Editing Lithuania (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Lithuania}}
[[File:Seniūnijų tankumas.png|thumb|250px|Population density in Lithuania by elderships]]
Since the Neolithic period, the demographics of Lithuania have stayed fairly homogenous. There is a high probability that the inhabitants of present-day Lithuania have similar genetic compositions to their ancestors,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Česnys | first1 = G. | year = 1991 | title = Anthropological roots of the Lithuanians | journal = Science, Arts and Lithuania | volume = 1 | pages = 4–10}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=akad. Rimantas Jankauskas |date=6 May 2018 |title="Mokslo ekspresas": tūkstantmečiai kapai atskleidžia Lietuvos priešistorės paslaptis |medium=Video |language=lt |url=https://www.delfi.lt/video/laidos/mokslo-ekspresas/mokslo-ekspresas-tukstantmeciai-kapai-atskleidzia-lietuvos-priesistores-paslaptis.d?id=77886901 |access-date=11 May 2018 |time=04:06 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417193842/https://www.delfi.lt/video/laidos/mokslo-ekspresas/mokslo-ekspresas-tukstantmeciai-kapai-atskleidzia-lietuvos-priesistores-paslaptis.d?id=77886901 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The genetic prehistory of the Baltic Sea region |author=Alissa Mittnik |author2=Chuan-Chao Wang |author3=Saskia Pfrengle |author4=Mantas Daubaras |author5=Gunita Zariņa |author6=Fredrik Hallgren |author7=Raili Allmäe |author8=Valery Khartanovich |author9=Vyacheslav Moiseyev |author10=Mari Tõrv |author11=Anja Furtwängler |author12=Aida Andrades Valtueña |author13=Michal Feldman |author14=Christos Economou |author15=Markku Oinonen |author16=Andrejs Vasks |author17=Elena Balanovska |author18=David Reich |author19=Rimantas Jankauskas |author20=Wolfgang Haak |author21=Stephan Schiffels |author22=Johannes Krause |journal=Nature Communications|volume=9 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-02825-9|pmid=29382937 |pmc=5789860 |issue=1|page=442 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9..442M|year=2018}}</ref> although without being actually isolated from them.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Daiva Ambrasienė, Vaidutis Kučinskas|title=Genetic variability of the Lithuanian human population according to Y chromosome microsatellite markers|url=http://www.ebiblioteka.lt/resursai/LMA/Ekologija/E-89.pdf|page=89|journal=Ekologija|year=2003|volume=1|access-date=24 December 2011|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921091744/http://www.ebiblioteka.lt/resursai/LMA/Ekologija/E-89.pdf}}</ref> The Lithuanian population appears to be relatively homogeneous, without apparent genetic differences among ethnic subgroups.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://images.katalogas.lt/maleidykla/act41/A-01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227130058/http://images.katalogas.lt/maleidykla/act41/A-01.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 |title=Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Analysis in the Lithuanian Population |author=Dalia Kasperavičiūtė and Vaidutis Kučinskas |journal=Acta Medica Lituanica |year=2004 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=1–6}}</ref>

A 2004 analysis of [[MtDNA]] in the Lithuanian population revealed that Lithuanians are genetically close to the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] and [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]] speaking populations of Northern and Eastern Europe. [[Y chromosome|Y-chromosome]] SNP [[haplogroup]] analysis showed Lithuanians to be genetically closest to [[Latvians]] and [[Estonians]].<ref>{{cite journal|pmid=15469421 |author=D Kasperaviciūte, V Kucinskas and M Stoneking |url=http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/pdf/Kasperavicuite.2004.pdf |title=Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Lithuanians |year=2004 |volume=68 |issue=Pt 5 |pages=438–52 |doi=10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00119.x |journal=Annals of Human Genetics |s2cid=26562505 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225205400/http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/pdf/Kasperavicuite.2004.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2009}}</ref>

In 2021, the age structure of the population was as follows:
* 0–14 years, 14.86% (male 214,113/female 203,117)
* 15–64 years: 65.19% (male 896,400/female 934,467)
* 65 years and over: 19.95% (male 195,269/female 365,014).<ref name="population2022">{{cite web|title=The population of Lithuania (edition 2022)|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lietuvos-gyventojai-2022/salies-gyventojai|publisher=[[Statistics Lithuania]]|access-date=23 September 2022|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927122155/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lietuvos-gyventojai-2022/salies-gyventojai|url-status=live}}</ref>

The median age in 2022 was 44 years (male: 41, female: 47).<ref name="population2022" />

