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Republic of Lithuania
National name: Lietuva
President: Valdas Adamkus (1998)
Prime Minister: Andrius Kubilius (1999)
Area: 25,212 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km)
Population (1998 est.): 3,600,158; (average annual rate of natural increase: –0.45%); birth rate: 10.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.7/1000; density per sq. mi: 142
Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Vilnius, 590,100
Other large cities: Kaunas, 429,000; Klaipéda, 206,400
Monetary unit: Litas
Languages: Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
Ethnicity/race: Lithuanian 80.1%, Russian 8.6%, Polish 7.7%, Belarussian 1.5%, other 2.1%
Religions: Catholic, 85%; others include Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Islam, Judaism
Literacy: 98%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $17.6 billion; $4,900 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.5%. Inflation: 5.1%. Unemployment rate: 6.7% (Jan. 1998). Labor force: 1.8 million; industry and construction, 42%; agriculture and forestry, 20%; other 38% (1997). Natural resources: peat. Industry: metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber. Agriculture: grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish. Exports: $4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery and equipment, mineral products, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs. Imports: $5.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Russia, Germany, Belarus, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, Italy, Finland.
