Lithuania, Europe

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Image of Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania

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Lithuania is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Lithuania
Lithuania is located in	Northern Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 2004 Euro since 2015 Schengen since 2007 NATO since 2004
Lithuania has a population of	2,854,099 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Lithuania are called Lithuanians
The country’s total area is	65,200 Km² ( 40,513 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank	31
Global Peace Index Score	2
Human Development Index (HDI)	Lithuania HDI ranks in position nº 37 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.879 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Lithuania’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 182 countries Lithuania passport ranks in position nº 10 in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Lithuania GDP per capita is	$30,835 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Lithuania ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Lithuania EPI (English Proficiency Index)	is classified as High proficiency in English has a score of 569 ranks 23rd worldwide (2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude	56° 00' N, 24° 00' E Open in Google Maps
Lithuania Capital city	Vilnius
Neighbouring countries	Poland, Belarus, Russia, Latvia.
Lithuania Climate	transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Most predominant religion	Roman Catholic,
Second most predominant religion	Russian Orthodox,
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.lt
Lithuania calling code	+370

60 municipalities (savivaldybe)

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