Editing Vilnius (section)

===Evolution===
Demographic evolution of Vilnius between 1766 and 2024:
{{Historical populations
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| source =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.registrucentras.lt/bylos/dokumentai/gr/20230101_Gyventoju_skaicius_savivaldybese.pdf|date=2023-01-05|title=Gyventoju skaicius pagal savivaldybes 2023|website=Registrucentras.lt}}</ref><ref name=JJVMAT>{{cite book |author1=Juozas Jurginis |author2=Vytautas Merkys |author3=Adolfas Tautavičius |title=Vilniaus miesto istorija |language=lt |trans-title=Vilnius city history |location=Vilnius |publisher=Mintis |year=1968}}</ref>{{rp|214, 303}}<ref>
{{cite book |title=Lexykon geograficzny, dla gruntownego poięcia gazet i historyi z różnych autorów zebrany, przetłumaczony i napisany przez x. Hilaryona Karpińskiego, Z. S. Bazylego w prowincyi litewskiey kapłana i teologa. Po śmierci iego, z przydatkiem odmian, które zaszły, z wykładem na początku terminów geograficznych, i słownikiem nazwisk łacińskich na końcu położonym, do druku podany |language=pl |trans-title=A geographic Lexicon, for the thorough help of newspapers and histories from various authors collected, translated and written by x. Hilaryon Karpiński, Z. S. Bazyli in the provinces and a Lithuanian priest and theologian. After the death of iego, with the advent of variations that have occurred, with a lecture at the beginning of geographical terms, and a dictionary of Latin names at the end, printed for publication |quote=Mieszkancow zaś dufz liczy na 60,000. |location=Vilnius |year=1766 |page=602}}</ref><ref>
{{cite book |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII |language=pl |trans-title=Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries, Volume XIII |page=493 |year=1893 |location=Warsaw |publisher=Filipa Sulimierskiego i Władysława Walewskiego |url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_XIII/ |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
¹ Sharp decline after the [[Vilnius uprising (1794)]]; ² Decline of population due to [[French invasion of Russia|Napoleonic wars]] and the aftermath; ³ Sharp decline of population of Vilnius because of World War I and the aftermath during the clashes around [[Lithuanian Wars of Independence|Vilnius]]. These resulted in evacuation of Russian military, bureaucracy and the majority of its Russian inhabitants from Vilnius in 1915, as well as fleeing or evacuation of other Vilnius inhabitants of various communities (mostly Jewish and Lithuanian) to Russia and rural parts of Lithuania;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.draugas.org/news/the-great-war-in-lithuania-1914-1918/|title=The Great War in Lithuania 1914–1918}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://archyvas.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=57 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220050119/http://archyvas.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=57 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2019 |first=Vida |last=Pukienė |title=Voronežas – lietuvių švietimo židinys Rusijoje Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais |language=lt |journal=Istorija}}</ref> ⁴ Rise of population due to influx of [[Invasion of Poland#German invasion|Polish and Jewish war refugees]]<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.vcb.lt/nezinios-nezinia-antrojo-pasaulinio-karo-atbegeliai-lietuvoje/ |title=Iš nežinios į nežinią: Antrojo pasaulinio karo atbėgėliai Lietuvoje |language=lt |trans-title=From one uncertainty to another uncertainty: World War II refugees in Lithuania |location=Kaunas |publisher=National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum |year=2015 |isbn=978-9955-471-55-4}}</ref> and migration of Lithuanian bureaucracy, students from [[Temporary capital of Lithuania|temporary capital]] [[Kaunas]] and other localities in Lithuania; ⁵ Sharp decline of population after atrocities of [[German occupation of Lithuania during World War II|World War II]] and [[The Holocaust in Lithuania|The Holocaust]]<ref name="pop.lt2">{{cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=Resident population by county and municipality at the middle of the year |url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=12281496-bf90-48e1-a846-9ee85f863265 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=osp.stat.gov.lt |publisher=[[State Data Agency]]}}</ref><ref name="pop.lt">{{cite web |title=Nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius apskrityse ir savivaldybėse metų pradžioje |trans-title=Resident population by county and municipality at the beginning of the year |url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=684e50e2-6cf6-426f-8d20-8b3e3856bdd2#/ |access-date=18 May 2025 |website=osp.stat.gov.lt |publisher=[[State Data Agency]] |language=lt-LT}}</ref>
|1766|60,000
|1796¹|17,500
|1800|25,400
|1811|56,300
|1818²|33,600
|1822|43,900
|1830|42,000
|1834|52,400
|1836|56,100
|1839|54,700
|1846|54,200
|1852|65,400
|1860|60,000
|1870|64,200
|1875|82,700
|1885|102,900
|1897|154,500
|1909|205,200
|1911|238,600
|1916|140,800
|1919³|128,500
|1923|167,400
|1931|195,100
|1939|209,400
|1941⁴|270,000
|1944⁵|110,000
|1959|236,100
|1970|372,100
|1979|481,000
|1985|544,400
|1989|576,700
|1990|597,000
|1992|644,600
|1995|578,327
|1996|571,164
|1997|565,881
|1998|562,353
|1999|558,816
|2000|554,281
|2001|550,924
|2002|550,213
|2003|548,729
|2004|546,773
|2005|542,525
|2006|541,732
|2007|541,596
|2008|542,969
|2009|543,191
|2010|536,127
|2011|533,279
|2012|537,152
|2013|539,707
|2014|542,626
|2015|543,493
|2016|545,280
|2017|547,484
|2018|552,131
|2019|561,836
|2020|569,729
|2021|563,012
|2022|576,195
|2023|593,436
|2024|602,430
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