Demographics
The Vilnius city municipality is the most populous municipality in Lithuania and is one of the most diverse municipalities, with Lithuanians making up less than 60% population. The minority communities are Poles, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Jews, Tatars, Gypsies, Karaites and others; most of them have resided there for centuries. There are many Lithuanian, Polish and Russian schools, as well as some other minority schools. There are also various religious communities in the municipality (also many atheists, as in other urban municipalities), including various Christian denominations, the largest number of Jews of any Lithuanian municipality, relatively large number of Muslims, also some Karaites (who have a temple in the city). In addition to traditional religions, there are many new ones practiced. Such diversity comes from the turbulent history of the region. The percentage of Poles is largest in the suburbs of Vilnius, such as Naujoji Vilnia, most Russians live in Vilnius itself.
Urbanization:
- Urban - 553,735 (99.97%)
- Rural - 169 (0.03%)
Sexual makeup:
- Men - 252,464 (45.58%)
- Women - 301,440 (54.42%)
Religious makeup:
- Roman Catholics - 366,052 (72.32%)
- Atheists - 71,463 (14.12%)
- Eastern Orthodox - 54,530 (10.77%)
- Old Believers - 6,507 (1.29%)
- Others less than 0.5% each
Ethnic makeup:
- Lithuanians - 318,510 (59.16%)
- Poles - 104,446 (19.40%)
- Russians - 77,698 (14.43%)
- Belarusians - 22,555 (4.19%)
- Ukrainians - 7,159 (1.33%)
- Jews - 2,785 (0.52%)
- Others less than 0.5% each
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