blogBlog étudiantrssFlux RSSfavorisAjouter à mes favoris -
Eturama.com : le portail des étudiants
Index WorldCountry page : LatviaPage in french
  Flag : LatviaLatviaPopulation Population
Government Government
Economy Economy
Geography Geography
Communication Communication
Transportation Transportation


Latvia - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
2,259,810 (July 2007 est.)total population: 71.6 years
male: 66.39 years
female: 77.1 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002)Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
LanguagesLiteracy
Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
parliamentary democracy Riga
IndependanceNational day
18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)Independence Day, 18 November (1918); note - 18 November 1918 was the date Latvia declared itself independent from Soviet Russia; 4 May 1990 is when it declared the renewal of independence; 21 August 1991 was the date of de facto independence from the Soviet Union
ConstitutionLegal system
15 February 1922; restored to force by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Latvia adopted by the Supreme Council on 21 August 1991; multiple amendments sincebased on civil law system


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$16.13 billion (2006 est.)10.2% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$15,400 (2006 est.)6.5% (December 2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
NA%6.8% (December 2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$6.98 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$10.33 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$2.61 billion (2006 est.)Latvian lat (LVL)
Military expenditures
1.2% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania 64,589 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
maritime; wet, moderate winterspeat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
1.872 million (2005).lv
Internet hostsInternet users
65,858 (2006)1.03 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
46 (2006)2,303 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
69,532 km gas 1,097 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2006)