Immigration

Number of foreign citizens residing in Lithuania by type of permit by 1 January

1 January 2007

1 January 2008

Country

Long term resident
permit of Lithuania

Permanent residence of European Community

Temporary residence permit of Lithuania

Residence permit of the European Community

Long term resident permit of Lithuania

Permanent residence of European Community

Temporary residence permit of Lithuania

Residence permit of the European Community

European states, including:

13 822

848

4 769

3 942

14 839

314

4 640

1 472

EU Member States, incl.:

-

830

-

3 699

-

308

-

1 371

Latvia

-

197

-

577

-

59

-

233

Poland

-

355

-

544

-

159

-

221

Germany

-

110

-

692

-

40

-

273

EFTA member states

-

13

-

209

-

10

-

101

Other European states, incl.:

13 822

5

4 769

34

14 839

-

4 640

14

Armenia

178

-

81

-

167

-

105

-

Belarus

1 938

-

1 708

4

2 031

-

1,475

5

Georgia

90

-

43

-

82

-

36

-

Russia

10 235

3

1 586

16

11 033

-

1 755

6

Ukraine

1 226

2

1 041

8

1 382

-

925

3

North American states, incl.:

203

-

223

9

68

-

319

1

USA

195

-

193

6

67

-

298

1

Central & South American states

19

-

37

-

17

-

57

-

Australian & Oceania states

7

-

8

1

1

-

14

1

Asian states, including:

618

-

822

8

552

-

866

5

Israel

136

-

208

2

115

-

227

-

Kazakhstan

191

-

53

-

196

-

48

-

China

50

-

191

1

37

-

188

-

Lebanon

30

-

102

-

22

-

122

-

African states

27

-

56

-

17

-

53

-

Stateless persons

4 533

-

105

51

5 309

5

106

3

Total:

19 229

848

6 020

4 011

20 803

319

6 055

1 482

Number of persons residing in the Republic of Lithuania by 1 January (in thousand)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total Population, including:

3 445.9

3 425.3

3 403.3

3 384.9

3 366.2

Aliens

30.2

32.6

35.3

33.1

33,4

Share of aliens in total national population, %

0.88

0.95

1.04

0.98

0.99

Residence permits

Number of foreign citizens who arrive to reside in the Republic of Lithuania per year by country of origin

Country

2006

2007

European states, including:

1 861

2 095

EU Member States, including:

372

332

Ireland

3

Denmark

13

Spain

27

Great Britain

16

Latvia

69

57

Sweden

10

Germany

84

72

Poland

57

European Free Trade Association member states, including:

24

4

Norway

15

3

Other European states, including:

1465

1 759

Belarus

647

743

Russia

396

403

Ukraine

294

419

North American states, including:

150

133

USA

141

123

Central & South American States

20

16

Australian & Oceania states

3

3

Asian states

168

155

African states

21

21

Not indicated

14

45

Total:

2 237

2 468

EU Citizens

Number of EC residence permits issued per year by country of origin

Country

2006

2007

Ireland

5

7

Austria

10

6

Belgium

17

9

Bulgaria

117

Czech Republic

20

12

Denmark

61

44

Great Britain

57

45

Estonia

13

12

Greece

9

5

Iceland

11

1

Spain

46

50

Italy

51

58

Latvia

155

103

Poland

139

107

Malta

1

24

Netherlands

27

24

Norway

33

7

Portugal

15

43

France

78

16

Slovakia

6

13

Slovenia

9

10

Finland

32

41

Sweden

35

24

Switzerland

4

1

Hungary

4

5

Germany

175

152

Total:

1,013

936