About the Country

Country	Republic of Lithuania
Geographical location	The Republic of Lithuania lies on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. In the north, the country borders on Latvia (588 km), in the east – on Belarus (660 km), in the south – on Poland (103 km) and Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation (273 km). Lithuania holds a 90 kilometre long area of the Baltic Sea coast. As the National Geographic Institute of France confirmed in 1989, the geographic centre of Europe lies just 24 kilometres northwest of Vilnius. Total area: 65,300 sq. km. Nearly one third of the territory is covered by forests, 4.5% – by inland waters. There are over 2,800 lakes larger than 0.5 hectares in size, and 18 rivers longer than 100 kilometres in Lithuania.
Official languages	Lithuanian
Total area	65 300 кm²
Population	3 366 200
Capital	Vilnius (542 200)
Other big cities (population)	Kaunas – 378.9 Klaipėda – 192.9 Šiauliai – 133.8 Panevėžys – 119.7
Currency	Lithuanian Litas (LTL)
Average salary	2048,8 LTL
Economy growth 2005-2007	2007 + 8,7 % 2006 + 7,5 % 2005 + 7,6 %
Working age population 15-64 years	58 %
Internet usage	42%
Internet usage in big cityes	Vilnius - 66% Kaunas – 47% Klaipėda – 48% Šiauliai – 31% Panevėžys – 33%
Main industries	agriculture: 5.2 % industry: 34.2 % services: 60.6 %