Latvia

• Area: 64,589 sq. km (24,938 sq. mi.)
• Population: 1,965,686 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: -1.07% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 74.5 years (2016)
• Languages: Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%
• Religions: Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7%
• Formal name: Republic of Latvia
• Alternate names: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Latvija, Latvijas Padomju Socialistiska Respublika, Latvijas Republika, Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Republic of Latvia
• Government type: parliamentary republic
• Leaders: chief of state: President Raimonds VEJONIS; head of government: Prime Minister Maris KUCINSKIS
• Capital: Riga
• Administrative divisions: 110 municipalities and 9 cities
• GDP per capita (PPP): $24,700 (2015 est.)
• Exports: foodstuffs, wood and wood products, metals, machinery and equipment, textiles
• Imports: machinery and equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
• Currency: euro (EUR)

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