[[File:Kaliningrad 2022.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Baltic States in 2022.]]
[[File:Kaliningrad 2022.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Baltic States in 2022.]]
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The '''Baltic States''' are [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. All were annexed into the [[Soviet Union]] in 1940, and finally regained their independence in 1991. All three countries joined [[NATO]] at the same time in 2004.
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The '''Baltic States''' are [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. All were annexed into the [[Soviet Union]] in 1940, and finally regained their independence in 1991. All three countries joined [[NATO]] at the same time in 2004. As of 2022 the population of the region was about 6 million.