Population — national citizens

In 2012, Latvia's population decreased by 0.7% compared to 2011, reaching 1,720,525.

Latvia ranks 22nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.9% (from 1,848,354 in 2007).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.