Russians in Lithuania

Russians in Lithuania
Total population
	141,122 (census 2021); 144,000 (estimate 2024)
Regions with significant populations
	Vilnius, Visaginas, Klaipėda
Languages
	Russian, Lithuanian
Religion
	Eastern Orthodox Church (51.5%), Catholic Church (11.9%), Old Believers (11.8%).
Related ethnic groups
	Belarusians, Ukrainians

Russians in Lithuania (Russian: Русские в Литве, romanized: Russkiye v Litve, Lithuanian: Lietuvos rusai) number about 144,000 people, according to the Lithuanian estimates of 2024, or 5.0% of the total population of Lithuania.^[4]

[1] "Gyventojų ir būstų surašymai – Oficialiosios statistikos portalas".

[2] ""Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas"".

[3] Lithuania Census 2011^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] ""Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas"". Alkas.lt.

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Total population
141,122 (census 2021)^[1] 144,000 (estimate 2024)^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Vilnius, Visaginas, Klaipėda
Languages
Russian, Lithuanian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Church (51.5%), Catholic Church (11.9%), Old Believers (11.8%).^[3]
Related ethnic groups
Belarusians, Ukrainians