A slight growth of the birth rate in Lithuania

  • 2009-10-20
  • TBT staff and wire reports

VILNIUS - Judging by the data provided by the Department of Statistics, for thelast 3 month in Lithuania the birth rate is larger then the deathrate. In July, August and September of 2009 in Lithuania a smallnatural population increase was noted.

In July in Lithuania the birth rate surpassed the death rate on 472people, in August 's on 152, and in September on 437. It is thefirst population increase noticed in Lithuania since 1993.

Meanwhile,judging by the data of InternationalOrganization for Migration(IOM), inJanuary-June of the year 2008, 7219 people have left Lithuania, inthe same period of the year 2009 - 9688 people. It is expected, that in relation with theunemployment rate growth and salary decrease, the amount of peopleleaving the country will continue to grow.