Lithuania

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PROFILE
  • Area: 65,300 sq. km (25,212 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 2,854,235 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -1.06% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 74.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1%
  • Formal name: Republic of Lithuania
  • Alternate names: Lietuva, Lietuvas Taryu Socialistine Respublika, Lietuvos Respublika, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Republic of Lithuania
  • Government type: semi-presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE; head of government: Prime Minister Saulius SKVERNELIS
  • Capital: Vilnius
  • Administrative divisions: 60 municipalities
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $28,400 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: refined fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs, plastics
  • Imports: oil, natural gas, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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