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title: "Lithuania — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Lithuania: capital Vilnius, area 65,300 km², population 2,888,774 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/lithuania/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Lithuania

**Lithuania: Capital Vilnius**

65,300 km² · 2,888,774 people (2025) · Euro

The Curonian Spit is a 98 km sand bar, shared with Russia, carrying dunes up to 60 m that have been stabilised by planting since the 19th century. Lithuania sits on the largest amber deposits in the world, washed out of the seabed and picked off the beaches after storms.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Vilnius
- **Area:** 65,300 km² — 25,212 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,888,774 (2025)
- **Density:** 44.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Lithuanian
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +370
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** LT · LTU
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 122 of 200
- **By population:** 140 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Georgia | 69,700 | 3,935,766 |
| Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 21,756,000 |
| Lithuania ← | 65,300 | 2,888,774 |
| Latvia | 64,589 | 1,847,785 |
| Togo | 56,785 | 8,591,626 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Lithuania?

Vilnius

### What currency does Lithuania use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Lithuania?

65,300 km², or 25,212 square miles — 122 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Lithuania drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Georgia](https://atoneplace.net/country/georgia/)
- [Sri Lanka](https://atoneplace.net/country/sri-lanka/)
- [Latvia](https://atoneplace.net/country/latvia/)
- [Togo](https://atoneplace.net/country/togo/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]