Environment - international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography - note:
fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are
ancient glacial deposits
People Lithuania
Population:
3,607,899 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.7% (male 309,736; female 294,129)
15-64 years: 68.4% (male 1,202,603; female 1,262,784)
65 years and over: 14.9% (male 184,145; female 354,502) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 37.4 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 40.1 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.33% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
8.49 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
11.03 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)