Geography - note:
most of the country is composed of fertile, low-lying plains, with
some hills in the east
People Latvia
Population:
2,274,735 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14% (male 162,562/female 155,091)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 769,004/female 815,042)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 121,646/female 251,390) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 39.4 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 42.4 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.67% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
9.24 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
13.66 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 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 (2006 est.)