Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Belarusian (secondary) · Belarusian (Polesian) (secondary) · Erzya (secondary) · Lithuanian (secondary) · Polish (secondary) · Polish (Goralian) (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Ukrainian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Latvia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Latvian	1154000	Latvian, Standard	Christianity
Russian	447000	Russian	Christianity
Ukrainian	57000	Ukrainian	Christianity
Belarusian	56000	Belarusian	Christianity
Polish	36000	Polish	Christianity
Lithuanian	21000	Lithuanian	Christianity
Romani, Baltic	4700	Romani, Baltic	Christianity
Jewish, Latvian	2400	Latvian, Standard	Judaism
Mordvinian	600	Erzya	Christianity
Livonian	200	Latvian, Standard	Christianity

Languages

8 languages recorded here.

Belarusian

Erzya

Latvian, Standard

Lithuanian

Polish

Romani, Baltic

Russian

Ukrainian

All catalogue fields

148 fields recorded

rog3: LG
iso3: LVA
iso2: LV
ctry: Latvia
poplpeoples: 1778000
cntpeoples: 10
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 2400
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: lvs
officiallang: Latvian, Standard
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 60.122859409713
percentevangelical: 7.6119909913995
c_10_40window: N
rog2: EUR
continent: Europe
regioncode: 9
regionname: Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: LG
harvest_iso3: LVA
harvest_iso2: LV
harvest_owcountrycode: LATV
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: LV
harvest_countrynumber: 117
harvest_ctry: Latvia
harvest_ctryshort: Latvia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 拉脱维亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 拉脱维亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Letland
harvest_countrynamefrench: Lettonie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Lettonie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Lettland
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Lettland
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Latvia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Latvia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Lettonia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Lettonia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 라트비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 라트비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Latvia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Latvia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Letônia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Letônia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Латвия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Латвия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Letonia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Letonia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Latvia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Latvia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: EUR
harvest_regioncode2414: 11
harvest_regioncode: 9
harvest_unsr: 154
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Riga
harvest_population: 1854000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/latvia.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-en+lg+lh.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/latvia
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 7
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 3.1884844
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 1.2
harvest_owcountrypage: latvia
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 68
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: lvs
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: rus
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0.42
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.24
harvest_pctnonreligious: 38.44
harvest_pctother: 0.9
harvest_pctchristian: 60
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 21.81
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 4.27
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 18.08
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 15.46
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.28
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.1
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A003
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.83
harvest_hdirank: 44
harvest_internetusers: 79.90000000000001
harvest_flashmapzoom: 900
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -433
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -117
harvest_googlemapzoom: 6
harvest_googlemaplat: 57
harvest_googlemaplng: 25
harvest_ctrylatitude: 56.879635
harvest_ctrylongitude: 24.603189
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/latvia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 302
harvest_poplgrowthrate: -0.5623721881390593
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=lv&joshua=lg
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-latvia
harvest_internetusage: 84
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.bibelesbiedriba.lv/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 24942
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 64610
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 95
harvest_countryphonecode: 371
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 37.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 5.6
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 58.25
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 7.6
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .lv
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/latvia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00