Exact population: 3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)

Literacy: Total population: 99.6%; male: 99.7%; female: 99.6%

Ethnicities: Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (2001 census)

Area: Total: 65,200 sq km; land: NA sq km; water: NA sq km

Land boundaries: Total: 1,273 km; border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Terrain: Lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Extremes: Lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m; highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m

Imports: Russia 23.1%, Germany 16.7%, Poland 7.7%, Netherlands 4% (2004)

Exports: Germany 10.2%, Latvia 10.2%, Russia 9.3%, France 6.3%, UK 5.3%, Sweden 5.1%, Estonia 5%, Poland 4.8%, Netherlands 4.8%, Denmark 4.8%, US 4.7%, Switzerland 4.6% (2004)

Industries: Metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber

Source: CIA World Factbook