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Population: 3,575,439 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.9% (male 273,573/female 259,570) 15-64 years: 69.3% (male 1,213,011/female 1,264,996) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 194,500/female 369,789) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: -0.289% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 8.87 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 11.05 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.959 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.526 male(s)/female total population: 0.887 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.44 years male: 69.46 years female: 79.69 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.21 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1,300 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Lithuanian(s) adjective: Lithuanian.

Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (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).

Languages: Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census).

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.6% female: 99.6% (2001 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $54.9 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 7.5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $15,300 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5.5% industry: 33.3% services: 61.2% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 1.617 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 15.8% industry: 28.2% services: 56% (2004).

Population below poverty line: 4% (2003).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 24.9% (2000).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.7% note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $9.415 billion expenditures: $9.761 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish.

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 jewelry.

Industrial production growth rate: 7% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 17.8 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 9.358 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 11.49 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 4.293 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $14.64 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%, foodstuffs 5% (2001).

Exports - partners: Russia 10.4%, Latvia 10.2%, Germany 9.4%, France 7.1%, Estonia 5.9%, Poland 5.5%, Sweden 5%, US 4.7%, UK 4.7%, Denmark 4.3% (2005).

Imports: $18.25 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals.

Imports - partners: Russia 27.9%, Germany 15.1%, Poland 8.3% (2005).

Debt - external: $15.12 billion (30 June 2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $1.6 billion (1995).

Currency (code): litas (LTL).

Exchange rates: litai per US dollar - 2.7498 (2006), 2.774 (2005), 2.7806 (2004), 3.0609 (2003), 3.677 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.