Lithuania has a [[sub-replacement fertility rate]]: the [[total fertility rate]] (TFR) in Lithuania was 1.34 children born per woman in 2021, and the mean age of women at childbirth was 30.3 years. The average age of first childbirth for women was 28.2 years. The [[human sex ratio]] is male leaning for the age categories 15–44, with 1.0352 males for every female.<ref name="population2022"/> {{As of|2021}}, 25.6% of births were to unmarried women. The mean [[age at first marriage]] in 2021 was 28.3 years for women and 30.5 years for men.<ref name="population2022"/>

===Functional urban areas===
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!align=center|[[Larger urban zone|Functional urban areas]]<ref name="FUA,Euro">{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/URB_LPOP1/default/table?lang=en&category=urb.urb_luz|title=Eurostat|website=eurostat.ec.europa.eu|access-date=14 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619104844/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/URB_LPOP1/default/table?lang=en&category=urb.urb_luz|url-status=live}}</ref>

!align=center|Population <br />(2023)
|-
| [[Vilnius urban area]]
| align=right|{{increase}} 747,864
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| [[Kaunas urban area]]
| align=right|{{increase}} 403,375
|-
| [[Panevėžys urban area]]
| align=right|{{IncreaseNeutral}} 122,860
|-
|}

===Ethnic groups and languages===
{{Main|Lithuanians|Ethnic minorities in Lithuania|Demographics of Lithuania#Languages}}
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Lithuania has the most homogeneous population in the Baltic States. Ethnic Lithuanians make up about five-sixths of the country's population. In 2024, 82.6% of the 2,809,977 Lithuania's residents were ethnic [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanians]] who speak [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], which is the official language of the country. Several sizeable minorities exist, such as [[Polish people|Poles]] (6.3%), [[Russians]] (5.0%), [[Belarusians]] (2.1%) and [[Ukrainians]] (1.7%).<ref name="TGKT21">{{cite web | title=Lietuvos Respublikos 2021 m. gyventojų ir būstų surašymo rezultatai. Tautybė, gimtoji kalba ir tikyba | website=osp.stat.gov.lt | url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/2021-gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymo-rezultatai/tautybe-gimtoji-kalba-ir-tikyba | language=lt | access-date=6 January 2024 | archive-date=4 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204230406/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/2021-gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymo-rezultatai/tautybe-gimtoji-kalba-ir-tikyba | url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Poles in Lithuania]] are the largest minority, concentrated in southeast Lithuania (the [[Vilnius region]]), constituting majority in [[Šalčininkai District Municipality|Šalčininkai]] (76.3%) and [[Vilnius District Municipality]] (46.8%). [[Russians in Lithuania]] are the second largest minority, concentrated in [[Visaginas Municipality|Visaginas]] (47.4%), [[Zarasai District Municipality]] (17.2%) and [[Klaipėda]] (16%).<ref name="TGKT21" /> About 2,250 [[Romani people|Roma]] live in Lithuania, mostly in Vilnius, [[Kaunas]] and [[Panevėžys]]; their organizations are supported by the National Minority and Emigration Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tspmi.vu.lt/files/mprojektai/finallithsecpapergalutinis.pdf |title=Lithuanian Security and Foreign Policy |website=Tspmi.vu.lt |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325051515/http://www.tspmi.vu.lt/files/mprojektai/finallithsecpapergalutinis.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009}}</ref> For centuries, [[Lipka Tatars|Tatar]] and [[Crimean Karaites|Karaite]] communities have lived in Lithuania. In 2021, there were around 2,150 registered Tatars and 196 Karaites in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/lithuanian_tatars.shtml|title=The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire|website=Eki.ee|access-date=14 September 2013|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608180539/http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/lithuanian_tatars.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Karaimai Lietuvoje |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/276df92a4a974d938e3fcc7a9caeac55 |publisher=[[Department of Statistics of Lithuania]] |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=lt-LT |date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106112228/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/276df92a4a974d938e3fcc7a9caeac55 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The official language is [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], but in some areas there is a significant presence of minority languages such as [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]. The greatest presence of minorities and the use of these languages are in Šalčininkai, Visaginas, and Vilnius District.<ref name="TGKT21" /> In 1941, Lithuania’s Jewish population reached its peak at approximately 250,000 people, making up about 10% of the total population. Today, however, it has dwindled to a very small number. [[Yiddish]] is spoken by members of the tiny remaining [[History of the Jews in Lithuania|Jewish community]] in Lithuania. The state laws guarantee education in minority languages and there are numerous publicly funded schools in the areas populated by minorities, with Polish as the language of instruction being the most widely available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrkm.lrv.lt/en/activities/national-minorities|title=Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, National Minorities|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417192221/https://lrkm.lrv.lt/en/activities/national-minorities|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the survey carried out within the framework of the [[Lithuanian census of 2021]], 85.33% of the country's population speak Lithuanian as their native language, 6.8% are native speakers of Russian and 5.1% of Polish. {{As of|2021}}, 60.6% of residents speak Russian as a foreign language, 31.1% – English, 10.5% – Lithuanian, 8% – German, 7.9% – Polish, 1.9% – French, 2.6% – various others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymai1|title=Population by command of languages in municipality|access-date=23 September 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305052046/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymai1|url-status=live}}</ref> Most Lithuanian schools teach English as the first foreign language, but students may also study German, French and Spanish; Russian is available as a second foreign language.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lithuanian students will be able to study Spanish as first foreign language|url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2345355/lithuanian-students-will-be-able-to-study-spanish-as-first-foreign-language|date=23 August 2024|access-date=9 May 2025|website=LRT}}</ref> Around 85% of upper secondary school students were studying English in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign language learning statistics |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Foreign_language_learning_statistics |publisher=Eurostat}}</ref> and around 80% of people in the 15-19 age group in Lithuania reported knowing English in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kiek ir kokių kalbų mokame? |url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/informaciniai-pranesimai?articleId=1458513 |publisher=Statistics Lithuania |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=lt-LT}}</ref>

