Latvia
Europe · Northern Europe
Key facts
- Capital
- Riga
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Northern Europe
- Population (2025)
- 1.8 million (1,847,785) · rank 147 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 64,590 km² · rank 124 of 193
- People per km²
- 29 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Latvia, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Latvia in the map data: 4.
- Belarus capitals 400 km apart
- Estonia capitals 280 km apart
- Lithuania capitals 260 km apart
- Russia capitals 840 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Denmark, Austria, Morocco, Norway.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Latvia is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Latvia | Riga |
| Italiano | Lettonia | Riga |
| Magyar | Lettország | Riga |
| Suomi | Latvia | Riika |