| People | Latvia |
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Population:
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2,231,503 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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36 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.3% (male 152,472/female 145,161)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 756,469/female 797,505)
65 years and over: 17% (male 124,432/female 255,464) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.1 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 43.3 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.614% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.78 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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13.63 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.15 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 77.59 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.3 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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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0.8% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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10,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Latvian(s)
adjective: Latvian |
Ethnic groups:
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Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002) |
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: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.1% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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