Latvia: flag, capital & map
Get to know Latvia, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Riga
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Northern Europe
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 1,847,785
- Area
- 64,559 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Latvian
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Euro (EUR)
Latvia is a country in Northern Europe. Its capital is Riga.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Latvia
The flag of Latvia has a carmine-red field with a thin white horizontal band across the middle of the field.
Where it is
Latvia is grouped in Northern Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Latvia has a recorded area of 64,559 square kilometres. Among the 10 countries assigned to Northern Europe in this dataset, it ranks 8 by area, from largest to smallest. Lithuania is immediately above it in that ordering, at 65,300 km². Estonia is immediately below it, at 45,227 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 1,847,785 people for Latvia in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 29 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Latvian. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Euro (EUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Latvia?
Reveal answer
Riga. Latvia is a country in Northern Europe. Its capital is Riga.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Latvia?
Reveal answer
The flag of Latvia has a carmine-red field with a thin white horizontal band across the middle of the field.
Which land neighbours of Latvia are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, and Russia. The source classifies Latvia as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Latvia?
Reveal answer
Latvian. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Latvia.
Which currency codes are listed for Latvia?
Reveal answer
Euro (EUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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