🇱🇻Latvia

Riga

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Population

1.8M

1.0%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.24

births/woman

Life Expectancy

76.4y

GDP / capita

$26.3K

Pop. Growth

-0.99%

Net Migration

-7.3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Latvia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇷🇺Russian Federation107.5K(48.8%)

−34%

🇧🇾Belarus38.9K(17.6%)

−29%

🇺🇦

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male857.5KTotal 1.8M990.3KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

2.5

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇱🇹Lithuania13.1K(5.9%)

−35%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan5.2K(2.4%)

−26%

🇬🇧United Kingdom3.4K(1.6%)

+150%

🇪🇪Estonia2.6K(1.2%)

−24%

🇺🇿Uzbekistan2.4K(1.1%)

+3%

🇩🇪Germany2K(0.9%)

−36%

🇦🇿Azerbaijan1.8K(0.8%)

−26%

🇲🇩Moldova1.6K(0.7%)

−23%

🇮🇳India1.2K(0.5%)

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Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Latvia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Latvia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇷🇺Russian Federation38.1K(23.6%)

−56%

🇮🇪Ireland20.8K(12.9%)

+9%

🇺🇦Ukraine20.1K(12.5%)

+3%

🇳🇴Norway11.8K(7.3%)

+331%

🇸🇪Sweden11.5K(7.1%)

+160%

🇧🇾Belarus10.2K(6.3%)

+2%

🇪🇪Estonia6.1K(3.8%)

+44%

🇱🇹Lithuania6K(3.7%)

−10%

🇩🇰Denmark6K(3.7%)

+104%

🇨🇦Canada4.6K(2.9%)

−31%

🇮🇹Italy3.7K(2.3%)

+55%

🇮🇱Israel3.7K(2.3%)

+20%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024