My World Factbook
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People
2,217,969 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
141
0-14 years: 13.3% (male 152,472/female 145,161)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 756,469/female 797,505)
65 years and over: 17% (male 124,432/female 255,464) (2010 est.)
total: 40.4 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 43.5 years (2010 est.)
-0.602% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 225
9.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
13.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
-2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 8.59 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 161
male: 10.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 72.42 years
country comparison to the world: 121
male: 67.27 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)
1.31 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
0.8% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
10,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2009)
noun: Latvian(s)
adjective: Latvian
Latvian 59.3%, Russian 27.8%, Belarusian 3.6%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Polish 2.4%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.1% (2009)
Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2000 census)
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2008)
5% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 67
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