Latvia

Presentation

Capital: Riga

Population

Total Population (million): 2.28

Annual growth rate: -0.60%

Density: 37 inhab./km²

Urban population: 67.88%

Population of principal localities: Riga (727578); Daugavpils (109482); Liepaja (85915); Jelgava (66087); Jurmala (55602); Ventspils (43806)

Ethnic Origins:

Official Language: Latvian

Other languages spoken: This country, with 2.5 million inhabitants is home to several linguistic communities. Indeed, it is important to note that only 54.5% of the population speaks Latvian. As far as minorities are concerned, 33.5% of the citizens speak Russian and 4.1% speak Byelorussian. Finally, Ukrainian is spoken by 3% of the population, Polish by 2.2%, Lithuanian by 1.7%, Yiddish by 0.5%, Tatar by 0.2% and Estonian by 0.1%.

Business language: Russian and English

Religion: Catholics 49.2%, Protestants 29.8%, Orthodox 14.5%, Jews 3.9%, Anglicans 1.8%, Others 0.8%.

Literacy rate: 99.75%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Riga

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 64,590 km²

Type of State: Republic based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: Upper-middle-income economy, Ex-Transition country
An economy built around transport activities for goods and petroleum products.

HID*: 0.855

HDI (world rank): 45/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Riga

F° | C°

-1°

Low: 1° | High: 7°

Humidity: 100% | Wind: -6 km/h
Sunrise: 7:41 am | Sunset: 4:33 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Latvia, dial 00
To call in Latvia, dial 371

Internet suffix: .lv

Computers: 21.9 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 0.0

Internet users: 0.0