Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 66.7 years in 1954: 70.0 for women and 62.6 for men, a gap of 7.4 years. 23,149 people died; 62.4% of them were 65 or older and 7.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

70.0

Men

62.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.2

Deaths

23,149

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

251

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

135

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	39.74	53.82	70.0	62.6
1-4	2.80	3.56	71.8	65.0
5-9	0.71	1.32	68.6	62.0
10-14	0.50	1.02	63.8	57.4
15-19	0.74	2.00	59.0	52.6
20-24	0.92	2.72	54.2	48.1
25-29	1.10	2.65	49.4	43.8
30-34	1.43	2.93	44.7	39.3
35-39	1.99	3.78	40.0	34.9
40-44	2.86	5.26	35.4	30.5
45-49	4.21	7.84	30.8	26.2
50-54	6.31	11.99	26.4	22.2
55-59	9.40	18.44	22.2	18.4
60-64	15.44	28.88	18.1	14.9
65-69	25.93	44.66	14.4	11.8
70-74	45.87	69.53	11.0	9.1
75-79	78.94	107.35	8.2	6.9
80-84	128.56	162.02	6.0	5.1
85-89	201.31	241.71	4.3	3.8
90-94	293.84	337.82	3.2	2.8
95-99	409.54	451.72	2.4	2.2
100+	540.77	574.68	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1954

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