Lithuania

Basic Information About Lithuania:

Population: The population of Lithuania is 2,836,765.

GDP:  $ 79.6 billion (2016)

Climate: Lithuania has a humid continental climate. Average temperatures on the coast are −2.5 °C (27.5 °F) in January and 16 °C (60.8 °F) in July. Winter extremes are −34 °C (−29 °F) at the coast and −43 °C (−45 °F) in the east of Lithuania. 

People:  83.45% of the population identified themselves as ethnic Lithuanians, 6.74% as Poles, 6.31% as Russians, 1.23% as Belarusians, and 2.27% as members of other ethnic groups such as Ukrainians, Jews, Germans, Tatars, Latvians, Romani, Estonians, Crimean Karaites, Scandinavians etc.

Religion: Roman Catholic 77.2%, Orthodox 4.1%, Orthodox (old believers) 0.8%, other religions 1.67%, Non-religious 6.1% and Undeclared 10.1%.

Capital:  Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania.  

Language:   Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union.

Currency:  The Lithuanian Litas is the currency of Lithuania.

Time Zone: UTC+02:00