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Latvia
parliamentary republic
Several eastern Baltic tribes merged in medieval times to form the ethnic core of the Latvian people (ca. 8th-12th centuries A.D.). The region subsequently came under the control of Germans, Poles, Swedes, and finally Russians.
Profile
CapitalRiga
Population1.9M
GDP$72.5B
Area64,589 km²
LanguageLatvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4% (2011 est.)
Currencyeuros (EUR) per US dollar -
Leadership
Head of State
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Since 2023
Head of Government
Evika Siliņa
Since 2023
At a Glance
Population
1.9M
GDP (PPP)
$73B
