29 August 2002 RIGA, 29 August (LETA)–Latvia has a larger percentage of women in its population than any other country in the world, according to Latvia’s Central Statistical Bureau.Based on date from the end of the 20th century, 54 percent of Latvia’s population are women. The bureau sees this imbalance as a consequence of World War II and the shorter […]

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