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Age structure > 0-14 years
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14.4 |
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[220th of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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69.4 |
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[29th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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16.4 %
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[21st of 225]
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Birth rate
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9.62 births/1,000 population |
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[201st of 226]
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Death rate
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13.63 deaths/1,000 population |
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[28th of 226]
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Ethnic groups
Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% |
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Gender development
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0.798 |
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[43rd of 141]
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Percentage living in urban areas
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66% |
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[76th of 199]
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Population
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2,245,423 |
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[141st of 242]
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Population decline > Main reason for decrease
declining births and life expectancy |
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Population growth rate
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-0.629% |
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[225th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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2,191 |
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[140th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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-25.1% |
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[137th of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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0.94 |
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[200th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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0.86 male(s)/female |
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[215th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.05 male(s)/female |
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[58th of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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1.29 children born/woman |
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[206th of 225]
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Total Population
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2,274,735 |
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[142nd of 227]
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Urban population
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1,559,739
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[130th of 195]
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Urbanization
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60 |
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[87th of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Wikipedia: Population decline; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija
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