| People | Latvia |
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Population:
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2,204,708 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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36 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: -0.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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RIGA (capital) 711,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.5% (male 152,706/female 145,756)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male 747,044/female 785,521)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 121,570/female 252,111) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.6 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 43.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.597% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.96 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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13.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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20 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 8.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.68 years
male: 67.56 years
female: 78.07 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.32 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.988 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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6.42 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 96% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 82% of population
rural: 71% of population
total: 78% of population
unimproved:
urban: 18% of population
rural: 29% of population
total: 22% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.7% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,600 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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15.6% (2006) |
Nationality:
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noun: Latvian(s)
adjective: Latvian |
Ethnic groups:
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Latvian 59.3%, Russian 27.8%, Belarusian 3.6%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Polish 2.4%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.1% (2009) |
Religions:
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Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006) |
Languages:
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Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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