Republic of LithuaniaLietuvos Respublika

FlagCoat of arms

Anthem: Tauti?ka giesm?
National Hymn
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Location of  Lithuania  (dark green)

? in Europe  (green & dark grey)
? in the European Union  (green)  ?  [Legend]
Capital
and largest cityVilnius
54°41′N 25°19′E? / ?54.683°N 25.317°E? / 54.683; 25.317
Official languagesLithuanian
Ethnic groups (2012[1])

83.7% Lithuanians

6.6% Poles

5.3% Russians

1.3% Belarusians

0.6% Ukrainians

0.1% Jews

0.1% Tatars

0.1% Germans

2.2% others / unspecified

DemonymLithuanian
GovernmentParliamentary republic[2]
 - PresidentDalia Grybauskait?
 - Prime MinisterAlgirdas Butkevi?ius
 - Seimas SpeakerVydas Gedvilas
LegislatureSeimas
Independence from Russia / Germany (1918)
 - First mention of Lithuania9 March 1009 
 - Coronation of Mindaugas6 July 1253 
 - Union with Poland2 February 1386 
 - Polish?Lithuanian
Commonwealth created1 July 1569 
 - Partitions of the Commonwealth24 October 1795 
 - Independence declared16 February 1918 
 - 1st. Soviet occupation15 June 1940 
 - Nazi German occupation22 June 1941 
 - 2nd Soviet occupationJuly 1944 
 - Independence restored11 March 1990 
Area
 - Total65,300 km2 (123rd)
25,212 sq mi 
 - Water (%)1.35
Population
 - 2013 estimate2,972,949[3] (133rd)
 - 2011 census3,043,429[1]
 - Density50.3/km2 (120th)
141.2/sq mi
GDP (PPP)2012 estimate
 - Total$65.014 billion[4]
 - Per capita$21,615[4]
GDP (nominal)2012 estimate
 - Total$42.164 billion[4]
 - Per capita$14,018[4]
Gini (2008)37.6
medium
HDI (2013) 0.818[5]
very high ・ 41st
CurrencyLithuanian litas (Lt) (LTL)
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Date formatyyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Drives on theright
Calling code+370
ISO 3166 codeLT
Internet TLD.lta
a.Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states.

Lithuania (i/?l?θu??e?ni?/ or /?l?θju??e?ni?/; Lithuanian: Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest.