Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Lithuania

Rural population share in Lithuania in 2025 — 30.9%. Ranked 123 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 29.3 pp.

2025 30.9% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 123of 217
Period maximum 60.2%1960
Period minimum 30.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Lithuania, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.2%1962: 58.5%1964: 56.6%1966: 54.5%1968: 52.2%1970: 49.4%1972: 47.4%1974: 45%1976: 42.7%1978: 40.6%1980: 38.5%1982: 36.7%1984: 35.2%1986: 33.9%1988: 32.6%1990: 32.3%1992: 32.4%1994: 32.6%1996: 32.7%1998: 32.9%2000: 33%2002: 33.1%2004: 33.4%2006: 33.4%2008: 33.2%2010: 33.2%2012: 33.1%2014: 32.8%2016: 32.8%2018: 32.9%2020: 32.6%2022: 31.7%2024: 31.2%2025: 30.9%
Change over the period: −29.3 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lithuania

Lithuania 30.9%
World 42.2%
Northern Europe computed 18.1%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.9 −0.3 pp
2024 31.2 −0.3 pp
2023 31.4 −0.3 pp
2022 31.7 −0.1 pp
2021 31.8 −0.8 pp
2020 32.6 −0.2 pp
2019 32.8 −0.1 pp
2018 32.9 −0 pp
2017 32.9 +0.1 pp
2016 32.8 +0 pp
2015 32.8 −0.1 pp
2014 32.8 −0.1 pp
2013 33 −0.2 pp
2012 33.1 −0.1 pp
2011 33.2 +0 pp
2010 33.2 +0 pp
2009 33.2 −0 pp
2008 33.2 −0 pp
2007 33.3 −0.1 pp
2006 33.4 −0.1 pp
2005 33.4 +0 pp
2004 33.4 +0.2 pp
2003 33.2 +0.1 pp
2002 33.1 +0 pp
2001 33.1 +0 pp
2000 33 +0.1 pp
1999 33 +0.1 pp
1998 32.9 +0.1 pp
1997 32.8 +0.1 pp
1996 32.7 +0.1 pp
1995 32.7 +0.1 pp
1994 32.6 +0.1 pp
1993 32.5 +0.1 pp
1992 32.4 +0.1 pp
1991 32.4 +0 pp
1990 32.3 +0 pp
1989 32.3 −0.3 pp
1988 32.6 −0.6 pp
1987 33.2 −0.7 pp
1986 33.9 −0.7 pp
1985 34.5 −0.7 pp
1984 35.2 −0.7 pp
1983 35.9 −0.8 pp
1982 36.7 −0.9 pp
1981 37.5 −1 pp
1980 38.5 −1 pp
1979 39.5 −1 pp
1978 40.6 −1.1 pp
1977 41.7 −1 pp
1976 42.7 −1.1 pp
1975 43.8 −1.2 pp
1974 45 −1.2 pp
1973 46.1 −1.2 pp
1972 47.4 −1.3 pp
1971 48.7 −0.7 pp
1970 49.4 −1.3 pp
1969 50.7 −1.6 pp
1968 52.2 −1.2 pp
1967 53.4 −1.1 pp
1966 54.5 −1 pp
1965 55.6 −1 pp
1964 56.6 −1 pp
1963 57.6 −0.9 pp
1962 58.5 −0.9 pp
1961 59.3 −0.9 pp
1960 60.2

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.