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Latvia      Country: Latvia Internet: .lv Continent: Europe Government URL: http://www.saeima.lv Area: 64589 sq km Population: 2,274,735 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 2295.369 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 1049.866 Population Women: 1245.503 Annual Growth Rate: -0.565 % Birth Rate: 9.24 % Death Rate: 13.66 % Life Expectancy: 71.33 years Infant Mortality Rate: 9.35 % Fertility Rate: 1.27 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.6 % HIV AIDS Living With: 7,600 HIV AIDS Deaths: 500 Labor Force: 1,136,000 Unemployment Rate: 6.7 % GDP Per Capita: $15,400 GDP Purchasing Power: $35,080,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 9.3 Industrial Growth: 8.5 Inflation Rate CP: 6.3 % Investment Gross Fixed: 31.4 Public Debt: 11 Capital: Riga Capital Population: 867700 (metro area) / 706200 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 56 57 N, 24 06 E UTC Offset: 2 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Merchant Marine: 21 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 300 km Roadways: 69532 km Railways: 2303 km Airports: 46 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 1030000 Internet Hosts: 65858 Telephones Mobile: 1,872,000 Telephones Main: 731000 Debt External: $18,900,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $2,610,000,000 Imports: $10,330,000,000 Exports: $6,980,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$2,538,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 1,910,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 1,910,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 6,329,000,000 Electricity Production: 4,550,000,000 Oil Consumption: 47,000 Oil Exports: 0 Oil Imports: 0 Oil Production: 0  Map of Latvia

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