Lithuania's population shrinks due to growing number of people leaving to live and work abroad

For the sixth consecutive year, the number of Lithuanian citizens leaving the country has increased because they want to work and live outside the country.

“The more time passes, the less likely these people are to return to Lithuania, because they form circles of friends, families, and if children show up, they go to local schools. There they have their friends, circles and so on, said Zhigimantas Mauritsas, chief economist of Luminor Bank, emphasizing that Lithuanian citizens want to live and work abroad, TASS reports citing the LRT TV and radio company.

According to Vaiva Randitie, a specialist of the department of the State Data Agency of Lithuania, most often residents of the country move to the UK, Germany and Norway.

In the last years of the USSR, the population of Lithuania was 3.5 million people. Since then, it has been steadily declining.

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