Lithuania

Facts

Population:  3,610,535 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  18.75% (male 345,694; female 331,125) 15-64 years:  67.69% (male 1,181,119; female 1,262,872) 65 years and over:  13.56% (male 165,732; female 323,993) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  -0.27% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  10 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  12.86 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.51 male(s)/female total population:  0.88 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  14.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  69.25 years male:  63.3 years female:  75.5 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.37 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.02% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  less than 500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Lithuanian(s) adjective:  Lithuanian
Ethnic groups:  Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%, Byelorussian 1.6%, other 2.1%
Religions:  Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Languages:  Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  98% male:  99% female:  98% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $26.4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  2.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $7,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  10% industry:  33% services:  57% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  3.1% highest 10%:  25.6% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  2 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 30%, agriculture 20%, services 50% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:  10.8% (2000)
Budget:  revenues:  $1.5 billion expenditures:  $1.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Industries:  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
Industrial production growth rate:  2.3% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  13.567 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  23.89% hydro:  3.43% nuclear:  72.68% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  9.817 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  3.2 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  400 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish
Exports:  $3.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:  machinery and equipment 22%, mineral products 15%, chemicals 12%, textiles and clothing, foodstuffs (1999)
Exports - partners:  Germany 15.8%, Latvia 12.6%, Russia 6.9%, Belarus 5.8%, Denmark (1999)
Imports:  $4.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment 18%, mineral products 16%, chemicals 10%, textiles and clothing 10%, transport equipment 7% (1999)
Imports - partners:  Russia 20.4%, Germany 16.5%, Denmark 3.8%, Belarus 2.2%, Latvia 2% (1999)
Debt - external:  $2.5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $228.5 million (1995)
Currency:  litas (LTL)
Currency code:  LTL
Exchange rates:  litai per US dollar - 4.000 (fixed rate since 1 May 1994); note - litai is the plural of litas
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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