Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 65.2 years in 1994: 72.2 for women and 58.7 for men, a gap of 13.5 years. 41,992 people died; 57.7% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

65.2

Women

72.2

Men

58.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.4

Deaths

41,992

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

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

470

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

172

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	14.13	15.83	72.3	58.7
1-4	0.70	1.11	72.3	58.7
5-9	0.38	0.64	68.5	54.9
10-14	0.37	0.62	63.6	50.1
15-19	0.52	1.88	58.7	45.2
20-24	0.79	3.57	53.9	40.6
25-29	1.24	5.14	49.1	36.3
30-34	1.51	7.16	44.3	32.2
35-39	2.38	10.50	39.7	28.3
40-44	4.17	14.81	35.1	24.6
45-49	6.61	21.34	30.8	21.3
50-54	8.56	27.49	26.7	18.5
55-59	11.94	34.67	22.8	15.8
60-64	16.63	45.79	19.0	13.3
65-69	23.85	56.53	15.5	11.1
70-74	38.92	76.32	12.1	9.0
75-79	63.06	104.85	9.2	7.0
80-84	108.34	155.94	6.6	5.3
85-89	180.45	232.84	4.7	3.9
90-94	271.80	332.69	3.4	2.9
95-99	398.75	457.77	2.4	2.1
100+	541.83	590.08	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1994

Year

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