Capital city:
Riga
Ethnic groups:
Latvian 59.3%, Russian 27.8%, Belarusian 3.6%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Polish 2.4%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.1% (2009)
Religions:
Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
Languages:
Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
Population:
2,204,708 (July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.5% (male 152,706/female 145,756)
 15-64 years: 69.5% (male 747,044/female 785,521)
 65 years and over: 16.9% (male 121,570/female 252,111) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 40.6 years
 male: 37.6 years
 female: 43.7 years (2011 est.)