Editing Kaunas (section)

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|1897|70920|1923|92446|1959|214348|1970|305116|1979|370419|1989|422931|2001|378943|2011|315993|2021|298753|align=right|cols=1|source=pop-stat.mashke.org<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities of Lithuania|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/lithuania-cities.htm|date=2024-04-15}}</ref>}}Today, with more than 94% of its citizens being ethnic [[Lithuanians]], Kaunas is one of the most Lithuanian cities in the country.

[[Ethnic group|Ethnic composition]] As of the last census in 2021, out of a total population of 298,753:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymai1 |title=2021 Census – Lithuanian Government Department of Statistics}}</ref>
# [[Lithuanians]] – 94.4%
# [[Russians]] – 2.9%
# [[Ukrainians]] – 0.3%
# [[Polish people|Poles]] – 0.4%
# [[Belarusians]] – 0.2%
# Other – 1.4%

[[Ethnic group|Ethnic composition]] in 2011, out of a total of 315,933:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/Lietuvos_gyventojai_2011.pdf |title=2011 Census – Lithuanian Government Department of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
# [[Lithuanians]] – 93.6%
# [[Russians]] – 3.8%
# [[Ukrainians]] – 0.4%
# [[Polish people|Poles]] – 0.4%
# [[Belarusians]] – 0.2%
# Other – 1.6%

According to the official census of 1923, there were 92,446 inhabitants in Kaunas:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistikouzrasai.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/lietuvos-gyventojai-pirmojo-1923-m-rugsc497jo-17-d-visuotinio-gyventojc5b3-surac5a1ymo-duomenys.pdf|title=Official results of the 1923 census in Lithuania}}</ref>
[[File:Sinagoga Zamenhofo 7.JPG|thumb|right|The Neviazh Kloyz is one of the remaining former synagogues located in the Kaunas Old Town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Žydai Lietuvoje {{!}} Kaunas|url=http://www.zydai.lt/lt/content/viewitem/680/|website=www.zydai.lt|access-date=5 April 2007}}</ref> The complex was built in the 19th century and also served as a community house and school.<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 m. Europos žydų kultūros dienos atgarsiai|url=http://www.heritage.lt/naujienos/2007/zydu_kulturos_dienos_atgarsiai.html|website=www.heritage.lt|access-date=2 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215233134/http://www.heritage.lt/naujienos/2007/zydu_kulturos_dienos_atgarsiai.html|archive-date=15 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
* [[Lithuanians]] – 58.9% (54,520)
* [[Jews]] – 27.1% (25,044)
* [[Polish people|Poles]] – 4.5% (4,193)
* [[Germans]] – 3.5% (3,269)
* [[Russians]] – 3.2% (2,914)
* [[Belarusians]] – 0.2% (171)
* [[Latvians]] – 0.1% (123)
* Other – 2.4% (2,212)

[[Russian Empire Census|1897 Russian census]] revealed the following linguistic composition in the city (by [[First language|mother tongue]], out of 70,920):<ref>Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Таблица XIII. Распределение населения по родному языку. Т.Т.1–50. С.-Петербург: 1903–1905</ref>
# [[Yiddish]] 25,052 – 35%
# [[Russian language]] 18,308 – 26%
# [[Polish language]] 16,112 – 23%
# [[Lithuanian language]] 4,092 – 6%
# [[German language]] 3,340 – 5%
# [[Tatars|Tatar]] 1,084 – 2%
# Other 2932 – 4%