Demographics of Lithuania - Ethnic Composition

Ethnic Composition

For more details on this topic, see Ethnic minorities in Lithuania.

Lithuanians are neither Slavic nor Germanic, although the union with Poland, German and Russian colonization and settlement left cultural and religious influences.

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