Name | Latvia |
Long name | Republic of Latvia |
Population (source) | census |
Population (people) | 2,070,371 (2011) |
Constitutional form | Republic |
Drives on | Right |
Head of state authority | Ceremonial |
Main continent | Europe |
Number of airports | 42 |
Airports - with paved runways | 19 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | 23 |
Area (m²) | 64,589 |
Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 10 |
Calling code | |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | |
Current Account Balance (US$) | -363,000,000 |
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 14 |
Debt - external (Billion US$) | 38 |
Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 6 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 2,836 |
Electricity exports (million kWh) | 3,100 |
Electricity imports (million kWh) | 3,973 |
Electricity production (billion kWh) | 4 |
Exports (Billion $) | 12 |
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 15,900 |
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 35 |
GDP real growth rate (%) | 6 |
Gross national income (US$) | 35 |
Human Development Index | 1 |
Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 8 |
Heliports | 1 |
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 1 |
HIV AIDS deaths | 1,000 |
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 8,600 |
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 6 |
Capital city | Riga |
Currency | Euro |
Imports (Billion $) | 15 |
Industrial production growth rate (%) | 9 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 8 |
Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 4 |
Internet hosts | 315,889 |
Internet tld | .lv |
Internet users | 1,504,000 |
Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 22 |
Iso 3166 code | LV |
ISO CODE | LVA |
Labor force | 1,169,000 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) | 73 |
Literacy (%) | 100 |
Manpower available for military service | 546,090 |
Manpower fit for military service | 401,691 |
Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 10,482 |
Is democracy | Yes |
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 1,076,000,000 |
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 34 |
Merchant marine | 22 |
Military expenditures percent of GDP | 1 |
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 620,099,968 |
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 283 |
Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 1,124,999,936 |
Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | |
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -2 |
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | 16 |
Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 29,880 |
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 14 |
Oil exports (bbl/day) | 5,160 |
Oil imports (bbl/day) | 33,730 |
Oil production (bbl/day) | 0 |
Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 0 |
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 3 |
Population below poverty line (%) | |
Population census (people) | 2,070,371 (2011) |
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 34 |
Population estimate (people) | 1,990,300 (2014) |
Population growth rate (%) | -1 |
Public debt (% of GDP) | 45 |
Railways (km) | 2,239 |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 6,383,000,064 |
Roadways (km) | 73,074 |
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | 1,108,000,000 |
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | 13,560,000,512 |
Telephones main lines in use | 532,100 |
Telephones main lines in use per capita | 24 |
Telephones mobile cellular | 2,306,000 |
Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 103 |
Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 1 |
Unemployment rate (%) | 15 |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 34 |
Waterways (km) | 300 |
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Crater | |
Religion | Catholic church |
Continent | Europe |
Border | Belarus–Latvia border, Frontière entre l'Estonie et la Lettonie, Granica polsko-łotewska, Latvia–Lithuania border, Latvia–Russia border |
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Marsh | |
Demonym | latvian |