Life expectancy at birth in Latvia was 70.6 years in 2005: 76.3 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 11.3 years. 33,023 people died; 68.6% of them were 65 or older and 0.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

70.6

Women

76.3

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

8.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

9.7

Deaths

33,023

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

325

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

117

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	7.93	8.08	76.3	64.9
1-4	0.37	0.53	75.9	64.5
5-9	0.23	0.44	72.0	60.6
10-14	0.21	0.43	67.1	55.7
15-19	0.36	0.92	62.1	50.8
20-24	0.58	1.89	57.2	46.1
25-29	0.66	2.75	52.4	41.5
30-34	0.99	3.83	47.6	37.0
35-39	1.51	6.25	42.8	32.7
40-44	2.66	8.03	38.1	28.6
45-49	3.69	11.71	33.6	24.7
50-54	5.69	18.47	29.1	21.0
55-59	8.73	24.71	24.9	17.8
60-64	11.87	36.35	20.9	14.8
65-69	16.59	46.93	17.0	12.3
70-74	30.56	66.00	13.3	9.9
75-79	49.76	92.02	10.0	7.8
80-84	95.32	133.79	7.2	6.0
85-89	161.84	193.06	5.1	4.5
90-94	251.18	291.10	3.6	3.2
95-99	368.22	412.43	2.6	2.4
100+	509.63	551.66	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Latvia by year

Mortality in Latvia, 2005

Year

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