Basic Information About Latvia:

Population: The population of Latvia is 1,948,867.

GDP:  $ 48.2 billion (2016)

Climate:  Latvia has nice weather in the summer and it gets pretty cold in the winter. Latvia experiences reasonably mild winters, beginning in January and ending in March. Average temperatures range from 10°C (50°F) to 15°C (59°F) in winter, and sometimes getting as cold as -6.6°C (20.1°F) to -2.8°C (27°F). 

People: Latvian 61.1%, Russian 26.2%, Belarusian 3.5%, Ukrainian 2.3%, Polish 2.2%, Lithuanian 1.3%, and other 3.4%

Religion:  Roman Catholicism is most prevalent in Eastern Latvia (Latgale), mostly due to Polish influence.

Capital:  The capital city is Riga. 

Language:  The sole official language of Latvia is Latvian, which belongs to the Baltic language group of the Indo-European language family.

Currency:  The euro is the official currency of Latvia.

Time Zone: UTC+02:00