===Urbanization===
{{See also|List of cities in Lithuania|List of towns in Lithuania|List of cities in the Baltic states by population}}
There has been a steady [[Urbanization|movement of population to the cities]] since the 1990s, encouraged by the planning of regional centres, such as [[Alytus]], [[Marijampolė]], [[Utena]], [[Plungė]], and [[Mažeikiai]]. By the early 21st century, about two-thirds of the total population lived in urban areas. {{As of|2021}}, 68.19% of the total population lives in urban areas.<ref name="population2022"/> Lithuania's [[Larger urban zone|functional urban areas]] include [[Vilnius]] (population 708,203), [[Kaunas]] (population 391,153), and [[Panevėžys]] (population 124,526).<ref name="FUA,Euro"/> The fDI of the Financial Times in their research ''Cities and Regions of the Future'' ranked Vilnius fourth in the mid-sized European cities category in the 2018–19 ranking, second in the 2022–23 ranking, second in 2023 ranking while the city claimed 24th spot in the worldwide overall ranking in 2021–22 and Vilnius county was ranked 10th in the small European regions category in 2018–19, fifth in 2022–23, fifth in 2023 rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/download/71341/2038156/file/fDi%20European%20Cities%20and%20Regions%20of%20the%20Future%202018:19.pdf|website=Fdiintelligence.com|page=57,73|title=Cities and Regions of the Future 2018/19|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307232329/https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/download/71341/2038156/file/fDi%20European%20Cities%20and%20Regions%20of%20the%20Future%202018:19.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/rankings-and-awards/fdis-global-cities-of-the-future-202122-overall-winners-79334 | title=FDi's Global Cities of the Future 2021/22 — overall winners | date=11 February 2021 | publisher=[[fDi Intelligence]] | access-date=5 June 2023 | archive-date=9 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409125140/https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/rankings-and-awards/fdis-global-cities-of-the-future-202122-overall-winners-79334 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.s-ge.com/sites/default/files/article/downloads/fdi_170222_ecof.pdf|title=European Cities and Regions of the Future 2022/23|publisher=[[fDi Intelligence]]|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605141453/https://www.s-ge.com/sites/default/files/article/downloads/fdi_170222_ecof.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/download/82064/2683542/file/fDi_0223_ECOF.pdf|title=European Cities and Regions of the Future 2023|publisher=[[fDi Intelligence]]|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605181456/https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/download/82064/2683542/file/fDi_0223_ECOF.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Largest cities
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| stat_ref = [[State Data Agency]] (2025)<ref><!--for July: {{cite web |title=Resident population by city/town as of 1 July|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=2a5b03b7-33c3-46c8-a418-023a1cd21c02|publisher=State Data Agency|access-date=24 July 2024}}--><!--For January:-->{{cite web|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=2d797f1b-da49-4151-9250-8a01f40ba128#/|title=Resident population by city/town at the beginning of the year|website=osp.stat.gov.lt|access-date=21 January 2025|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122200901/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=2d797f1b-da49-4151-9250-8a01f40ba128#/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = List of cities in Lithuania
| div_name = County
| div_link = Counties of Lithuania{{!}}County
| city_1 = Vilnius | div_1 = Vilnius County{{!}}Vilnius | pop_1 = 607,404 | img_1 = Vilnius old town by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| city_2 = Kaunas | div_2 = Kaunas County{{!}}Kaunas | pop_2 = 303,978 | img_2 = Vytautas the Great Bridge from hill, Kaunas, Lithuania - Diliff.jpg
| city_3 = Klaipėda | div_3 = Klaipėda County{{!}}Klaipėda | pop_3 = 160,885 | img_3 = Klaipėda. Senamiestis.jpg
| city_4 = Šiauliai | div_4 = Šiauliai County{{!}}Šiauliai | pop_4 = 111,971 | img_4 = Calle Vilnius, Siauliai, Lituania, 2012-08-09, DD 01.JPG
| city_5 = Panevėžys | div_5 = Panevėžys County{{!}}Panevėžys | pop_5 = 85,774
| city_6 = Alytus | div_6 = Alytus County{{!}}Alytus | pop_6 = 50,741
| city_7 = Marijampolė | div_7 = Marijampolė County{{!}}Marijampolė | pop_7 = 36,240
| city_8 = Mažeikiai | div_8 = Telšiai County{{!}}Telšiai | pop_8 = 33,303
| city_9 = Jonava | div_9 = Kaunas County{{!}}Kaunas | pop_9 = 26,680
| city_10 = Utena | div_10 = Utena County{{!}}Utena | pop_10 = 25,587
| city_11 = Kėdainiai | div_11 = Kaunas County{{!}}Kaunas | pop_11 = 23,323
| city_12 = Ukmergė | div_12 = Vilnius County{{!}}Vilnius | pop_12 = 21,954
| city_13 = Telšiai | div_13 = Telšiai County{{!}}Telšiai | pop_13 = 21,834
| city_14 = Tauragė | div_14 = Tauragė County{{!}}Tauragė | pop_14 = 21,404
| city_15 = Visaginas | div_15 = Utena County{{!}}Utena | pop_15 = 19,114
| city_16 = Palanga | div_16 = Klaipėda County{{!}}Klaipėda | pop_16 = 18,551
| city_17 = Plungė | div_17 = Telšiai County{{!}}Telšiai | pop_17 = 17,031
| city_18 = Kretinga | div_18 = Klaipėda County{{!}}Klaipėda | pop_18 = 16,952
| city_19 = Šilutė | div_19 = Klaipėda County{{!}}Klaipėda | pop_19 = 15,985
| city_20 = Radviliškis | div_20 = Šiauliai County{{!}}Šiauliai | pop_20 = 15,486<!--
| city_20 = Gargždai | div_20 = Klaipėda County{{!}}Klaipėda | pop_20 = 15,461-->
}}

