Demography

The database contains the most important demographic data on the Baltic States: population in the countries and their regions, urban and rural population, population age and natural increase data, infant mortality and other indicators. Each of the indicators of demographic data has been tried to be reflected in the widest possible range of years. Some of the indicators - for example, the number of births and deaths - can be determined relatively accurately for almost every year during the last century. However, the accuracy of other indicators is not so high, especially the number of inhabitants in regions between census years, where approximate assessments should be used. Since significant territorial changes took place in Lithuania during the Second World War (Vilnius region was regained, Klaipėda county was lost and newly regained), it is much more difficult to try to estimate the population in its regions up to the 1959 census. Such a bold attempt has been made in Latvia, although a certain percentage of error must be allowed, because when summing up the population estimates in the regional section preserved in the archives between the years between the censuses, they do not agree with the total population of Latvia accepted today.

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