Countries

Latvia

Also Known As Republic of Latvia

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Latvia." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/latvia.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Latvia. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/latvia

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-latvia,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Latvia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/latvia},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Latvia is a country in Northern Europe on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Estonia to the north, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and Lithuania to the south, with a maritime boundary shared with Sweden. It declared independence from Germany and Russia on 18 November 1918; after Soviet occupation from 1940, its independence was restored on 21 August 1991. It is a unitary parliamentary republic. Its capital is Riga.

Facts

Capital

Riga 1

Population

1,842,226 1

2022 estimate, from Latvia's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2022 1

Area (sq km)

64,589 1

Independence or Founding Year

1918 1

Latvia declared independence from Germany and Russia on 18 November 1918. After Soviet occupation from 1940, its independence was restored on 21 August 1991.

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