Scotland is a country located in Europe and is a part of the United Kingdom, whereas Latvia is a country located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Scotland and Latvia regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Scotland bigger than Latvia?
The total area of Scotland is 77,933 sq km, and the total area of Latvia is 64,589 sq km. Scotland is bigger than Latvia by 13,344 sq km. Scotland is around 1.20 times bigger than Latvia.
Area of Scotland: 30,090 sq mi ( 77,933 km2 )
Area of Latvia: 24,983 sq mi ( 64,589 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Scotland as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5.454 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Latvia as of 13th July 2021, is 1,865,211.
Here is some more data comparison between Scotland and Latvia.
The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital city of Latvia is Riga.
Official Languages
Scotland: English, Scottish Gaelic
Latvia: Latvian
Human Development Index
HDI of Scotland as of 2018: 0.913
HDI of Latvia as of 2018: 0.866
Scotland Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
Latvia Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Scotland:
57° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Latvia:
57° 0′ 0″ N, 25° 0′ 0″ E
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