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Population: 2,353,874 (July 1999 est.)
Age
structure:
0-14
years: 18% (male 216,369; female 207,242)
15-64
years: 67% (male 749,396; female 825,988)
65
years and over: 15% (male 114,038; female 240,841) (1999 est.)
Population growth rate: -1.25% (1999 est.)
Birth rate: 8.1 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate: 15.82 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex
ratio:
at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under
15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64
years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65
years and over: 0.47 male(s)/female
total
population: 0.85 male(s)/female (1999 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 17.19 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)
Life
expectancy at birth:
total
population:
67.3 years
male:
61.24 years
female:
73.66 years (1999 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.18 children born/woman (1999 est.)
Ethnic groups: Latvian 56.5%, Russian 30.4%, Byelorussian 4.3%, Ukrainian 2.8%, Polish 2.6%, other 3.4%
Religions: Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Languages: Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total
population: 100%
male:
100%
female:
99% (1989 est.)
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Última actualització: 8 de juny de 2000