Lithuania continues to lose population due to migration

Over the last ten years (2004-2013), 439,500 persons emigrated and 107,200 immigrated to Lithuania. In the context of other EU member-states, Lithuania stands out with one of the largest negative net migration indicators per 1,000 population, Statistics Lithuania said.

In 2013, 38,800 people emigrated from Lithuania; there were 13.1 emigrants per 1,000 population. Against 2012, the number of emigrants decreased by 2,300 (5.6 percent).

In 2004-2013, the number of male and female emigrants amounted to 220,100 (50.1 percent) and 219,400 (49.9 percent) respectively.

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In 2013, the number of emigrants who left for the United Kingdom was 17,900, Ireland – 3,300, Norway and Germany – 3,000 each.

Last year, one-fifth (19.8 percent) of all emigrants were aged 20-24, 18.4 percent – 25-29, 13.2 percent – 30-34 (in 2012, 20.5, 20, 12.3 percent respectively). In 2013, 81.8 percent of working-age emigrants had been unemployed for one year and longer prior to their departure (in 2012, 75.4 percent). More than half (60.1 percent) of working-age emigrants who had been unemployed for one year and longer prior to their departure were aged 20-34.

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