This statistic shows the biggest cities in Latvia in 2025. In 2025, approximately **** million people lived in Riga, making it the biggest city in Latvia.

Population in largest city in Latvia was reported at 618560 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Latvia - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Latvia LV: Population in Largest City data was reported at 639,982.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 642,888.000 Person for 2016. Latvia LV: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 751,246.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 909,181.000 Person in 1989 and a record low of 597,367.000 Person in 1960. Latvia LV: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Latvia was reported at 48.26 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Latvia - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Latvia LV: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 48.441 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 48.232 % for 2016. Latvia LV: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 49.299 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 53.275 % in 1960 and a record low of 46.244 % in 2008. Latvia LV: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

Domestic tourism in Latvia was highest in the capital city Riga, where over *********** same-day trips were made by residents in 2023. Jūrmala, the largest resort city on the shores of the Baltic Sea, followed the leader with about ******* same-day trips.

LV：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比在12-01-2017达48.441%，相较于12-01-2016的48.232%有所增长。LV：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为49.299%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1960，达53.275%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2008，为46.244%。CEIC提供的LV：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的拉脱维亚 – 表 LV.世行.WDI：人口和城市化进程统计。

This statistic shows the total population of the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 1950 to 2020. Although the populations are quite different, all three countries followed a relatively similar trend throughout the last seventy years. Each country's population was devastated during the Second World War, Lithuania losing over 14 percent of the population, and Latvia and Estonia losing 12.5 percent and 7.3 percent respectively. In 1950 the populations were at around one, two and 2.5 million people respectively, and all three populations grew steadily until 1990 (although Estonia's grew at a slower rate than the other two countries). Independence movements After the Second World War the three Baltic states were incorporated into the Soviet Union, but when the Soviet economy began failing in the 1980s these states became increasingly dissatisfied with Soviet policies in the region. With growing nationalism in the area, the countries coordinated peaceful protests aimed at restoring independence to the region, in what would become known as the Singing Revolution, which involved a human chain that involved approximately 2 million people and stretched for over 675 kilometers connecting the three capital cities. Large declines following independence Within two years of the revolution all three countries became independent from the Soviet Union, and this change coincides with the drops in population of all three countries. By 1995 the populations of each country had dropped, and at a faster rate in Estonia and Latvia than in Lithuania. This decline has continued for the past 30 years, with the numbers falling at every five year interval for each country. By 2020, Estonia's population will have dropped by almost 240 thousand people, Latvia's by over 770 thousand, and Lithuania's by almost one million. The fall of the Soviet Union, combined with the Baltic nations joining the EU in 2004, meant that emigration was much easier and many from the Baltics went to Western Europe in search of work. Along with a declining natural birth rate, the populations of each country have been in steady decline and this trend is expected to continue into the next few decades, although new figures do suggest some growth for Estonia.

Abstract

The first Household Budget Survey in Latvia took place in 1926-1927, the second in 1936-1937. In the post-war period Family Budget Survey was started in 1952 within the system of the former Central Statistical Board of the USSR. This survey continued also during first independence years of Latvia, after the Soviet Union collapsed. The new Household Budget Survey was introduced in September 1995. Since 1995, Latvia Household Budget Survey has been conducted annually. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (the same number of households participates in the survey within each of the 52 weeks of the year). The Household Budget Survey provides information on qualitative and quantitative indicators of standards of livings in Latvia. The survey gathers data on the structure of households, their revenue and consumer expenditures, employment of the household members, living conditions, possession of consumer durables, access to health care, culture, education, as well as subjective assessments of the households' level of welfare. Data is collected through face-to-face interviews and household expenditure diaries.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Households

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The survey community of the HBS consists of all households in Latvia. Persons living in the institutional households (elderly people boarding house, disabled children boarding house, student hostels, barracks, hospitals, sanatoriums, penal institutions, etc.) are excluded from the current survey.

Sample Size and Sample Rotation The 1998 sample was based on the 1996 sample.The total annual sample size of the HBS in 1996 was equal to approximately 7992 households (666 per month with a complete monthly renewal until December 1996). From there, half of the every month sample of the year 1996 was used as a panel in the sample of the corresponding month for the next 3 year period including 1998. The monthly sample size for 1996 was distributed across the major strata in the following way: 222 HHs in Riga; 116 in 6 other largest cities; 90 in middle-sized towns (over 7,000 inhabitants); 33 in small towns; 205 HHs in the rural areas. A sample for HBS has been selected separately for the following domains; - Riga and 6 large cities; - Middle and small towns, and - Rural areas. The allocation of the sample (distribution of the sampling community) between towns and countryside as well as among 5 large regions of Latvia (Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme, Latgale and Riga region) is described in Table 1 of the Individual Data sets User Manual attached as External Resources.

