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Also Known As	Lietuvos Respublika • Republic of Lithuania
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Ingrida Šimonytė
Capital	Vilnius
Population	(2024 est.) 2,882,000
Currency Exchange Rate	1 USD equals 0.937 euro
Head Of State	President: Gitanas Nausėda
Form Of Government	unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (Seimas, or Parliament [141])
Official Language	Lithuanian
Official Religion	none
Official Name	Lietuvos Respublika (Republic of Lithuania)
Total Area (Sq Km)	65,286
Total Area (Sq Mi)	25,207
Monetary Unit	euro (€)¹
Population Rank	(2023) 140
Population Projection 2030	2,409,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2024) 114.3
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2024) 44.1
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 68.7% • Rural: (2024) 31.3%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2022) 70.9 years • Female: (2022) 79.6 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate	Male: not available • Female: not available
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2023) 71,291
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2023) 24,820
¹The euro (€) replaced the lita (LTL) on January 1, 2015, at an exchange rate of 1 = LTL 3.45280.

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