Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
Population: 1,953,200 (2016 est.)
Capital: Riga
Main cities: Daugavpils, Liepaja
Languages: Latvian 58% (official), Russian 38%, Lithuanian
GDP : $28 billion (2016 est.)

Monetary unit: Lats
Exports: $1.071 billion (2016)
Exports - commodities: wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Imports: $1.218 billion (2016)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
Land use:
arable land: 28.19%
permanent crops: 0.45%
other: 71.36% (2005)
Natural resources: peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land