Latvia is located in north-eastern Europe at the shores of the Baltic Sea and is one of the three Baltic States.
Latvia has an 1862 km long border. To the north Latvia borders with Estonia (343 km), in the east with Russia (282 km), in the south-east with Belarus (167 km) and in the south with Lithuania (576 km). The country also has a 494 km long sea border.
The geographic coordinates of Latvia are: 57º North latitude and 25º East longitude.
The territory of Latvia comprises 64 589 km2 and the population numbers around 2 million 236 thousand.