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🇱🇻 Latvia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3LVA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2LV
UN M49 numeric428
IOC codeLAT
Official nameRepublic of Latvia
Native name(s)lav: official: Latvijas Republikas; common: Latvija
Alt spellingsLV, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionNorthern Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalRiga
Area (km²)64,559
Lat / Lng57.0000, 25.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BLR, EST, LTU, RUS
Top-level domain.lv
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 71

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,847,785 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.429 (2024)
Languageslav: Latvian
Demonymseng: f: Latvian; m: Latvian; fra: f: Lettone; m: Letton
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)48,618,869,160.325 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)26,311.973 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.568 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,918,720
19511,933,915
19521,949,535
19531,965,198
19541,982,034
19552,000,462
19562,019,505
19572,040,115
19582,063,292
19592,096,981
19602,131,171
19612,157,169
19622,182,285
19632,205,801
19642,229,758
19652,252,762
19662,274,349
19672,296,079
19682,317,284
19692,337,666
19702,357,559
19712,377,073
19722,395,874
19732,415,783
19742,436,995
19752,455,771
19762,470,537
19772,484,608
19782,497,362
19792,505,526
19802,511,759
19812,519,970
19822,532,015
19832,546,971
19842,562,773
19852,579,231
19862,599,778
19872,625,963
19882,652,247
19892,664,836
19902,660,131
19912,648,940
19922,614,827
19932,563,820
19942,521,233
19952,485,949
19962,457,905
19972,433,231
19982,410,209
19992,390,822
20002,368,313
20012,338,301
20022,311,351
20032,288,984
20042,264,174
20052,239,784
20062,219,032
20072,200,776
20082,177,711
20092,142,043
20102,097,831
20112,059,941
20122,034,633
20132,013,010
20141,994,149
20151,977,867
20161,959,863
20171,942,594
20181,927,588
20191,914,263
20201,901,123
20211,885,587
20221,881,063
20231,882,396

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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