Lithuania - Population

Statistics Lithuania publishes annual population data for the 10 NUTS3 and 60 LAU1 areas, as well as the Republic of Lithuania. The data are broken down by 5 year age cohorts and gender.  

The data is gathered to supply a continuous supply about the population composition and permanent residents.  Permenent residents is a derivative of a few different ratios includeing fertility, mortality, and migration.  The permanent population is based off the las general population and housing census.

Concepts

• Age - number of person years at the end of the calendar year.
• The person - a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or foriegner.
• Rural population - rural residential areas
• City population - living in a city that has the following characteristics:
• Densly built
• With more than 3,000 population
• Cities can request approval if population is less than 3,000.
• More than two-thirds employed in industry, business and production and social infastructure
• Permanent residents - all people with a permenant residence during the reporting period.
• Permanent residence - a place where someone normally spends the daily period for rest, regardless of any other temporary absence.  Permanent residents are limited to:
• your place of residence has been continuously lived at for atleast 12 months
• during the last 12 moonths before the reference date, do you plan to stay at your current residence for at least 1 year.
• Foreigner - someone who is not a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, regardless of whether they have a foreign nationality.

Classifications 

The following is a list of classifications used in the permanent residents and population statistics:

• World countries and territories classification.
• Lithuanian Republic Population Register Nationalities Classification
• Republic of Lithuania, administrative units and residential areas in the classification

 Revisions are unlikely

For more information, please visit: http://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/metodai7