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The Republic of Latvia
National name: Latvija
President: Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1999)
Prime Minister: Andris Skele (1999)
Area: 25,400 sq. mi. (64,100 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 2,353,874; average annual rate of natural increase: –0.77%; birth rate: 8.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 17.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 93
Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Riga, 874,000
Other large cities: Daugavpils, 125,000; Liepaja, 108,000
Monetary unit: Lats
Language: Latvian
Ethnicity/race: Latvian 51.8%, Russian 33.8%, Belarussian 4.5%, Ukrainian 3.4%, Polish 2.3%, other 4.2%
Religions: Lutheran, Catholic, and Baptist
Literacy: 100%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $9.7 billion; $4,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 3.6%. Inflation: 4.7%. Unemployment: 9.2%. Labor force: 1.4 million (1997): industry 41%, agriculture and forestry 16%, services 43% (1990). Industries:buses, vans, street and railroad cars, synthetic fibers, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios, electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; dependent on imports for energy, raw materials, and intermediate products. Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish. Natural resources: amber, peat, limestone, dolomite. Exports:$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998): wood and wood products, textiles, foodstuffs. Imports: $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998): fuels, machinery and equipment, chemicals. Major trading partners: Russia, Germany, U.K., Sweden, Finland.
