union Italy 378
European Union Estonia 373
 Norway 364
European Union  France 341
 Turkey 329
 Armenia 316
 Kyrgyzstan 297
 China 283
European Union Spain 254
 Tajikistan 209
European Union Belgium 189
European Union Denmark 187
 Turkmenistan 153
European Union Netherlands 149
European Union Sweden 140
 Nigeria 122
 Iran 120
 Cameroon 114
 Syria 109
 Serbia 98
European Union Finland 97
 Egypt 91
 Israel 87
 Pakistan 79
 Vietnam 79
European Union Hungary 77
European Union Portugal 73
European Union Austria 70
 Canada 70
  Switzerland 67
European Union Czech Republic 67
 Brazil 64
 Afghanistan 51
 Lebanon 51
 Australia 50
 Thailand 49
European Union Greece 46
 Mexico 45
 Argentina 44
European Union Bulgaria 44
 United Arab Emirates 41
 Japan 40
 South Korea 36
European Union Cyprus 31
European Union Luxembourg 28
 Iceland 27
European Union Slovakia 27
 Colombia 26
European Union Romania 26
   Nepal 24
 Albania 23
 Iraq 23
 Morocco 22
Other countries 500

Elderships of Vilnius

Population figures of Vilnius by the city eldership (2021)[4]
Eldership Area
km²[14]
Inhabitants[15] Density
per km²
Verkiai 56 50,881 909
Žirmūnai 5.7 43,880 7698
Pašilaičiai 7.9 41,218 5217
Antakalnis 77.2 40,875 530
Naujoji Vilnia 38.6 39,102 1013
Fabijoniškės 5.9 38,027 9275
Naujamiestis 4.9 33,206 6777
Lazdynai 9.9 32,410 3274
Naujininkai 37.6 31,697 843
Šeškinė 4.6 29,809 6480
Pilaitė 13.9 28,335 2038
Justiniškės 3.0 26,684 8895
Karoliniškės 3.7 25,250 6824
Senamiestis 4.4 22,411 5093
Vilkpėdė 10.8 19,519 1807
Šnipiškės 3.1 15,750 5081
Viršuliškės 2.6 14,096 5422
Žvėrynas 2.6 13,703 5270
Rasos 16.3 11,666 716
Grigiškės 7.0 11,246 1607
Paneriai 84.8 10,537 124
Undeclared inhabitants 9,123
Total 400.5 589,425 1472

References

  1. ^ Some inhabitants of Vilnius district are registered at Vilnius city healthcare facilities – the actual number of temporary city inhabitants must be something smaller than 643,965 (as of 31 December 2020)[6]
  1. ^ "Nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius apskrityse ir savivaldybėse metų pradžioje". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 9 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Vilniaus istorija". vle.lt. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ a b c Statistics of Vilnius
  5. ^ Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health
  6. ^ Inhabitants, registered at Vilnius city primary healthcare facilities
  7. ^ Juozas Jurginis; Vytautas Merkys; Adolfas Tautavičius (1968). Vilniaus miesto istorija [Vilnius city history] (in Lithuanian). Vilnius.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Lexykon geograficzny, dla gruntownego poięcia gazet i historyi z różnych autorów zebrany, przetłumaczony i napisany przez x. Hilaryona Karpińskiego, Z. S. Bazylego w prowincyi litewskiey kapłana i teologa. Po śmierci iego, z przydatkiem odmian, które zaszły, z wykładem na początku terminów geograficznych, i słownikiem nazwisk łacińskich na końcu położonym, do druku podany [A geographic Lexicon, for the thorough help of newspapers and histories from various authors collected, translated and written by x. Hilaryon Karpiński, Z. S. Bazyli in the provinces and a Lithuanian priest and theologian. After the death of iego, with the advent of variations that have occurred, with a lecture at the beginning of geographical terms, and a dictionary of Latin names at the end, printed for publication] (in Polish). Vilnius. 1766. p. 602.
  9. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII [Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries, Volume XIII] (in Polish). Warsaw. 1893. p. 493. Retrieved 10 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "The Great War in Lithuania 1914–1918".
  11. ^ Pukienė, Vida. "Voronežas – lietuvių švietimo židinys Rusijoje Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais". Istorija (in Lithuanian).
  12. ^ Iš nežinios į nežinią: Antrojo pasaulinio karo atbėgėliai Lietuvoje [From one uncertainty to another uncertainty: World War II refugees in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum. 2015. ISBN 978-9955-471-55-4.
  13. ^ Lietuvos Respublikos 2011 m. gyventojų surašymo rezultatai, 162-163 p.
  14. ^ Vilnius city elderships by the area
  15. ^ Vilnius elderships by the number of inhabitants