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Lithuania

Introduction

Capital: Vilnius

Population

Total Population (million): 3.38
Annual growth rate: -0.5%
Density: 54 inhab./km²
Urban population: 66.6%
Population of main cities excluding suburbs: Vilnius (540,000); Kaunas (350,000); Klaipeda (180,000); Šiauliai (130,000); Panevezis (110,000)
Ethnic Origins: 83.5% Lithuanians, 6.7% Polish, 6.3% Russians and 3.5% other nationalities.
Official Language: Lithuanian
Other languages spoken: Russian and Polish are also spoken in the country. Indeed, Russian-speaking citizens represent approximately 9% of the population and Poles, about 7%. Therefore, Russian is the second language of Lithuanians. In Lithuania, there are also some minorities speaking Ukrainian, Bielorussian, Latvian and Tatar.
Business language: Lithuanian, Russian and English.
Religion: Catholics 73%, Orthodox 5%, Protestants 1%, Others 21%.
Literacy rate: 99.6%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Vilnius

Exchange rate on :


Country overview

Area: 65,300 km²
Type of State: Republic based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy: A stable, diversified, fast-growing and attractive economy with great potentials of development.
The most attractive business and investment climate among the new member countries of the EU.
HDI*: 0.862
HDI (world rank): 43/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


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Low: 0°  |  High: 1°

Humidity: 100%  |  Wind: -3 km/h
Sunrise: 8:40 am  |  Sunset: 3:54 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather, Vilnius

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Lithuania, dial 810
To call in Lithuania, dial 370
Internet suffix: .lt
Computers: 15.5 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 0.0
Internet users: 0.0
Access to electricity: n.c.

Indicator of economic freedom

Score:
70.8/100
Position:
Mostly free
World Rank:
26 out of 157
Regional Rank:
13 out of 41

Distribution of Economic freedom in the world
Source: 2008 Index of Economic freedom, Heritage Foundation

 

Country risk

See the country risk analysis provided by Ducroire.

 

Indicator of political freedom

Political freedom:
1/7
Civil liberties:
1/7
Ranking:
Free

Map of freedom 2007
Source: Freedom House

 

Indicator of freedom of the press

World Rank:
23/169
Evolution:
4 places up compared to 2006

Source: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, Reporters Without Borders

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