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Lithuania: map and facts
Lithuania is in Northern Europe. It has about 2.89 million people (2025), the 137th largest population. It covers 65,290 km², the 121st largest by area. That is about 44 people per km². Its highest point is Aukštojas Hill, at 294 m. The longest river on its map is the Neman, 937 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 2,888,774 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 65,290 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Vilnius
- Highest point: Aukštojas Hill, 294 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 35.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Lithuania, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Neman: 937 km
- Neris: 510 km
- Venta: 346 km
- Šventoji: 246 km
- Merkys: 206 km
- Nemunelis: 191 km
- Dysna: 178 km
- Muša: 164 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Aukštojas Hill: 294 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Baltic Plains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 26.6%, mixed forest 21.8%, grassland 19.9%, savanna 15.1%, wooded savanna 7.7%, evergreen conifer forest 6.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 99.8%.
Forests covered 35.4% of its land in 2024, up from 31.6% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Lithuania shares land borders with Belarus, Latvia, Poland and Russia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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