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
See also
