Population: 3.4 million (July 2005 est.).
Growth rate: -0.3%. Birth rate--8.9/1,000. Death rate--11.9/1,000.
Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 83.4%, Poles 6.7%, Russians 6.3%.
Religions: Catholic (79%), Orthodox (4.1%), Protestant (1.9%).
Languages: Lithuanian; a minority speaks Russian (8%) and Polish (5.6%).
Education: Years compulsory--10 (until the age of 16). Literacy--99.6%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--67.8/1,000. Life expectancy--66.48 yrs. male, 77.85 yrs. female.
Work force (2005 est.): 1.61 million: services 56%; industry and construction 20%; agriculture 16%.


Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 357,712; female 342,796)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,177,732; female 1,259,682)
65 years and over: 14% (male 163,470; female 319,364) (2000 est.)
12% (male 165,535; female 313,217) (July 1995 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Lithuanian(s)
adjective: Lithuanian

Ethnic divisions: 83.45% Lithuanians, 6.7% Poles, 6.3% Russians, 1.2% Belarusians, 0.7% Ukrainians, 0.1% Latvians, 0.1% Jews, 0.1% Tatars, 0.1% Germans, 1.25% others. (data of 2001)

Languages: Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98%

Labor force: 1.836 million
by occupation: industry and construction 42%, agriculture and forestry 18%, other 40% (1990)