What is the population of Riga?
Riga has a city population of 742,572. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
56.946, 24.106
About Riga
The capital holds 40.2% of Latvia's population at 742,572 residents, a concentration that reflects the dominance of a single urban centre in a small nation. Mārupe lies 6 km away with 19,096 people; Jūrmala, 20 km distant, has 52,001. Jelgava, 41 km from the city proper, reaches 54,834 residents.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Riga
Capital
National capital
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Riga
Coordinates
56.946, 24.106
Record updated
2019-09-05
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 14 in LatviaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Riga | 743K |
Riga Population FAQ
Where is Riga?
Riga is in Riga, Latvia. Its coordinates are 56.946, 24.106.
How big is Riga compared with other cities in Latvia?
It is the 1st largest of the 14 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Latvia, holding 40.2% of the national population.