Latvia

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    1,929,938 1
    Urban
    68.1% 1
    Rural
    31.9% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    12.7% 2
    Homicides
    3.04 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    60 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    1.60 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    4.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    74 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    99.90% 6
    Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    100% 5
    Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    100% 5
    Internet Users
    91% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$17,819 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    0.4% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    13 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    2.4 - Moderate
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    0.3 - Low

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    376,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    19.69
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    3,437
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    468
    First Communions per Year
    1,739
    Confirmations per Year
    1,236
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    363
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    56
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    59
    Church Marriages per Year
    791
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    616
    Priests
    157
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    106
    Catholics per Priest
    2,393
    Parishes
    254
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    9
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    1