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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
Age
2021: Proportion of young people living with their parents - 34.5%
2018: Proportion of residents under 14 - 15.4%
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
Jews
Xenophobia
Birth rate
2019: Average age of women at birth of first child is 27-28 years
Number of children per woman
inChildren out of wedlock
Migration
2024: Number of Ukrainian refugees - less than 50,000
2021: Net outflow over 4 years
Marriages and divorces
2018: Divorce rate - 45.7%
Share of the population living in the capital
Poverty
2020: 10.9% of Latvians are malnourished
Sight
Main article: Vision
2014: 38.6% of the population wear glasses or lenses
Mortality
2023: Life expectancy - 76.1 years
2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 9.9%
2018
Number of drug deaths per million residents
Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles
The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants
2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders
2012: Male-female suicide ratio
See also