Demographic trends of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn

1959 1970 1979 1989 1999 2009 2020 2030 2040 2050 20600

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

900000

1000000

236100

370153

475825

576747

267000305600

409000

480000

410000

580500

731831

828500

910500

705000

558165 555000 555000555000

400000 390000350000

705000679000 651000

567000

Tallinn

Riga

Vilnius

2030

2030

Sources: Vilnius city master plan, Geomedia forecast for Tallinn, University of Latvia (A.Bērziņš) forecast for Riga

Urban and population potential in Baltic region

Helsinki

Tallinn

Riga

Vilnius Kaunas Minsk

Lithuania (esp. Vilnius and Kaunas) – the best population potential in the Baltics region

Financial services Employees in R&D branchesVilnius – the II range R&D center in the region

Vilnius and Tallinn - the II range centers of financial services, dominated by non domestic (Scandinavian) banks

Planned TEN-T road and rail networks in Baltic region

Planned VIA BALTICA link Planned RAIL BALTICA link

Helsinki

Tallinn

Riga

Vilnius Kaunas Minsk

Helsinki

Tallinn

Riga

Vilnius Kaunas Minsk

The urban centers in eastern Baltic region

307

4 h 350

280

170

460

Helsinki

Saint PetersburgTallinn

Vilnius

Riga

Minsk

Warsaw

DISTANCES BY ROADS, KM

Vilnius and Kaunas dipolis

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PRIORITIES 2005-2015

I COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTII ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTIII TOURISM AND BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTTauragė

Utena

Marijampolė

Alytus

Klaipėda

Šiauliai-Panevėžys

Kaunas-VilniusURBAN POTENTIAL

Vilnius-Kaunas – 1,6 mln. inhabitants

.Vilnius – Kaunas twin cities (dipolis)

1.6 bil. Inhabitants

61% Lithuania and 25% Baltic countries GDP = GDP of Estonia