Migrant Groups in

Lithuania
 Percentage
Li
th

0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
ua
ni
an

83.4
Po
lis
h

6.7
Ru
ss
i an
By
el
o

6.3
ru
ss
ia
n
Uk

1.2
ra
in
ia
n

0.65
Je
wi
s h
G
1.12

er
m
an
0.09

Ta
ta
r
0.09

La
tv
i an
Ar
m
0.12

en
ia
n
4

O
th
er
0.18
The ethic minorities in Lithuania
 The Republic of Lithuania
shall ensure equal political,
economic and social rights
and freedoms to all its
citizens irrespective of their
nationality; it shall
recognize their national
identity, continuity of their
culture and shall promote
their national
consciousness and self-
expression.
Poles
 Descendants of
Polonized
Lithuanians (16th
century)
 The number:
234.900
 The percentage:
6.7%
 Concentrated in
Vilnius region
Russian
 The number:
219.700
 The percentage:

6.3%
 In large cities of
Lithuania:
 13% Vilnius
 20% Kaunas

 55% Visaginas
Belarusian
 Number increased
when Lithuania was
incorporated with
USSR
 The number:

42.800
 The percentage:

1.2%
Jewish

 World War II
 Jerusalem of
Eastern Europe
 200.000 were killed
 The number: 4.900
 The percentage:
0.12%
 Vilna
German

 The number:
3.200
 The percentage:

0.09 %
 Klaipeda - the former
district of Memelland
Tatar
 Immigration year- 1397
 Very brave and loyal
solders
 The number: 3.200
 The percentage: 0.09 %
 Trakai- the spiritual and
administrative center
 Religious temple,
ethnological museum and
kitchen.
Latvian

 The number:
2.900
 The percentage:

0.08
 Located near

Latvian frontier
Program of Integration of National
Minorities into Society:
 Integrationof national minorities into
Lithuanian social, cultural, economical
life
 Preservation of the ethnic identity of
minorities
 Development of coherent relationships
among minorities