Riga 810
Last weekend Riga officially became 1 year older, and its technical age is 810 years!
A massive celebration was held around the city 3 days in a row. Many subevents, like medieval fights, air show and of course fireworks could be observed in Riga these days.
I would like to continue my tradition and provide here some numbers to describe Riga's "growth".
The city mayor is still Nil Ushakov, but according current tendency, soon there will be no city, but just a settlement.
During the last year Riga population went down from 709,145 to 706,413 residents (-2,732); simple calculation still proves that after a couple of years Riga will have less than 700,000 residents.
Riga region population (including other cities) is 1,098,523. No changes because of new expanded borders.
I really don't understand how, but the picture of Latvia population is getting better. The growth is +27,388 or +1,23% of people (from 2,217,969 to 2,245,357)
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The growth is +27,388 or +1,23% of people (from 2,217,969 to 2,245,357)
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That certainly can't be true. Where did you get that information?
Btw, when Population Census results will be finally presented, it will turn out that less than 2 mio people lives in Latvia, and in Riga maybe they will be around 600 000. So, soon Vilnius will be largest city in Baltics.
it is not official census, but rather estiomation. Data is taken from Wikipedia:
current version: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latvia&oldid=445878481
The version I took last year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latvia&oldid=379763826
Officially Riga mentioned in the books and was recognized byt the world in 1201, so yes in 2011 Riga turned 810. But could you explain, please, how in 2009 (aug.29 2009) Riga celebrated 811 years birthday? Hmmmm, mistc, or mistake?