Geography - note:
most of the country is composed of fertile, low-lying plains, with
some hills in the east
People Latvia
Population:
2,290,237 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.4% (male 169,284/female 161,648)
15-64 years: 69.4% (male 770,839/female 819,309)
65 years and over: 16.1% (male 120,306/female 248,851) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 39.12 years
male: 35.95 years
female: 42.15 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.69% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.04 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005 est.)