Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 69.2 years in 1997: 74.7 for women and 63.6 for men, a gap of 11.1 years. 33,826 people died; 65.2% of them were 65 or older and 1.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

69.2

Women

74.7

Men

63.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.8

Deaths

33,826

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

339

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	14.09	15.99	74.7	63.6
1-4	0.54	0.94	74.7	63.6
5-9	0.29	0.64	70.9	59.9
10-14	0.32	0.60	66.0	55.1
15-19	0.60	1.53	61.1	50.2
20-24	0.69	2.64	56.3	45.6
25-29	0.84	3.12	51.5	41.2
30-34	1.15	4.23	46.7	36.8
35-39	1.98	6.06	41.9	32.5
40-44	2.48	8.22	37.3	28.4
45-49	4.34	13.67	32.7	24.5
50-54	6.29	18.20	28.4	21.0
55-59	8.74	24.93	24.2	17.8
60-64	12.41	33.95	20.2	14.8
65-69	19.07	47.73	16.3	12.1
70-74	33.52	66.02	12.7	9.7
75-79	59.98	94.72	9.5	7.5
80-84	96.80	142.61	7.0	5.7
85-89	170.19	206.78	4.8	4.2
90-94	272.57	305.78	3.4	3.1
95-99	404.95	418.75	2.4	2.3
100+	558.88	549.93	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1997

Year

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