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Lithuania
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General Information
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General Information
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| Capital City: |
Vilnius |
| Area: |
65,200 sq km |
| Climate: |
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
| Landscape: |
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil |
| Population: |
3,596,617 (July 2005 est.) |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (2001 census) |
| Languages: |
Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census) |
| Religions: |
Roman
Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and
Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none
9.5% (2001 census) |
| Nat. Holiday: |
Independence Day, 16 February |
| Government: |
Parliamentary Republic
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| President: |
Valdas Adamkus (since 12 July 2004) |
| Prime Minister: |
Algirdas Mykolas BRAZAUSKAS (since 3 July 2001) |
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Economy
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| Currency: |
Lithuanian litas (LTL)
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| GDP: |
$45.23 billion (2004 est.)
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| GDP per capita: |
$12,500 (2004 est.)
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| GDP real growth: |
6.6% (2004 est.)
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| Inflation rate: |
1.1% (2004 est.)
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Labour force
per sector:
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Services 54.7%, industry 27.4%, agriculture 17.8%
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Unemployment:
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8% (2004 est.)
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Exports:
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$8.88 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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- products:
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mineral products, textiles and clothing, machinery and equipment, chemicals, wood and wood products, foodstuffs (2001)
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- partners:
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Switzerland 10.7%, Latvia 10%, Germany 9.5%, Russia 7.9%, France 7.5%, US 5.2%, UK 5.1%, Estonia 4.5%, Denmark 4.3% (2004) |
Imports:
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$11.02 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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- products:
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mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals (2001)
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| - partners: |
Russia 23.1%, Germany 18.1%, Poland 4.7%, Italy 4.6% (2004)
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Growth sectors:
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Construction, electrical engineering
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Trade with the Netherlands
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NL exports:
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€ 192,1 million (2001)
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- products:
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Machines
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NL imports:
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€ 165,3 million (2001)
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| - products: |
Oil products, livestock
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Economic regions
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South-East Lithuania
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Map
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Source: CIA World Factbook, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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