Editing Demographics of Lithuania (section)

== Nationality and immigration ==
Lithuania's membership of the [[European Union]] has made Lithuanian citizenship all the more appealing. Lithuanian [[citizenship]] is theoretically easier (see court ruling notes below) to obtain than that of many other European countries—only one great-grandparent is necessary to become a Lithuanian citizen. Persons who held citizenship in the Republic of Lithuania prior to June 15, 1940, and their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren (provided that these persons did not repatriate) are eligible for Lithuanian citizenship [https://web.archive.org/web/20060524003559/http://www.lithuanianembassy.ca/documents/Lithuanian%20citizenship%20information.pdf].
 
Lithuanian citizens are allowed to travel and work throughout the [[European Union]] without a visa or other restrictions.

The Lithuanian Constitutional Court ruled in November 2006 that a number of provisions of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on citizenship are in conflict with the Lithuanian Constitution. In particular, the court ruled that a number of current provisions of the Citizenship Law implicitly or explicitly allowing dual citizenship are in conflict with the Constitution; such provisions amounted to the unconstitutional practice of making dual citizenship a common phenomenon rather than a rare exception. The provisions of the Citizenship Law announced to be unconstitutional are no longer valid and applicable to the extent stated by the Constitutional Court.

The Lithuanian Parliament amended the Citizenship Law substantially as a result of this court ruling, allowing dual citizenship for children of at least one Lithuanian parent who are born abroad, but preventing Lithuanians from retaining their Lithuanian citizenship after obtaining the citizenship of another country.

There are some special cases still permitting dual citizenship.  See [[Lithuanian nationality law]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Largest groups of foreign residents
!Rank
!Nationality 
!Population (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://migracija.lrv.lt/public/canonical/1724756643/856/yearbook2023.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 February 2025 |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629221801/https://123.emn.lt/file/2019/11/19/17_Foreigners_by_citizenship_1.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|86,352
|-
|2
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|62,165
|-
|3
|{{flag|Russia}}
|15,888
|-
|4
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|8,253
|-
|5
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|6,205
|-
|6
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|5,701
|-
|7
|{{flag|India}}
|4,668
|-
|8
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|3,833
|-
|9
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|3,116
|-
|10
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|2,019
|-
|11
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|1,915
|-
|12
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|1,361
|-
|13
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Latvia}}
|1,259
|-
|14
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|926
|-
|15
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}
|902
|-
|16
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|818
|-
|15
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}}
|794
|-
|16
|{{flag|United States}}
|792
|-
|17
|{{flag|Israel}}
|730
|-
|18
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|641
|-
|19
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}}
|612
|-
|20
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|487
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!221,848
|}

===Lithuania migration data, 1990–present===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Immigrants !! Emigrants !! Net Migration
|-
| 1990 || 14,744 || 23,592 || −8,848
|-
| 1991 || 11,828 || 22,503 || −10,675
|-
| 1992 || 6,640 || 31,972 || −25,322
|-
| 1993 || 2,850 || 26,840 || −23,990
|-
| 1994 || 1,664 || 25,859 || −24,195
|-
| 1995 || 2,020 || 25,688 || −23,668
|-
| 1996 || 3,025 || 26,394 || −23,369
|-
| 1997 || 2,536 || 24,957 || −22,421
|-
| 1998 || 2,706 || 24,828 || −22,122
|-
| 1999 || 2,679 || 23,418 || −20,739
|-
| 2000 || 1,510 || 21,816 || −20,306
|-
| 2001 || 4,694 || 27,841 || −23,147
|-
| 2002 || 5,110 || 16,719 || −11,609
|-
| 2003 || 4,728 || 26,283 || −21,555
|-
| 2004 || 5,553 || 37,691 || −32,138
|-
| 2005 || 6,789 || 57,885 || −51,096
|-
| 2006 || 7,745 || 32,390 || −24,645
|-
| 2007 || 8,609 || 30,383 || −21,774
|-
| 2008 || 9,297 || 25,750 || −16,453
|-
| 2009 || 6,487 || 38,500 || −32,013
|-
| 2010 || 5,213 || 83,157 || −77,944
|-
| 2011 || 15,685 || 53,863 || −38,178
|-
| 2012 || 28,797 || 46,807 || −18,010
|-
| 2013 || 30,924 || 45,049 || −14,125
|-
| 2014 || 33,544 || 43,874 || −10,330
|-
| 2015 || 31,085 || 50,445 || −19,360
|-
| 2016 || 31,395 || 56,299 || −24,904
|-
| 2017 || 33,305 || 53,951 || −20,646
|-
| 2018 || 37,420 || 38,638 || −1,218
|-
| 2019 || 46,526 || 35,441 || 11,085
|-
| 2020 || 46,020 || 25,245 || 20,775
|-
| 2021 || 44,858 || 25,205 || 19,653
|-
| 2022 || 87,367 || 15,270 || 72,097
|-
| 2023 || 66,920 || 21,986 || 44,934
|}