LITHUANIA LITHUANIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 6 1991 FROM SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 25 1992 POPULATION 3584966 1999 EST AREA 25213 SQ MI CAPITAL VILNIUS FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES PEAT MAIN INDUSTRIES ELECTRIC MOTORS TELEVISIONS REFRIGERATORS FREEZERS PETROLEUM PROCESSING SHIPBUILDING FURNITURE TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING FERTILIZERS MACHINERY OPTICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS COMPUTERS AMBER FISHING AGRICULTURE GRAIN POTATOES SUGAR BEETS VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY LITAS GDP 17.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4900 1998 EST LANGUAGES LITHUANIAN OFFICIAL POLISH RUSSIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 63 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 11 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
