Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 70.9 years in 1988: 75.1 for women and 66.2 for men, a gap of 8.9 years. 32,199 people died; 67.1% of them were 65 or older and 1.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

70.9

Women

75.1

Men

66.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.6

Deaths

32,199

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

269

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

107

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	8.86	13.23	75.1	66.2
1-4	0.99	0.83	74.8	66.1
5-9	0.41	0.72	71.1	62.3
10-14	0.35	0.68	66.2	57.5
15-19	0.58	1.41	61.4	52.7
20-24	0.64	2.04	56.5	48.0
25-29	0.70	2.56	51.7	43.5
30-34	0.84	3.23	46.9	39.0
35-39	1.56	3.86	42.1	34.6
40-44	2.43	5.82	37.4	30.3
45-49	3.05	9.11	32.8	26.1
50-54	5.41	13.70	28.3	22.2
55-59	7.51	20.90	24.0	18.5
60-64	12.39	29.35	19.8	15.3
65-69	21.73	43.53	15.9	12.3
70-74	35.05	63.75	12.4	9.7
75-79	62.84	93.47	9.3	7.5
80-84	108.95	150.32	6.8	5.5
85-89	169.09	214.06	4.9	4.2
90-94	254.25	295.29	3.6	3.2
95-99	360.04	384.56	2.7	2.5
100+	490.17	492.59	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1988

Year

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