===Health===
{{Main|Health in Lithuania}}
[[File:Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics in 2006.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kaunas Clinics]], a medical institution in Lithuania]]
Lithuania provides free state-funded healthcare to all citizens and registered long-term residents.<ref>{{cite book |title=Health Care Systems in Transition – Lithuania |date=2000 |page=19 |url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323173750/http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2018 |access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> It co-exists with a significant private healthcare sector. In 2003–2012, the network of hospitals was restructured, as part of wider healthcare service reforms. It started in 2003–2005 with the expansion of ambulatory services and primary care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/issuearticle/the-healthcare-system-in-lithuania|title=The Healthcare System in Lithuania|website=healthmanagement.org|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222226/https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/issuearticle/the-healthcare-system-in-lithuania|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, Lithuania ranked 27th in Europe in the [[Euro health consumer index]], a ranking of European healthcare systems based on waiting time, results and other indicators. Lithuania ranked 19th in the 2024 edition of the [[World Happiness Report]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Celia |date=23 March 2024 |title=This is the happiest country for Gen Z and millennials, according to The World Happiness Report |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/23/world-happiness-report-happiest-countries-gen-z-millennials.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505112046/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/23/world-happiness-report-happiest-countries-gen-z-millennials.html |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=CNBC}}</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, Lithuanian [[life expectancy]] at birth was 76.0 (70.6 years for males and 81.6 for females)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy at birth - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth/ |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=www.cia.gov |archive-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212221326/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[infant mortality]] rate was 2.99 per 1,000 births.<ref>{{cite web|title=Infant mortality rate - Total|publisher=[[UN]] Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation|url=https://childmortality.org/data/Lithuania}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The annual population growth rate increased by 0.3% in 2007. Lithuania has seen a dramatic rise in suicides in the 1990s.<ref name="who-suicide-data">{{cite web|title=Suicide rates. Data by country|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626141542/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The suicide rate has been constantly decreasing since, but it still remains the highest in the EU and one of the highest in the [[OECD]]. The suicide rate as of 2019 is 20.2 per 100,000 people.<ref name="who-suicide-data"/> [[Suicide in Lithuania]] has been a subject of research, but the main reasons behind the high rate are thought{{who|date=October 2024}} to be both psychological and economic, including: social transformations and economic recessions, alcoholism, lack of tolerance in the society and bullying.<ref name="lrt-suicide-reasons">{{cite web|title=Pradeda veikti Savižudybių prevencijos biuras|date=5 January 2015|access-date=19 May 2021|publisher=Lithuanian Radio and Television|language=lt|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/tavo-lrt/15/88217/pradeda-veikti-savizudybiu-prevencijos-biuras|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623221809/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/tavo-lrt/15/88217/pradeda-veikti-savizudybiu-prevencijos-biuras|url-status=live}}</ref>

