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Demografiniai pokyčiai Lietuvoje 1944–1989 m. (statistinis aspektas)
Demographic Changes in Lithuania, 1944–1989 (Statistical Aspect)

Author(s): Vitalija Stravinskienė
Subject(s): Social history, Demography and human biology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: demographic changes; Lithuanian residents; natural and mechanical population growth;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes Lithuania’s demographic development in the period 1944–1989 and identifies its factors and results. It focuses on the statistical expression of demographic changes. Based on archival sources, the article verifies certain data on the population in the post-war period established in the Lithuanian historiography, updates the quantitative indicators of natural and mechanical population growth and determines their influence on ethnic changes.

  • Issue Year: 103/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 27-50
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Lithuanian