nsmission by satellite

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:
1.9 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
27
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may
have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)

Televisions:
1.7 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.lt

Internet hosts:
67,769 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
32 (2001)

Internet users:
695,700 (2003)

Transportation Lithuania

Railways:
total: 1,998 km
broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 77,148 km
paved: 69,202 km (including 417 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,946 km (2002)

Waterways:
600 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 1,696 km; oil 331 km; refined products 109 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Klaipeda

Merchant marine:
total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 296,856 GRT/317,731 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 24, chemical tanker 1,
passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll
on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 12 (Denmark 12)
registered in other countries: 16 (2005)

Airports:
102 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 28
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 14 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 74
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 68 (2004 est.)

Military Lithuania

Military branches:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, National Defense Volunteer Forces
(SKAT)

Military service age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for volunteers (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 19-49: 830,368 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 19-49: 590,606 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 29,689 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$230.8 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Lithuania

Disputes - international:
in 2003, the Lithuania-Russia land and maritime boundary treaty was
ratified and a transit regime established through Lithuania linking
Russia and its Kaliningrad coastal