Population of Latvia

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• Latvia
• The population of the Earth

Population

2020: Population decline of 29.2% in 30 years

2018: Population decline since 1989 by 27% to 1.9 million

Male-to-female ratio

According to 2018 data, Latvia has one of the highest proportions of women in the population in the world

The ratio of men to women in Europe, according to the CIA for 2016

Age

Proportion of residents under 14 years of age in Europe, 2018

The proportion of young people aged 25 to 34 living with their parents. As of 2021

National composition

Russians

Russian citizens living in Latvia and who did not pass the exam on knowledge of the state language necessary for the extension of the residence permit will be forcibly delivered to ground border checkpoints if they do not do this voluntarily, TVNET reported in March 2023. But if Russia does not accept them, Latvia will have the right to take these people to other countries, the country's authorities said.

The country of birth of the largest group of foreigners in each of the countries of Europe. Data for 2018

Share of people born in Russia in the population of European countries, 2018

Jews

The number of Jews in Europe in 1933 and 2015.

Xenophobia

Распространение антисемитизма в countries Eastern Europe, 2017-2018 data

Number of children per woman

Fertility rate in Europe 2019 UK data 2018

Children out of wedlock

As of 2018

Migration

2021: Net outflow over 4 years

Marriages and divorces

2018: Divorce rate - 45.7%

Процент разводов в countries of Europe in 2016-2018

Share of the population living in the capital

The share of the country's population living in the capital. Data at the end of 2018

Poverty

2020: 10.9% of Latvians are malnourished

Mortality

2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 9.9%

Data for 2020-2022

2018

Number of drug deaths per million residents

Number of deaths from drug use between the ages of 15 and 64 per million residents, 2018

Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles

The number of deaths on the roads per 100 thousand vehicles. Data for 2018

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants in Europe. Data for Russia for 2013

2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders

Opioid use disorder deaths per 100,000 people (2016)

2012: Male-female suicide ratio

How many times more often men commit suicide than women in Europe, 2012

See also

• Population of Russia
• Population of Ukraine