Demographics of Vilnius

The city of Vilnius as of early 2021 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 city 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]. According to the predictions, made by the municipality specialists of the city planning department of Vilnius, the number of inhabitants of Vilnius in 2030 could be between 630,3 thousand (pessimistic scenario) and 685 thousand (optimistic scenario) with the basic scenario of 651,6 thousand inhabitants within the city borders.[7]

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: [8]: 214, 303 [9][10] 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;[11][12] ⁴ Rise of population due to influx of Polish and Jewish war refugees[13] 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)[14]
Number of inhabitants
Lithuanians338,758
Poles88,408
Russians63,991
Belarusians18,924
Ukrainians5,338
Jews2,026
Tatars934
Roma619
Armenians435
Latvians360
Germans341
Other2,065
Refused to answer13,432
Total535,631

Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth
Vilnius inhabitants by the country of birth (2021)[4]
Country of birthNumber of inhabitants
 Lithuania517,936
 Belarus25,591
 Russia18,731
 Ukraine10,158
 Great Britain2,239
 Kazakhstan1,598
 Latvia1,335
 Germany954
 Poland752
 United States of America618
 Uzbekistan578
 Azerbaijan496
 Georgia474
 Ireland470
 India408
 Moldova384
 Italy378
 Estonia373
 Norway364
 France341
 Turkey329
 Armenia316
 Kyrgyzstan297
 China283
 Spain254
 Tajikistan209
 Belgium189
 Denmark187
 Turkmenistan153
 Netherlands149
 Sweden140
 Nigeria122
 Iran120
 Cameroon114
 Syria109
 Serbia98
 Finland97
 Egypt91
 Israel87
 Pakistan79
 Vietnam79
 Hungary77
 Portugal73
 Austria70
 Canada70
  Switzerland67
 Czech Republic67
 Brazil64
 Afghanistan51
 Lebanon51
 Australia50
 Thailand49
 Greece46
 Mexico45
 Argentina44
 Bulgaria44
 United Arab Emirates41
 Japan40
 South Korea36
 Cyprus31
 Luxembourg28
 Iceland27
 Slovakia27
 Colombia26
 Romania26
   Nepal24
 Albania23
 Iraq23
 Morocco22
Other countries500

Elderships of Vilnius
Population figures of Vilnius by the city eldership (2021)[4]
EldershipArea
km²[15]		Inhabitants[16]Density
per km²
Verkiai5650,881909
Žirmūnai5.743,8807698
Pašilaičiai7.941,2185217
Antakalnis77.240,875530
Naujoji Vilnia38.639,1021013
Fabijoniškės5.938,0279275
Naujamiestis4.933,2066777
Lazdynai9.932,4103274
Naujininkai37.631,697843
Šeškinė4.629,8096480
Pilaitė13.928,3352038
Justiniškės3.026,6848895
Karoliniškės3.725,2506824
Senamiestis4.422,4115093
Vilkpėdė10.819,5191807
Šnipiškės3.115,7505081
Viršuliškės2.614,0965422
Žvėrynas2.613,7035270
Rasos16.311,666716
Grigiškės7.011,2461607
Paneriai84.810,537124
Undeclared inhabitants9,123
Total400.5589,4251472

Notes
  1. Some inhabitants of Vilnius district are registered at Vilnius city healthcare facilities – the actual number of permanent city inhabitants within the city administrative borders must be higher than official figures of 569, 588 or 589 thousand, but smaller than 643,965 (as of 31 December 2020)[6]

References
  1. "Nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius apskrityse ir savivaldybėse metų pradžioje". osp.stat.gov.lt. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. "Vilniaus istorija". vle.lt. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. https://www.registrucentras.lt/bylos/dokumentai/gr/2021_01_04_Gyventoju_skaičius_pagal_savivaldybes.pdf
  4. Statistics of Vilnius
  5. Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health
  6. Inhabitants, registered at Vilnius city primary healthcare facilities
  7. Vilniaus miesto darnaus judumo plano santrauka, Vilniaus planas, page 48
  8. Juozas Jurginis; Vytautas Merkys; Adolfas Tautavičius (1968). Vilniaus miesto istorija [Vilnius city history] (in Lithuanian). Vilnius.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "The Great War in Lithuania 1914–1918".
  12. Pukienė, Vida. "Voronežas – lietuvių švietimo židinys Rusijoje Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais". Istorija (in Lithuanian).
  13. 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.
  14. Lietuvos Respublikos 2011 m. gyventojų surašymo rezultatai, 162-163 p.
  15. Vilnius city elderships by the area
  16. Vilnius elderships by the number of inhabitants
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