Stratification In the urban areas, the population register was used for the preparation of the sample. The 6 administrative districts of the capital Riga and each of the the 6 other largest towns of Latvia (Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Ventspils) form separate 12 strata. Simple random sampling of persons (of age 15 years and more) is made within each stratum. The sample was allocated among strata proportionally to the population size. All other towns of Latvia are distributed between 10 strata according to their size (more than 7000 inhabitants or less than or equal to 7000 inhabitants) and their location (5 geographical regions). Two stage stratified random sampling is used to obtain the sample. The PSU are towns of strata and the selection of PSU is made with probabilities proportional to the total number of inhabitants in the PSU. At the second stage simple random sampling of persons (of age 15 years and more) is made within each selected PSU.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Three types of questionnaires have been prepared for the survey: 1. Household Questionnaire 2. Household Diary 3. Report on Non-Response

Using these survey documents it is planned to obtain the information during the whole period of the survey, which according to this model will last at least 4 years. The Household Interview Questionnaire is filled by the interviewer, but the Household Diary is filled by the household itself two times for half a month. This combination of interviewing and self registering is approved as acceptable for similar surveys in the developed countries.

In order to obtain the full amount of information envisaged by the survey program, the interviewer shall visit the household several times. The number of such visits is not limited to only these three: - Preliminary interview - Replacement of the first diary for the second - Final interview

Actually the interviewer must visit the household in between the above mentioned visits, in order to ascertain on the manner the household fills in the diary, whether it needs any assistance and additional explanations. It is rather often that reports are not made on a sufficiently regular basis, and additional inquiry on purchases made in between the visits, should be made by ourselves in the diary. Such assistance fairly often is necessary to the older people, as well as those with poor eye-sight and other restrictions as to their activities.

Cleaning operations

Data entry and primary data control is performed at the supervisor's office which is located in the administrative region of the state statistical office. For this purpose each supervisor has a PC with a printer. This equipment provides all data entry procedures and print-outs of all errors and logical misappropriations discovered during the data entry. The operator will perform entry in the supervision areas with a larger number of interviewers (at least 5), where as the supervisor himself will perform the said function in the areas with smaller number of interviewers.The only exception is Riga, where data entry is organized with the help of professional data entry operators. Data are entered and examined at the location in 15 areas with the DOS program system 'ARIEL-DE'.

Control (discovery) and correction of the mistakes in HBS questionnaires and huoseholds' diaries is dome with the data entry program. The following operations takes place during the data entry: 1. Entry of the data indicators; 2. Double launching of the control program, which ensures the control of the correctness of the data entered. The control program looks for 'true' mistakes as well as for 'possible' mistakes in the questionnaires.

When the data completeness and correctness control program was developed, a set of events was placed into a memory of computer (those included instructions relating to the coding of data and a list of codes). Data that did not correspond to these conditions was regarded as a 'real' or 'true' mistake. Each mistake or mismatch of the logical type that was found was shown in form of a warning on the screen and simultaneously printed. Thus the supervisor had a way to monitor how the warnings were attended to or ignored by the data entry operator.

In the ASCII file each household has its own file which contained information on all documents of the survey (household interview, household diary or report on non-response). After completion of data entry and correction of discovered mistakes, the set of data were copied to diskettes and on the respective date of the month, then sent over electronic cable, using special communication channels of the Post of Latvia to the file server of the unit of the survey data processing. Household data files from regions were combined monthly in the "theme" ASCII - in files with the utility program from the "ARIEL-DE" system and package of statistic program "SPSS for Windows 6.1.3".

Response rate

Non-response and Replacement Procedure

In a multi-functional survey as a HBS, it is exceptionally significant to receive from the households included in the sampling lists as exhaustive responses to the questions included in the survey program as possible. In the case if households refuse to participate in the survey or respond to the questions of the survey, or they are not to be found at the address given, it may materially affect precision of acquired results. In order to curb the effects of refusal or other non-response factors and maintain the amount of acquired information, a sequential sampling approach is used. The non-respondent households are replaced by others from the reserve list. The latter being surveyed in place of the non-respondents. According to the survey procedure, households for replacement are taken in strict order. Considering that the reserve list has been made on a random selective basis, then the household replaced by the household from the reserve list has the same probability of being selected.

