Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Lithuania

Urban population share in Lithuania in 2025 — 69.1%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.3 pp.

2025 69.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 217
Period maximum 69.1%2025
Period minimum 39.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Lithuania, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.8%1962: 41.5%1964: 43.4%1966: 45.5%1968: 47.8%1970: 50.6%1972: 52.6%1974: 55%1976: 57.3%1978: 59.4%1980: 61.5%1982: 63.3%1984: 64.8%1986: 66.1%1988: 67.4%1990: 67.7%1992: 67.6%1994: 67.4%1996: 67.3%1998: 67.1%2000: 67%2002: 66.9%2004: 66.6%2006: 66.6%2008: 66.8%2010: 66.8%2012: 66.9%2014: 67.2%2016: 67.2%2018: 67.1%2020: 67.4%2022: 68.3%2024: 68.8%2025: 69.1%
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 69.1%
World 57.8%
Northern Europe computed 81.9%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.1 +0.3 pp
2024 68.8 +0.3 pp
2023 68.6 +0.3 pp
2022 68.3 +0.1 pp
2021 68.2 +0.8 pp
2020 67.4 +0.2 pp
2019 67.2 +0.1 pp
2018 67.1 +0 pp
2017 67.1 −0.1 pp
2016 67.2 −0 pp
2015 67.2 +0.1 pp
2014 67.2 +0.1 pp
2013 67 +0.2 pp
2012 66.9 +0.1 pp
2011 66.8 −0 pp
2010 66.8 −0 pp
2009 66.8 +0 pp
2008 66.8 +0 pp
2007 66.7 +0.1 pp
2006 66.6 +0.1 pp
2005 66.6 −0 pp
2004 66.6 −0.2 pp
2003 66.8 −0.1 pp
2002 66.9 −0 pp
2001 66.9 −0 pp
2000 67 −0.1 pp
1999 67 −0.1 pp
1998 67.1 −0.1 pp
1997 67.2 −0.1 pp
1996 67.3 −0.1 pp
1995 67.3 −0.1 pp
1994 67.4 −0.1 pp
1993 67.5 −0.1 pp
1992 67.6 −0.1 pp
1991 67.6 −0 pp
1990 67.7 −0 pp
1989 67.7 +0.3 pp
1988 67.4 +0.6 pp
1987 66.8 +0.7 pp
1986 66.1 +0.7 pp
1985 65.5 +0.7 pp
1984 64.8 +0.7 pp
1983 64.1 +0.8 pp
1982 63.3 +0.9 pp
1981 62.5 +1 pp
1980 61.5 +1 pp
1979 60.5 +1 pp
1978 59.4 +1.1 pp
1977 58.3 +1 pp
1976 57.3 +1.1 pp
1975 56.2 +1.2 pp
1974 55 +1.2 pp
1973 53.9 +1.2 pp
1972 52.6 +1.3 pp
1971 51.3 +0.7 pp
1970 50.6 +1.3 pp
1969 49.3 +1.6 pp
1968 47.8 +1.2 pp
1967 46.6 +1.1 pp
1966 45.5 +1 pp
1965 44.4 +1 pp
1964 43.4 +1 pp
1963 42.4 +0.9 pp
1962 41.5 +0.9 pp
1961 40.7 +0.9 pp
1960 39.8

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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