Lithuania

Information

Capital Vilnius
Currency Euro (EUR)
Government Semi-Presidential Republic
Area/ Size 65,300 sq km
Population 2,823,859 (July 2017 est.)
Language Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.)
Religion Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1% (2011 est.)
Climate Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Industry Industries: metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, televisions, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture, textiles, food processing, fertilizer, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, lasers, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry, information technology, video game development, app/software development, biotechnology

Industrial production growth rate: 2.8% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: refined fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs, plastics

Exports – partners: Russia 15%, Latvia 9.9%, Poland 8.1%, Germany 7.3%, US 5.2%, Estonia 5%, Sweden 4.8% (2017)

Transport Airports: 61 (2013)

Pipelines: gas 1,921 km; refined products 121 km (2013)

Railways: total: 1,768 km

Roadways: total: 84,166 km; paved: 72,297 km (includes 312 km of expressways)

Waterways: 441 km (navigable year-round) (2007)

Economy GDP (PPP): $96.910 billion (2018 est.)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 3.3%

industry: 28.5%

services: 68.3% (2017 est.)

Other Facts Internet users: total: 2,122,884; percent of population: 74.4% (July 2016 est.)

Electricity – from fossil fuels: 59.9% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)