Geography

Area	65.301 km2
Population	About 3,361 million, 84% Lithuanians, 6% Polish, 5% Russian, 2% Belarus and others.
Borders	Latvia 610 km, Belarus 679 km, Russia 249 km, Poland 104 km
Capital	Vilnius
Degree of Urbanisation	69%
Language	Lithuanian
Time zone	Central European Time + 1 hour
Structure	10 districts and 60 municipalities
Religion	Catholics 79%, Orthodox and minorities of Protestants and Muslims 4%, without religion 9%
Nature	Lithuania is part of the East-European lowlands
Climate	Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers

Politics

State	Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika)
Form of government	Parliamentary republic
National day	February, 16th and March, 11th
Head of the State	Valdas Adamkus
Prime Minister	Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas
Parliament	Unicameral Parliament or "Seimas with 141 Members

Economy

Currency	1 Litas (LTL)= 100 Centas
GDP (07)	28 billion EUR
GDP per capita (07)	8292 EUR
GDP growth (07)	8,7%
Inflation (07)	8,1%
External trade (07)	Exports: 12,48 billion Euro Imports: 17,77 billion Euro
Unemployment rate (07)	4,6%
Major industries	petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, electronic components, agriculture