Demographics

Latvia registers substantial drop in newborn numbers

The number of childbirths in Latvia in January of this year was 881, which was 16.1% or 169 babies fewer than in January 2024. This was reported by the Central [..]

Lithuania records lowest emigration level since 1990

Lithuania recorded its lowest emigration figures last year since the restoration of its independence in 1990, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. It was citing preliminary data from the [..]

Statistics Estonia: People getting married at increasingly late ages

While in 1993, the share of under-30s among all people getting married was between 60 percent and 70 percent, then in 2023, only 24 percent of the newly married men [..]

Births in Latvia down 10.6% in January-April

Latvia recorded 4,215 births in the first four months of 2024, which is a decrease of 10.6 percent, or 502 births, compared to the same period a year ago, according [..]

Latvia’s population shrank to 1.872 million in 2023

At the beginning of this year, Latvia’s population was 1.872 million, down 0.6 percent or 11,100 people from the same period a year ago, according to the data released by [..]

Lithuania’s emigration growth in 2023 driven by departing Ukrainians, Belarusians

Some 22,000 permanent residents emigrated from Lithuania last year, almost 50 percent more than in 2022, with the growth mostly due to departing Ukrainians and Belarusians, figures from the State [..]

Number of foreigners living in Lithuania exceeds 200,000 1st time – department

The number of foreigners living in Lithuania has exceeded 200,000 for the first time in the country’s history as 203,157 people from various foreign countries lived in Lithuania on September [..]