Demographics of Vilnius

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 excludes 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1766	60,000	—
1796¹	17,500	−4.02%
1800	25,400	+9.76%
1811	56,300	+7.50%
1818²	33,600	−7.11%
1822	43,900	+6.91%
1830	42,000	−0.55%
1834	52,400	+5.69%
1836	56,100	+3.47%
1839	54,700	−0.84%
1846	54,200	−0.13%
1852	65,400	+3.18%
1860	60,000	−1.07%
1870	64,200	+0.68%
1875	82,700	+5.19%
1885	102,900	+2.21%
1897	154,500	+3.44%
1909	205,200	+2.39%
1911	238,600	+7.83%
1916	140,800	−10.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1919³	128,500	−3.00%
1923	167,400	+6.83%
1931	195,100	+1.93%
1939	209,400	+0.89%
1941⁴	270,000	+13.55%
1944⁵	110,000	−25.87%
1959	236,100	+5.22%
1970	372,100	+4.22%
1979	481,000	+2.89%
1985	544,400	+2.09%
1989	576,700	+1.45%
1990	597,000	+3.52%
1992	644,600	+3.91%
1995	578,327	−3.55%
1996	571,164	−1.24%
1997	565,881	−0.92%
1998	562,353	−0.62%
1999	558,816	−0.63%
2000	554,281	−0.81%
2001	550,924	−0.61%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2002	550,213	−0.13%
2003	548,729	−0.27%
2004	546,773	−0.36%
2005	542,525	−0.78%
2006	541,732	−0.15%
2007	541,596	−0.03%
2008	542,969	+0.25%
2009	543,191	+0.04%
2010	536,127	−1.30%
2011	533,279	−0.53%
2012	537,152	+0.73%
2013	539,707	+0.48%
2014	542,626	+0.54%
2015	543,493	+0.16%
2016	545,280	+0.33%
2017	547,484	+0.40%
2018	552,131	+0.85%
2019	561,836	+1.76%
2020	569,729	+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

References

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]

"Nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius apskrityse ir savivaldybėse metų pradžioje". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
"Vilniaus istorija". vle.lt. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
Statistics of Vilnius
Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health
Inhabitants, registered at Vilnius city primary healthcare facilities
Juozas Jurginis; Vytautas Merkys; Adolfas Tautavičius (1968). Vilniaus miesto istorija [Vilnius city history] (in Lithuanian). Vilnius.
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.
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.
"The Great War in Lithuania 1914–1918".
Pukienė, Vida. "Voronežas – lietuvių švietimo židinys Rusijoje Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais". Istorija (in Lithuanian).
Iš nežinios į nežinią: Antrojo pasaulinio karo atbėgėliai Lietuvoje [From ignorance to ignorance: World War II raids in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum. 2015. ISBN 978-9955-471-55-4.

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[7] 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.

[2] "Vilniaus istorija". vle.lt. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[4] Statistics of Vilnius

[5] Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health

[6] Inhabitants, registered at Vilnius city primary healthcare facilities

[JJVMAT-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 ignorance to ignorance: World War II raids in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum. 2015. ISBN 978-9955-471-55-4.