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GeographyLocation: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,273 km, Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km Coastline: 108 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,876,396 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.71% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 14.46 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.95 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 16.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Lithuanian 80.1%, Russian 8.6%, Polish 7.7%, Byelorussian 1.5%, other2.1% Religions: Roman Catholic, Lutheran, other Languages: Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Vilnius Independence: 6 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted 25 October 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $13.5 billion National product real growth rate: -0.5% National product per capita: $3,500 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.1% Unemployment rate: 4.5%
Electricity:
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