Basic data

Population
Lithuania 3,354,500 Vilnius 544,206
Ethnic composition (Lithuania)
Lithuanians 84.3% Poles 6.2% Russians 5% Belarusians 1.1% Ukrainians 0.6% Others 0.7%
Territory
65,303 square kilometres Roughly twice the size of Belgium, and the largest of the three Baltic nations. Fertile lowland, peppered with many lakes. North to south, the greatest distance is 276km, east to west is 373km
Borders
Baltic Sea 99km Belarus 502km Latvia 453km Poland 91km Russia (Kaliningrad) 227km
Longest river
Nemunas 937km (475km in Lithuania)
Largest lake
Drūkščiai 4,479ha
Highest point
Aukštasis 293.8m