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Vilnius, 
Lithuania
337,871 people lived in Vilnius in 2025. It is the 1693rd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the largest in Lithuania, where it is the capital.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Vilnius governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
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People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Vilnius grew
For every 10 people in Vilnius in 1975, there were 11.6 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 306,268 people in 2050.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: each column is one of the UN's five-yearly estimates, 1975 through 2050, and taller means more people. Where a column is hatched the year has not happened yet. The strip under the columns is the UN's own confidence in each figure, palest where it is least sure; where it is blank the city was not on the list at all.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Vilnius through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Vilnius in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Lithuania · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Vilnius is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Lithuania in 2025, 5 in all, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Vilnius covered 82 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 17 km² of it. That is 50 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 7 by 7 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown by 87%, and its people have grown by 16%.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Lithuania
Its share of Lithuania
Of every 100 people in Lithuania in 2025, 12 lived in Vilnius, which is 337,871 people.
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person in Lithuania; the coloured squares live in Vilnius. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1689 Naga Philippines338,596
- 1690 Ikere-Ekiti Nigeria338,367
- 1691 Rubavu Rwanda337,963
- 1692 Franca Brazil337,878
- 1693 Vilnius337,871
- 1694 Sihui China337,299
- 1695 Mandi Bahauddin Pakistan337,161
- 1696 Thakurdwara India336,772
- 1697 Sidfa Egypt336,659
In Lithuania, 2025
- 1693 Vilnius337,871
- 2206 Kaunas264,162
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Vilnius are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Vilnius publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries