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  2. Demographics of Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    Area of the Lithuanian language in the 16th century. The name of Lithuania – Lithuanians – was first mentioned in 1009. Among its etymologies there are a derivation from the word Lietava, for a small river, a possible derivation from a word leičiai, but most probable is the name for union of Lithuanian ethnic tribes ('susilieti, lietis' means to unite and the word 'lietuva' means ...

  3. Lithuanians - Wikipedia

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    Lithuanians (Lithuanian: lietuviai [a]) are a Baltic ethnic group.They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. [2] Another two millions make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada.

  4. Ethnic minorities in Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    The government of Lithuania has made provision for ethnic minorities since 1918. A substantial Jewish group that existed up to World War II was almost eliminated in the Holocaust . The Census of 2011 showed that 15.8% of inhabitants belonged to ethnic minorities: the two largest groups were the Poles and the Russians , although the proportions ...

  5. Poles in Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest ethnic minority in Lithuania, the second largest being the Russian minority. Poles are concentrated in the Vilnius Region. Poles are concentrated in the Vilnius Region. Most Poles live in Vilnius County (170,919 people, or 21% of the county's population); Vilnius , the capital of Lithuania, has 85,438 Poles, or 15.4% of the ...

  6. Culture of Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    In the 2001 census, 83.45% of the population identified themselves as ethnic Lithuanians, 6.74% as Poles, 6.31% as Russians, 1.23% as Belarusians, and 2.27% as members of other ethnic groups. [1] Poles in Lithuania are concentrated in the Vilnius Region, allowing Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, their ethnically based party, to exert ...

  7. Russians in the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    In all, 5% of Lithuania's population are ethnic Russians. [12] Russians make up around one third of the population of Latvia's capital, Riga. In the second largest city Daugavpils, where already before World War I Russians were the second biggest ethnic group after Jews, [13] Russians now make up the majority. Today about 25% of Latvia's ...

  8. Category:Ethnic groups in Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    Template:Ethnic groups in Lithuania This page was last edited on 25 February 2018, at 23:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  9. Category:Demographics of Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic groups in Lithuania (7 C, 17 P) Expatriates in Lithuania (88 C) H. Demographic history of Lithuania (1 C, 3 P) I. Immigrants to Lithuania (6 C)