CountryDuel

Northern Europe · sovereign state

Latvia

Republic of Latvia

Capital
Riga
Languages
Latvian
Currency
Euro
People
1.85 million (2025)
Neighbours
4
Duel Latvia with…
Duel the world median ⌛ How has Latvia changed? 📜 Since 1800 →

Greetings from

Latvia

  • 4th highest alcohol consumption 14.2 litres · #4 of 195 · 2023
  • 5th highest height of women 168.8 cm · #5 of 196 · 2019
  • 15th lowest infant mortality 2.2 per 1,000 · #15 of 194 · 2024

Surprising facts about Latvia

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Latvia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Latvia among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Latvia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Latvia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Next door

Tap a country on the map to duel it.

Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Latvia.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people