Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania Lietuvos Respublika  (Lithuanian)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Tautiška giesmė National Hymn
Location of  Lithuania  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Vilnius 54°41′N 25°19′E / 54.683°N 25.317°E / 54.683; 25.317
Official languages	Lithuanian
Ethnic groups (2015)	86.7% Lithuanians 5.6% Poles 4.8% Russians 1.3% Belarusians 0.7% Ukrainians 0.1% Jews 0.1% Tatars 0.1% Germans 0.1% Romani 0.1% Latvians 0.5% others / unspecified
Demonym	Lithuanian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	Dalia Grybauskaitė
• Prime Minister	Saulius Skvernelis
• Seimas Speaker	Viktoras Pranckietis
Legislature	Seimas
Independence from Russia / Germany (1918)
• First mention of Lithuania	9 March 1009
• Coronation of Mindaugas	6 July 1253
• Union with Poland	2 February 1386
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth created	1 July 1569
• Partitions of the Commonwealth	24 October 1795
• Independence declared	16 February 1918
• 1st Soviet occupation	15 June 1940
• Nazi German occupation	22 June 1941
• 2nd Soviet occupation	July 1944
• Independence restored	11 March 1990
• Independence recognized by the Soviet Union	6 September 1991
• Joined the European Union	1 May 2004
Area
• Total	65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi) (123rd)
• Water (%)	1.35
Population
• 2017 estimate	2,849,317 (137th)
• Density	43/km2 (111.4/sq mi) (173rd)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$86 billion
• Per capita	$29,900 (41st)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$43 billion
• Per capita	$14,900 (49th)
Gini (2015)	37.9 medium
HDI (2014)	0.839 very high · 37th
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+370
ISO 3166 code	LT
Internet TLD	.lta
Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states.

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]

Coordinates: 55°N 24°E / 55°N 24°E / 55; 24

Lithuania (UK and US: ⁱ/ˌlɪθuːˈeɪniə/,Lithuanian: Lietuva [lʲɪɛtʊˈvɐ]), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in Northern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.9 million people as of 2015^[update], and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.