Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 69.6 years in 1999: 75.0 for women and 64.2 for men, a gap of 10.8 years. 33,082 people died; 64.8% of them were 65 or older and 0.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

69.6

Women

75.0

Men

64.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.3

Deaths

33,082

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.8

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

338

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	12.57	10.80	75.0	64.2
1-4	0.59	0.80	74.9	63.9
5-9	0.26	0.50	71.1	60.1
10-14	0.20	0.41	66.2	55.2
15-19	0.64	1.48	61.2	50.3
20-24	0.88	2.81	56.4	45.7
25-29	0.79	3.46	51.7	41.3
30-34	1.18	4.13	46.9	37.0
35-39	1.78	5.99	42.1	32.7
40-44	2.85	8.27	37.5	28.6
45-49	4.58	12.30	33.0	24.7
50-54	6.50	18.99	28.7	21.1
55-59	8.74	24.94	24.5	18.0
60-64	11.87	34.76	20.5	15.0
65-69	18.70	47.80	16.6	12.4
70-74	31.68	64.17	13.0	10.1
75-79	55.57	87.35	9.8	7.9
80-84	96.86	130.90	7.1	6.0
85-89	162.67	203.04	5.0	4.4
90-94	257.21	284.40	3.5	3.3
95-99	376.80	392.97	2.6	2.5
100+	521.76	514.93	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 1999

Year

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