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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Lithuania

People registered with Lithuania nationality number 183, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners and ranks 95 in size. Compared with 55 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 232.7%. They live in 53 districts, and the largest counts are Busan Sasang-gu with 52, Seoul Seodaemun-gu with 13, and Seoul Dongdaemun-gu with 12. The index of dissimilarity (D) from Koreans is 0.694, the isolation index is 0, and interaction with Koreans is 0.96. The highest location quotient (LQ) is in Busan Sasang-gu at 74.8, where this nationality is 0% of the foreigners in that district. The continent of origin is Europe. The largest age group is 20-24 at 41.4%, and men are 44.2%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Lithuanian at 75.5% and Samogitian at 14.9%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index
2025
IndicatorsLithuaniaAll registered foreignersRelative to total
Registered foreigners1831,604,920under 0.1% of the total
Districts of residence5325021.2% of the total
Index of dissimilarity (D)0.6940.280rank 24 of 107
Isolation index0.00010.045rank 54 of 107
Interaction with Koreans0.9600.955rank 43 of 107
ContinentEurope48,565 (3.0% of the total)0.4% of those from Europe

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Lithuania nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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YearLithuaniaVietnam
2006852,157
20071267,197
20081979,848
20091586,166
20103298,225
201140110,564
201237114,211
201341113,843
201453122,571
201555128,042
201659137,769
201759151,385
201873170,707
201974187,334
202074181,415
202188178,928
2022116196,883
2023124227,930
2024155261,581
2025183293,907
Table 2.Lithuania nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
RankDistrictLithuania NationalityShare of local foreigners
1Busan Sasang-gu520.7
2Seoul Seodaemun-gu130.1
3Seoul Dongdaemun-gu120.1
4Seoul Jung-gu100.1
5Seoul Seongbuk-gu60.0
6Daegu Buk-gu50.1
7Seoul Dongjak-gu50.0
8Incheon Yeonsu-gu50.0
9Daejeon Yuseong-gu40.0
10Seoul Gwanak-gu40.0

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Lithuania nationals make up 0.0% of all registered foreigners, so an area whose share is above that holds relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %
2025
RankDistrictLithuania NationalityLocation quotient (LQ)Share of local foreigners
1Busan Sasang-gu5274.80.0
2Seoul Jung-gu1023.70.0
3Seoul Seodaemun-gu1312.10.0
4Seoul Dongdaemun-gu129.70.0
5Seoul Jongno-gu48.20.0
6Busan Jung-gu17.70.0
7Busan Seo-gu25.50.0
8Seoul Yongsan-gu34.20.0
9Seoul Seongdong-gu44.10.0
10Seoul Seongbuk-gu64.00.0

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Lithuania nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Visa categoryPersonsShare
Student(D2)10054.6
Marriage Migration(F6)2312.6
Other statuses(ETC)2111.5
Residential(F2)84.4
Specially Designated Activities(E7)73.8
General Trainee(D4)52.7
Job Seeker(D10)52.7
Permanent Residence(F5)42.2
Other statuses105.5

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 183, the whole of the Lithuania nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Age groupTotalMaleFemaleShare
0-42110.8
5-91100.4
10-142110.8
15-19122104.8
20-24103465741.4
25-2947252218.9
30-3430102012.0
35-392413119.6
40-4410464.0
45-496242.4
50-547252.8
55-592200.8
60+3121.2

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 249 rather than the 183 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %
2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
200826.30.00.010.55.3
200946.70.00.06.70.0
201068.80.00.03.10.0
201162.50.00.02.510.0
201264.90.02.75.45.4
201358.50.02.42.42.4
201464.20.03.81.93.8
201561.80.03.61.87.3
201670.73.43.40.03.4
201759.310.26.80.00.0
201864.49.64.10.04.1
201954.112.24.15.45.4
202048.618.94.16.84.1
202142.018.211.44.50.0
202241.416.416.44.33.4
202344.415.314.53.25.6
202448.414.214.23.25.8
202554.612.611.54.43.8
Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, 2022–2025Unit: index
Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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YearIndex of dissimilarity (D)Isolation indexInteraction with Koreans
20220.6810.0000.970
20230.7070.0000.966
20240.6290.0000.962
20250.6940.0000.960
Table 6.Lithuania nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %
First languageShare
Lithuanian75.5
Samogitian14.9
Polish4.9
Russian4.4

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Lithuania nationality, 2025Unit: persons
2025

Count range

    Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

    Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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    ProvinceLithuania NationalityShare of national
    Seoul8144.3
    Busan6133.3
    Gyeonggi-do179.3
    Incheon73.8
    Daegu52.7
    Daejeon52.7
    Ulsan21.1
    Gyeongsangnam-do10.5
    Gyeongsangbuk-do10.5
    Gwangju10.5
    Jeollanam-do10.5
    Jeju-do10.5