By 2000, the vast majority of Lithuanian health care institutions were non-profit-making enterprises and a private sector developed, providing mostly outpatient services which are paid for out-of-pocket. The [[Ministry of Health (Lithuania)|Ministry of Health]] also runs a few health care facilities and is involved in the running of the two major Lithuanian teaching hospitals. It is responsible for the State Public Health Centre which manages the public health network including ten county public health centres with their local branches. The ten [[Counties of Lithuania|counties]] run county hospitals and specialised health care facilities.<ref>{{cite book|title=Health Care Systems in Transition|date=2000|publisher=WHO|url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf?ua=1|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227035833/https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf?ua=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is [[Taxation in Lithuania#Social security contributions|Compulsory Health Insurance]] for the Lithuanian residents. There are 5 Territorial Health Insurance Funds, covering Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Contributions for people who are economically active are 9% of income.<ref>{{cite web|title=Compulsory Health Insurance Contributions|url=http://www.vlk.lt/sites/en/health-insurance-in-Lithuania/compulsory-health-insurance-contributions/|publisher=VLK|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227080202/http://www.vlk.lt/sites/en/health-insurance-in-Lithuania/compulsory-health-insurance-contributions/}}</ref>

Emergency medical services are provided free of charge to all residents. Access to the secondary and tertiary care, such as hospital treatment, is normally via referral by a [[general practitioner]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Accessing healthcare in Lithuania|url=http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/healthcareinLithuania.aspx|website=NHS Choices|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401005245/https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/healthcareinLithuania.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Lithuania also has one of the lowest [[health care]] prices in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|title=Comparing Hospital and Health Prices and Volumes Internationally|date=6 August 2014|publisher=[[Eurostat]]|page=28|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/728703/728971/OECD-health-working-papers-75.pdf/a6e22472-95c4-4e77-bdb0-db3af4668e7f|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501013353/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/728703/728971/OECD-health-working-papers-75.pdf/a6e22472-95c4-4e77-bdb0-db3af4668e7f|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in Lithuania}}
{{See also|Lithuanian mythology}}
[[File:Hill-of-crosses-siauliai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.65|[[Hill of Crosses]] near [[Šiauliai]]]]
[[File:Vilnius Cathedral Chapel of Saint Casimir, Vilnius, Lithuania - Diliff.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Chapel of Saint Casimir]], the [[patron saint]] of Lithuania and Lithuanian youth, with his [[sarcophagus]] in the centre]]
According to the 2021 census, 74.2% of residents of Lithuania were Catholics.<ref name="religion-stats"/> Catholicism has been the main religion since the official [[Christianisation of Lithuania]] in 1387. The Catholic Church was persecuted by the Russian Empire as part of the [[Russification]] policies and by the Soviet Union as part of the overall [[Religion in the Soviet Union|anti-religious campaigns]]. During the Soviet era, some priests actively led the resistance against the Communist regime, as symbolised by the [[Hill of Crosses]] and exemplified by ''[[The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania]]''.

3.7% of the population are [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], mainly among the Russian minority.<ref name="religion-stats"/> The community of [[Old Believers]] (0.6% of population) dates back to the 1660s.

[[Protestants]] are 0.8%, of which 0.6% are [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] and 0.2% are [[Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church|Reformed]]. The [[Reformation]] did not impact Lithuania to a great extent as seen in [[East Prussia]], [[Estonia]], or [[Latvia]]. Before World War II, according to Losch (1932), the Lutherans were 3.3% of the total population.<ref name="lmaleidykla.lt">{{cite web |url=http://lmaleidykla.lt/publ/1392-1096/2004/2/Geo_026_33.pdf |title=Lietuvos gyventojø religijos ir jø paplitimas |access-date=25 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509100300/http://www.lmaleidykla.lt/publ/1392-1096/2004/2/Geo_026_33.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2016}}</ref> They were mainly [[Germans]] and [[Prussian Lithuanians]] in the [[Klaipėda Region]] (Memel territory). This population [[Flight and expulsion of Germans|fled or was expelled after the war]], and Protestantism is now mainly represented by ethnic Lithuanians throughout the northern and western parts of the country, as well as in large urban areas. Newly arriving [[Evangelicalism|evangelical churches]] have established missions in Lithuania since 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.2012693/k.AEBE/United_Methodists_evangelize_in_Lithuania_with_ads_brochures.htm |title=United Methodists evangelize in Lithuania with ads, brochures |website=Umc.org |date=11 August 2006 |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014092015/http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.2012693/k.AEBE/United_Methodists_evangelize_in_Lithuania_with_ads_brochures.htm |archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

