Lithuanians

Lithuanians

Lietuviai
Total population
c. 4.2 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Lithuania 2,857,279 (2021)[2]
United States	652,790 (2014)[a][3]
United Kingdom	212,000 (2018)[4]
Brazil	200,000 (2002)[5][6]
Russia	85,617 (2014)[6]
Germany	75,000 (2021)[7]
Poland	62,239 (2014)[6]
Canada	59,285 (2016)[8]
Norway	50,406 (2023)[9]
Ireland	42,973 (2022)[7]
Latvia	34,846 (2014)[6]
Australia	22,012 (2021)[b][c][11]
Argentina	20,000[d][13]
Ukraine	19,954 (2014)[6]
Belarus	19,091 (2014)[6]
Spain	17,991 (2022)[7]
Sweden	17,396 (2022)[14]
Denmark	16,429 (2023)[15]
Netherlands	10,119 (2022)[7]
Uruguay	10,000[16]
Languages
Lithuanian
Religion
Roman Catholicism (majority), Lutheranism and Irreligion (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Other Balts
^ Including Lithuanians and Lithuanian Americans ^ Including Lithuanians and Lithuanian Australians ^ Approximately more than 50,000 are of Lithuanian descent[10] ^ Approximately 200,000 are of Lithuanian descent[12]

Lithuanians (Lithuanian: lietuviai^[a]) are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people.^[2] Another two millions make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia, and Canada. Their native language is Lithuanian, one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family along with Latvian. According to the census conducted in 2021, 84.6% of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians, 6.5% as Poles, 5.0% as Russians, 1.0% as Belarusians, and 1.1% as members of other ethnic groups. Most Lithuanians belong to the Catholic Church, while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II, were mostly Lutherans.

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