摘要：The article deals with the problems of the economic and demographic situation in the rural areas of Lithuania. The article contains a brief review of distribution of farms according to the size and area of cultivated land. Special attention is paid to the changes of rural population and the determining factors thereof, the spatial analysis of natural increase and old age index in rural municipalities, and the transformation of the network of rural settlements in Lithuania.
关键词：rural areas;distribution of farms;depopulation;natural increment;rural settlement
