Demographics of Latvia | |
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Population | 1,872,500 (1. January 2024)[1] |
Growth rate | −1.1% (2023)[2] |
Birth rate | 8.5 births/1,000 population (2022)[3] |
Death rate | 16.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022)[4] |
Life expectancy | 76.1 years (2023)[5] |
• male | 71.7 years (2023)[6] |
• female | 80.2 years (2023)[7] |
Fertility rate | 1.6 children born/woman (2023)[8] |
Infant mortality rate | 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2023)[9] |
Net migration rate | 11.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022)[10] |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 0.86 male(s)/female (2022)[11] |
At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female (2022)[12] |
Under 15 | 1.06 male(s)/female (2022)[13] |
15–64 years | 0.97 male(s)/female (2022)[14] |
65 and over | 0.50 male(s)/female (2022)[15] |
Nationality | |
Nationality | noun: Latvian(s) adjective: Latvian |
Major ethnic | Latvians (62,4%) (2023)[16] |
Minor ethnic | Russians (23.7%), Belarusians (3.0%), Ukrainians (3.0%) (2023)[17] |
Language | |
Official | Latvian |
Spoken | Latvian (62.0%), Russian (34.6%) (2022)[18] |
Demographic features of the population of the historical territory of Latvia include population density, ethnic background, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.