Latvia: People & Society#
| Population | 1,965,686 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Latvian(s) adjective: Latvian |
| Ethnic groups | Latvian 61.1%, Russian 26.2%, Belarusian 3.5%, Ukrainian 2.3%, Polish 2.2%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.4% (2013 est.) |
| Languages | Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4% note: represents lanugage usually spoken at home (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.01% (male 151,290/female 143,710) 15-24 years: 9.9% (male 100,416/female 94,244) 25-54 years: 42.07% (male 409,921/female 417,074) 55-64 years: 13.77% (male 119,844/female 150,860) 65 years and over: 19.25% (male 123,467/female 254,860) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.2% youth dependency ratio: 22.7% elderly dependency ratio: 29.5% potential support ratio: 3.4% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 43.3 years male: 39.5 years female: 46.6 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -1.07% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | largest concentration of people is found in and around the port and capital city of Riga; small agglomerations are scattered throughout the country |
| Urbanization | urban population: 67.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.67% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | RIGA (capital) 621,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.9 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 18 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.5 years male: 69.9 years female: 79.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.51 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.9% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.58 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.9 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.8% of population rural: 98.3% of population total: 99.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population rural: 1.7% of population total: 0.7% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 90.8% of population rural: 81.5% of population total: 87.8% of population unimproved: urban: 9.2% of population rural: 18.5% of population total: 12.2% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.67% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 6,800 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 400 (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.6% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.9% of GDP (2013) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.9% male: 99.9% female: 99.9% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 19.6% male: 19.4% female: 20% (2014 est.) |