Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 66.0 years in 1995: 72.7 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 13.0 years. 39,181 people died; 58.9% of them were 65 or older and 1.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

66.0

Women

72.7

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.6

Deaths

39,181

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

440

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

166

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	16.01	20.35	72.7	59.7
1-4	0.87	1.02	72.8	59.9
5-9	0.40	0.54	69.1	56.2
10-14	0.38	0.59	64.2	51.3
15-19	0.69	1.90	59.3	46.5
20-24	0.72	3.20	54.5	41.9
25-29	0.89	4.75	49.7	37.5
30-34	1.29	6.47	44.9	33.3
35-39	2.47	9.09	40.2	29.4
40-44	4.09	13.28	35.7	25.6
45-49	6.20	18.86	31.3	22.2
50-54	8.31	26.71	27.2	19.1
55-59	11.59	31.23	23.3	16.5
60-64	14.61	42.23	19.5	13.8
65-69	22.35	53.06	15.8	11.5
70-74	37.00	72.71	12.4	9.3
75-79	60.10	101.74	9.4	7.3
80-84	103.44	145.60	6.8	5.6
85-89	176.50	210.43	4.8	4.2
90-94	269.48	310.01	3.4	3.0
95-99	403.84	428.96	2.4	2.3
100+	553.40	562.87	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1995

Year

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