Indicator	Value
Total population	1,870,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 1,872,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 1,866,000 people
Median age	43.3 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	76.2–76.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 76.43 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 76.19 years
Ethnic groups	Latvian 62.7%, Russian 24.5%, Belarusian 3.1%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2%, Lithuanian 1.1%, other 1.8%, unspecified 2.6% (2021 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%  (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Lutheran 36.2%, Roman Catholic 19.5%, Orthodox 19.1%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.1%, unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	68.7% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	-0.938 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	6.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	14.3 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	68.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Balkan Romani / Baltic Romani / Belarusian / Central Romani / Eastern Yiddish / Erzya / Estonian / Latvian / Latvian Sign Language / Lithuanian / Liv / Russian / Sinte-Manus Romani / Tatar / Vlax RomaniGlottolog [2026]