Hinduism is a minority religion and a fairly recent development in Lithuania. Hinduism is spread in Lithuania by Hindu organizations: [[ISKCON]], [[Sathya Sai Baba]], [[Brahma Kumaris]] and [[Osho Rajneesh]]. [[ISKCON]] (Lithuanian: Krišnos sąmonės judėjimas) is the largest and the oldest movement as the first Krishna followers date to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.religija.lt/content/view/388/33/ |title=Krišnos sąmonės judėjimas |access-date=3 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020165549/http://www.religija.lt/content/view/388/33/ |archive-date=20 October 2008}}</ref> It has three centres in Lithuania: in [[Vilnius]], [[Klaipėda]] and [[Kaunas]]. [[Brahma Kumaris]] maintains the Centre Brahma Kumaris in [[Antakalnis]], Vilnius.

The historical communities of [[Lipka Tatars]] maintain [[Islam in Lithuania|Islam]] as their religion. Lithuania was historically home to a significant [[History of the Jews in Lithuania|Jewish community]] and was an important centre of Jewish scholarship and culture from the 18th century until the eve of World War II. Of the approximately 220,000 Jews who lived in Lithuania in June 1941, almost all were killed during [[the Holocaust in Lithuania|the Holocaust]].<ref name="Bubnys_vanished219">{{cite book |author=Arūnas Bubnys |chapter=Holocaust in Lithuania: An Outline of the Major Stages and Their Results |title=The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews |publisher=Rodopi |year=2004 |isbn=978-90-420-0850-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdXRKbcyi5oC&pg=PA219 |pages=218–219 |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115084900/https://books.google.com/books?id=mdXRKbcyi5oC&pg=PA219&vq=is+the+worst+tragedy+of+Lithuania%27s&dq=Holocaust+1941+Lithuania&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ZtduokysVV6MqLWS7I9uw7tMUFE |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lithuania|url=http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005444|encyclopedia=Holocaust Encyclopedia|publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|access-date=12 April 2012|archive-date=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235107/http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005444|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lithuanian Jewish community numbered about 4,000 at the end of 2009.<ref name="Stats">{{cite web|title=Population at the beginning of the year by ethnicity |url=http://www.stat.gov.lt/en/pages/view/?id=1731&PHPSESSID=a2cc98ebfc3a13b8297889cb6f68d571 |work=Statistics Lithuania |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604090852/http://www.stat.gov.lt/en/pages/view/?id=1731&PHPSESSID=311ec85274c89154e6f4befbc159a0e8 |archive-date=4 June 2007}}</ref>

[[Romuva (religion)|Romuva]], the [[neopagan]] revival of the [[Lithuanian mythology|ancient religious practices]], has gained popularity over the years. Romuva claims to continue living pagan traditions, which survived in folklore and customs.<ref>Dundzila (2007), pp. 279, 296–298.</ref><ref>Dundzila and Strmiska (2005), p. 247.</ref><ref>Ignatow (2007), p. 104.</ref> Romuva is a [[polytheism|polytheistic]] pagan faith, which asserts the sanctity of nature and has elements of [[ancestor worship]].<ref>Dundzila and Strmiska (2005), p. 244.</ref> According to the [[Lithuanian census of 2001|2001 census]], there were 1,270 people of Baltic faith in Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religija.lt/straipsniai/tyrimai-analize-nuomones/lietuvos-gyventojai-pagal-tikyba|title=Lietuvos gyventojai pagal tikybą 2001 m. – religija.lt|website=Religija.lt|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627233429/https://religija.lt/straipsniai/tyrimai-analize-nuomones/lietuvos-gyventojai-pagal-tikyba|url-status=live}}</ref> That number jumped to 5,118 in the 2011 census, and decreased to 3,917 in 2021 census.<ref name="osp.stat.gov.lt">{{cite web|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/217110/Gyv_kalba_tikyba.pdf/1d9dac9a-3d45-4798-93f5-941fed00503f|format=PDF|title=GYVENTOJAI PAGAL TAUTYBĘ, GIMTĄJĄ KALBĄ IR TIKYBĄ: Lietuvos Respublikos 2011 metų visuotinio gyventojų ir būstų surašymo rezultatai|website=Ops.stat.gov.lt|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=13 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313110843/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/217110/Gyv_kalba_tikyba.pdf/1d9dac9a-3d45-4798-93f5-941fed00503f|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Lithuania |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/lithuania/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=31 March 2025 |website=state.gov}}</ref>

