Lithuania March 11, 2020 Baltic , Baltic Sea , bassin du Niémen , colony , Dzūkija , Euro zone , Europe , European Union , fleuve Niémen , Francophonie , Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Haute Lituanie , Kaliningrad , Kaunas , Lithuania , NATO , Nordic Council , North Europe , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , OSCE , Petite Lituanie , Russia , Russian colony , Samogitie , Sudovie , USSR , Vilnius Official name Republic of Lithuania Name in local language Lietuvos Respublika (lt) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 142e ) 2,795,674 inhabitants (2018) Population growth -0.62 % / year Area 65,286 km² Density 42.82 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 86e )53.251 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 19,090 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.50 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 75.70 years (2018) Birth rate 10.10 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 1.63 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 14.20 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 2.90 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2018) Official languages Lithuanian Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: 51e )0.869 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )69.33 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State President Gitanas Nausėda National Day 16 February (independence of 1918) ISO Codes LT, LTU Demonym Lithuanian Tourists (ranking ) 929,900 people (2017)
Lithuania is a northern European country located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northeastern Poland and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, in north-western Byelorussia , in southern Latvia .
Vilnius, capitale of Lithuania Vilnius view from the sky, Lithuania Castle of Trakai, Lithuania Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Vilnius 673,921 inhabitants Kaunas 383,764 inhabitants Klaipėda 205,944 inhabitants Šiauliai 142,655 inhabitants Panevėžys 127,471 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Counties (Apskritis) Population Area Alytus 141,616 inhabitants 5,418 km² Kaunas 569,875 inhabitants 8,086 km² Klaipėda 320,507 inhabitants 5,222 km² Marijampolė 145,360 inhabitants 4,466 km² Panevėžys 225,033 inhabitants 7,878 km² Šiauliai 270,482 inhabitants 8,537 km² Tauragė 98,608 inhabitants 4,409 km² Telšiai 137,769 inhabitants 4,349 km² Utena 133,481 inhabitants 7,191 km² Vilnius 805,173 inhabitants 9,730 km²
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