Demographics of Latvia Demographics of Latvia This article is about the demographic features of the population of the historical territory of Latvia, including population density, ethnic background, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Latvia was settled by the Baltic tribes some three millennia ago. The territories along the eastern Baltic first came under foreign domination at the beginning of the 13th century, with the formal establishment of Riga in 1201 under the German Teutonic Knights. Latvia, in whole or in parts, remained under foreign rule for the next eight centuries, finding itself at
Libraries of the University of Latvia in year 2000, the original doors and interesting plafonds made in 1890 are still visible at Kalpaka Boulevard 4. The Central library of the Library of University of Latvia is multidisciplinary information resources collection, that contains broad collection of publications from Latvia, Scientific Papers from University of Latvia, dissertations from University of Latvia since the early days of the university until nowadays, continued publications in all scientific disciplines, periodicals, fiction etc. Collection comprises over 2 million units and is continually expanded. The Library offers books, periodicals, audiovisual materials, unpublished documents, electronic publications and other resources in various fields of science