===Education===
{{Main|Education in Lithuania}}
{{See also|List of universities and colleges in Lithuania}}
[[File:Vilnius University campus by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|[[Vilnius University]], one of the oldest universities in the region.<ref>{{cite web|title=FOUR CENTURIES OF ENLIGHTENMENT: A Historic View of the University of Vilnius, 1579–1979|url=http://www.lituanus.org/1981_2/81_2_01.htm|author=Tomas Venclova|website=Lituanus.org|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222449/http://www.lituanus.org/1981_2/81_2_01.htm}}</ref> It was established by [[Stephen Báthory]], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in 1579.]]
The [[Constitution of Lithuania]] mandates ten-year education ending at age 16 and guarantees a free public higher education for students deemed 'good'.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania came into force on 2&nbsp;November 1992|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm|access-date=6 April 2010|publisher=Republic of Lithuania|archive-date=17 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117080458/http://www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania)|Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania]] proposes national educational policies and goals that are then voted for in the Seimas. Laws govern long-term educational strategy along with general laws on standards for higher education, vocational training, law and science, adult education, and special education.<ref name="edu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.european-agency.org/country-information/lithuania/lithuania-docs/education_lithuania.pdf|publisher=European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education|access-date=6 April 2010|title=Education in Lithuania|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215022049/http://www.european-agency.org/country-information/lithuania/lithuania-docs/education_lithuania.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref> 5.4% of GDP or 15.4% of total public expenditure was spent for education in 2016.<ref name=edumonitor>{{cite web|title=Education and Training Monitor 2017. Lithuania|url=https://ec.europa.eu/education/sites/education/files/monitor2017-lt_en.pdf|access-date=5 April 2018|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406041020/https://ec.europa.eu/education/sites/education/files/monitor2017-lt_en.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Vilnius University Life Sciences Center in the Sunrise Valley in Vilnius by Augustas Didžgalvis.jpg|thumb|[[Vilnius University]] Life Sciences Center in the Sunrise Valley]]
According to the [[World Bank]], the literacy rate among Lithuanians aged 15 years and older is 100%.<ref>{{cite web|title=ICT at a Glance |url=http://devdata.worldbank.org/ict/ltu_ict.pdf |publisher=[[World Bank]] |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707184435/http://devdata.worldbank.org/ict/ltu_ict.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2007}}</ref> School attendance rates are above the EU average and school leave is less common than in the EU. According to [[Eurostat]] Lithuania leads among other countries of the [[European Union]] in people with secondary education (93.3%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Upper secondary education in EU|url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00065|publisher=[[Eurostat]]|access-date=16 May 2014|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120812/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00065|url-status=live}}</ref> Based on OECD data, Lithuania is among the top 5 countries in the world in postsecondary (tertiary) education attainment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population with tertiary education|url=https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/population-with-tertiary-education.htm|website=data.oecd.org|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925040912/https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/population-with-tertiary-education.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, 58.15% of the population aged 25 to 34, and 33.28% of the population aged 55 to 64 had completed tertiary education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population with tertiary education|url=https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/population-with-tertiary-education.htm|website=data.oecd.org|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925040912/https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/population-with-tertiary-education.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The share of tertiary-educated 25–64-year-olds in STEM ([[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]]) fields in Lithuania were above the OECD average (29% and 26% respectively), similarly to business, administration and law (25% and 23% respectively).<ref>{{cite web|title=Education at a glance 2017. Lithuania|url=http://gpseducation.oecd.org/Content/EAGCountryNotes/LTU.pdf|website=gpseducation.oecd.org|page=2|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808021023/http://gpseducation.oecd.org/Content/EAGCountryNotes/LTU.pdf}}</ref>