For this reason the supervisor of the rural field-work has two sampling lists at his disposal: Basic list - this is the sampling list with household addresses to be surveyed during a month's time. This list is given to both supervisor and interviewer each month a new one.The total number of households on the list is 666. Reserve list - this list is given to the supervisor only. The reserve list contains households in random order. This list is used by the decision of the supervisor only in cases when some of the households which are sampled do not participate in the survey. Upon necessity the supervisor assigns a household, keeping strictly to the sequence of the listed households. The reserve list is used until all households included are being surveyed. Afterwards the supervisor receives the next reserve list.

According to the regulations of the survey the term for replacement of the household is limited. The latest possible date is the 5th day of the survey month. In case the interviewer fails to replace a

Abstract

The objective of the LFS is to obtain detailed information about the situation on the labour market in Latvia, i.e. activity of the population.The survey is carried out by way of interviewing persons aged 15-74 years who are living within the household (prior to 2001 persons aged 15 years and over). The questionnaires contain relevant questions characterising the activity of the population; these questionnaires were prepared in accordance with the internationally approved methodology of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) specifically in the area of labour force surveys that ensures comparability of information with other countries. The LFS provides information on the number of population including the active population (employed and unemployed) broken down by various characteristics (sex, age, education qualification, place of residence, employment status, etc.).

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Households Individuals

Universe

The LFS has two target populations: - Resident population of Latvia aged 15-74 that during the reference period are living in private households; - Private households, in which at least one member during the reference period is permanent resident of Latvia aged 15-74. People temporary absent from home one year and longer are excluded from the survey.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Work was started on the development of the new LFS methodology in 2000. The main aims for the new LFS methodology were: To obtain quarterly estimates; To organize LFS as continuous survey; To introduce effective variance estimator. A new sample design was developed. The list of territories covering all private households of Latvia was formed using the census counting areas of the Population and Housing Census 2000. These territories were used as primary sampling units by the new sampling design. The territories were stratified into four strata - Riga, cities under state jurisdiction, towns and rural territories.

Starting from January 2002 significant changes in the sample design were made for LFS of Latvia- this survey is carried out as a continuous one. Sample design is two-stage stratified sample. Households are stratified by the degree of urbanisation (Riga, the capital city; 6 other largest cities; towns; rural areas). As a rule census counting areas are used as the primary sampling units in both - urban and rural territories. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (same number of households participate in the survey within each of 52 weeks of the year). The developed sampling procedures guarantee that within each quarter sample of PSUs is evenly distributed over space, too. From one to the next week sampled PSUs are completely rotated. Within each stratum the sample of PSUs can be subdivided into three equally sized sub-samples: one of them contains PSUs included in the sample first time, another contains PSUs included in the sample second time, and the last one contains PSUs included in the sample third time. Altogether within each selected PSU sample of households is taken 3 times with a 26 weeks' time shift. It offers an opportunity to keep each selected household in the sample of the LFS exactly 3 times with 6 months time shift as it is done in the current LFS.

The Population Census 2000 was used as the frame of labour force survey. The frame was updated with information from the Population Register and the statistical register of farms/households. Size of the sample :Size of the quarterly sample was 2574 households both in 2003 and in 2004.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Data are collected throughout the year with identical questionnaires. The questionnaire is divided into two parts: - Household questionnaire - Individual questionnaire. The household questionnaire is related to the household identification and changes against the previous survey wave and collects mainly demographic information of all members of the household, including those aged less than 15 years and more than 74 years. The individual questionnaire, is dedicated only to the household members aged from 15 to 74 years. The questions are focussed on employment (both main job and secondary job), unemployment, previous working experience, education or training, the situation one year ago and main sources of person's income. Questions on wage intervals refer to the previous calendar month and are designed for national purposes in order to get a better description of the time actually worked and the corresponding level of wages. Each household is surveyed three times with 6 month interval. For data collection, 43 interviewers are trained.

Sampling error estimates

Estimation of variance: Jackknife was used for the estimation of variance. The method was implemented using the software SUDAAN.

LV：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达639,982.000人，相较于12-01-2016的642,888.000人有所下降。LV：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为751,246.000人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1989，达909,181.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为597,367.000人。CEIC提供的LV：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的拉脱维亚 – 表 LV.世行.WDI：人口和城市化进程统计。