| Latvia : Geographic coordinates |
57 00 N, 25 00 E |
| Latvia : Population growth rate |
-0.602% (2010 est.) |
| Latvia : Birth rate |
9.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Latvia : Death rate |
13.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Latvia : People living with HIV/AIDS |
10,000 (2007 est.) |
| Latvia : Independence |
18 November 1991 |
| Latvia : National holiday |
Independence Day, 18 November |
| Latvia : Constitution |
1991 |
| Latvia : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $32.4 billion (2009 est.) |
| Latvia : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $14,500 (2009 est.) |
| Latvia : Electricity - consumption |
6.822 billion kWh (2007 est.) |
| Latvia : Exports |
$2.1 billion wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs |
| Latvia : Imports |
$3.2 billion machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels |
| Latvia : Telephones |
644,000 (2008) |
| Latvia : Mobile cellular |
2.234 million (2008) |
| Latvia : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008) |
| Latvia : Radios |
1.76 million |
| Latvia : Television broadcast stations |
37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008) |
| Latvia : Televisions |
1.22 million |
| Latvia : Internet country code |
.lv |
| Latvia : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
257,414 (2009) |
| Latvia : Internet users |
1.254 million (2008) |
| Latvia : Railways |
2,298 km |
| Latvia : Highways |
73,074 km |
| Latvia : Waterways |
300 km |
| Latvia : Pipelines |
gas 948 km; refined products 415 km (2009) |
| Latvia : Ports and harbors |
Riga, Ventspils |
| Latvia : Merchant marine |
22 ships |
| Latvia : Airports |
43 |
| Latvia : Heliports |
N/A |
| Latvia : Military branches |
National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku): Ground Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2010) |
| Latvia : Military expenditures |
1.2% of GDP (2005 est.) |
