Population - 3.35 million (2009 residents estimate).
Life expectancy: men - 66 years (lowest in EU), women - 78 years.

Ethnic groups:  Lithuanian 84%, Polish  6%, Russian 5%, other 5%.

Languages:  Lithuanian – an Indo-European language. Polish and Russian spoken by minorities.

Religion - Roman Catholic 79%, Eastern Orthodox 4.9%, Protestant 1.9%, none 9.55%
Population    3.3 million.

Education – a highly literate population, high level of foreign languages spoken and twice as many people with Higher Education than the EU-15 average.