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Lithuania

LT / LTU   55.2°, 24.0°

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), and has a population of 2.9 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians are the titular nation, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts, and speak Lithuanian.

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People are called
Lithuanian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+370
Capital
Vilnius
Population
2,860,002
Area
65,300 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Semi-presidential republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Lithuanian 85.3%, Russian 6.8%, Polish 5.1%
Sells
refined petroleum, furniture, plastic products, wheat
Sells to
Latvia 11%, Poland 8%, Germany 7%
Land borders
4: Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+370
Founded
1990
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Lithuanian

These are English demonyms for people from Lithuania. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Lithuania yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Lithuania in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Lithuanianofficial
85.3%
6.8%
5.1%

Largest cities

Vilnius  capital 542,366
Kaunas 289,380
Klaipėda 172,292
Šiauliai 99,462
Panevėžys 85,885

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Semi-presidential republic.

Climate and geography

transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great Grand Duke at Lithuania's greatest extent Vytautas the Great was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, first as regent for his cousin Jogaila (1392–1401) and then as the Grand Duke alongside him (1401–1430).
Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis Led the break from the Soviet Union Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, famous, languages, past leaders.