Latvia, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Sunday, 27 April 2025.

Image of Riga, capital city of Latvia

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Latvia is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Latvia
Latvia is located in	Northern Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 2004 Euro since 2014 Schengen since 2007 NATO since 2004
Latvia has a population of	1,882,396 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Latvia are called Latvians, Letts
The country’s total area is	64,589 Km² ( 40,134 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank	30
Global Peace Index Score	2
Human Development Index (HDI)	Latvia HDI ranks in position nº 37 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.879 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Latvia’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 183 countries Latvia passport ranks in position nº 9 in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Latvia GDP per capita is	$24,374 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Latvia ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Latitude & Longitude	57° 00' N, 25° 00' E Open in Google Maps
Latvia Capital city	Riga
Neighbouring countries	Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Russia.
Latvia Climate	maritime; wet, moderate winters
Most predominant religion	Lutheran,
Second most predominant religion	Roman Catholic,
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.lv
Latvia calling code	+371

36 municipalities (novadi) and 7 state cities (valstpilsetu pasvaldibas

singular valstspilsetas pasvaldiba)

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