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Capital of Latvia
The capital of Latvia is Riga. The largest, Riga, has around 595,053 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALRiga
POPULATION595,053
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Riga595,053 people
In context
Where Rigasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MRiga is here
50–250k
<50k
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