People

Elena Ihilcik

Population: 2 385 396 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 19% (male 227 634; female 218 321)

15-64 years: 66% (male 754 416; female 829 801)

65 years and over: 15% (male 113 925; female 241 299) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: -1.41% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 8.14 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 15.78 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.47 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.47 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 17.44 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 67.11 years

male: 61.02 years

female: 73.5 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.2 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Latvian(s)

adjective: Latvian

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.)