Modern Lithuanian education system has multiple structural problems. Insufficient funding, quality issues, and decreasing student population are the most prevalent. Lithuanian teacher salaries below EU average, despite significant increases since 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/05/teachers-pay-which-countries-pay-the-most-and-the-least-in-europe|title=Teachers' wages: How do salaries for educators compare across Europe?|website=Euronews|date=5 July 2023 |access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref> Low teacher salaries was the primary reason behind national teacher strikes in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/education/mokyklose-prasideda-neterminuotas-mokytoju-streikas.d?id=66552496|title=Mokyklose prasideda neterminuotas mokytojų streikas|website=Delfi.lt|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417193855/https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/education/mokyklose-prasideda-neterminuotas-mokytoju-streikas.d?id=66552496|url-status=live}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ve.lt/naujienos/visuomene/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-pavyko-1419148/|title=Mokytojų streikas pavyko|website=Dienraštis Vakaru ekspresas|date=9 December 2015|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511221339/https://ve.lt/naujienos/visuomene/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-pavyko-1419148|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-svarbiausi-faktai-233-591297|title=Mokytojų streikas: svarbiausi faktai|website=15min.lt|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222404/https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-svarbiausi-faktai-233-591297|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-tesiasi-110-ugdymo-istaigu-233-590739|title=Mokytojų streikas tęsiasi 110 ugdymo įstaigų|website=15min.lt|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222223/https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/svietimas/mokytoju-streikas-tesiasi-110-ugdymo-istaigu-233-590739|url-status=live}}</ref> Salaries in the higher education sector are also low. Many Lithuanian professors have a second job to supplement their income.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/934883/lietuvos-destytojai-bei-mokslininkai-atvirai-prabilo-kaip-prisiduria-prie-algos|title=Lietuvos dėstytojai bei mokslininkai atvirai prabilo, kaip prisiduria prie algos|website=Tv3.lt|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031153254/https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/934883/lietuvos-destytojai-bei-mokslininkai-atvirai-prabilo-kaip-prisiduria-prie-algos|url-status=live}}</ref> PISA report from 2022 found that Lithuanian results in math, science and reading were around OECD average, after trailing the OECD average in earlier reports in 2010 and 2015, although the relative improvement was primarily driven by the decrease in performance in the other OECD countries as a result of COVID 19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2023/12/pisa-2022-results-volume-i_76772a36/53f23881-en.pdf|title=PISA 2022 Results (Volume I)|website=Oecd.org|access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/46619703.pdf|title=PISA 2009 Results: Executive Summary|website=Oecd.org|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516195314/https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/46619703.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisa-2015-results-in-focus.pdf|title=Pisa 2015: Results in Focus|website=Oecd.org|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208150138/https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisa-2015-results-in-focus.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The population ages 6 to 19 has decreased by 36% between 2005 and 2015. As a result, the student-teacher ratio is decreasing and expenditure per student is increasing, but schools, particularly in rural areas, are forced into reorganizations and consolidations.<ref name=edumonitor/> As with other Baltic nations, in particular [[Latvia]], the large volume of higher education graduates within the country, coupled with the high rate of spoken second languages is contributing to an education [[brain drain]].

{{As of|2008}}, there were 15 public and 6 private universities as well as 16 public and 11 private colleges in Lithuania (see: [[List of universities in Lithuania]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/AcademicCareersObservatory/AcademicCareersbyCountry/Lithuania.aspx|publisher=[[European University Institute]]|title=Lithuania, Academic Career Structure|access-date=7 April 2010|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101054454/http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/AcademicCareersObservatory/AcademicCareersbyCountry/Lithuania.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vilnius University]] is one of the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest universities in Northern Europe]] and the largest university in Lithuania. [[Kaunas University of Technology]] is the largest technical university in the Baltic States and the second largest university in Lithuania. In an attempt to reduce costs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/12887651/universitetu-reforma-darbas-ant-durniaus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151138/https://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/12887651/universitetu-reforma-darbas-ant-durniaus|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Alfa.lt – Universitetų reforma – "darbas ant durniaus"|date=13 January 2018}}</ref> and adapt to sharply decreasing number of high-school students,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ve.lt/naujienos/visuomene/svietimas/pristatyta-aukstuju-mokyklu-tinklo-pertvarka-1550590/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151028/http://www.ve.lt/naujienos/visuomene/svietimas/pristatyta-aukstuju-mokyklu-tinklo-pertvarka-1550590/|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Pristatyta aukštųjų mokyklų tinklo pertvarka|date=13 January 2018}}</ref> Lithuanian parliament decided to reduce the number of universities in Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/salies-pulsas/vyriausybe-pritare-universitetu-pertvarkos-planui-838745|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151301/http://www.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/salies-pulsas/vyriausybe-pritare-universitetu-pertvarkos-planui-838745|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Vyriausybė pritarė universitetų pertvarkos planui – Diena.lt|date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/seimas-po-svarstymo-pritare-valstybiniu-universitetu-pertvarkos-planui.d?id=75022448|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151333/https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/seimas-po-svarstymo-pritare-valstybiniu-universitetu-pertvarkos-planui.d?id=75022448|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Seimas po svarstymo pritarė valstybinių universitetų pertvarkos planui – DELFI|date=13 January 2018}}</ref> In early 2018, [[Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences]] and [[Aleksandras Stulginskis University]] were merged into [[Vytautas Magnus University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/education/seimas-pritare-3-universitetu-sujungimui-formuojamas-naujas-darinys.d?id=76893227|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113152341/https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/education/seimas-pritare-3-universitetu-sujungimui-formuojamas-naujas-darinys.d?id=76893227|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Seimas pritarė 3 universitetų sujungimui: formuojamas naujas darinys – DELFI|date=13 January 2018}}</ref>