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Latvia vs. Russia

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LatviaRussia
Population1,862,687 (July 2021 est.)142,320,790 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 15.32% (male 148,120/female 140,028)

15-24 years: 9% (male 87,372/female 81,965)

25-54 years: 40.41% (male 380,817/female 379,359)

55-64 years: 14.77% (male 125,401/female 152,548)

65 years and over: 20.5% (male 128,151/female 257,471) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 17.24% (male 12,551,611/female 11,881,297)

15-24 years: 9.54% (male 6,920,070/female 6,602,776)

25-54 years: 43.38% (male 30,240,260/female 31,245,104)

55-64 years: 14.31% (male 8,808,330/female 11,467,697)

65 years and over: 15.53% (male 7,033,381/female 14,971,679) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 44.4 years

male: 40.5 years

female: 48 years (2020 est.)
total: 40.3 years

male: 37.5 years

female: 43.2 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate-1.1% (2021 est.)-0.2% (2021 est.)
Birth rate8.96 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)9.71 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate14.63 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)13.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-5.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female

total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.77 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.47 male(s)/female

total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 6.51 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 7.38 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 5.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 75.65 years

male: 71.19 years

female: 80.33 years (2021 est.)
total population: 72.16 years

male: 66.61 years

female: 78.05 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.54 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.6 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.3% (2019 est.)1.2% (2017 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Latvian(s)

adjective: Latvian
noun: Russian(s)

adjective: Russian
Ethnic groupsLatvian 62.7%, Russian 24.5%, Belarusian 3.1%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2%, Lithuanian 1.1%, other 1.8%, unspecified 2.6% (2021 est.)Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.)

note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS5,600 (2019 est.)1 million (2017 est.)
ReligionsLutheran 36.2%, Roman Catholic 19.5%, Orthodox 19.1%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.1%, unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)

note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of official atheism under Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as the country's traditional religions
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2019 est.)NA
LanguagesLatvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%; note - data represent language usually spoken at home (2011 est.)

major-language sample(s):
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Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1%; note - data represent native language spoken (2010 est.)

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.9%

male: 99.9%

female: 99.9% (2015)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.7%

female: 99.7% (2018)
Major infectious diseasesdegree of risk: intermediate (2020)

vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis
degree of risk: intermediate (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea

vectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, tickborne encephalitis

note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 19 July 2021, Russia has reported a total of 6,006,536 cases of COVID-19 or 4,115.91 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 102.73 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 22.04% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2018)
total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2018)
Education expenditures4.4% of GDP (2017)4.7% of GDP (2017)
Urbanizationurban population: 68.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: -0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 74.9% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 98.8% of population

rural: 98.2% of population

total: 98.6% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population

rural: 1.8% of population

total: 1.4% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 98.6% of population

rural: 94.2% of population

total: 97.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population

rural: 5.8% of population

total: 2.9% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 98.9% of population

rural: 84.6% of population

total: 94.3% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population

rural: 15.4% of population

total: 5.7% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 94.8% of population

rural: 78.1% of population

total: 90.5% of population

unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population

rural: 21.9% of population

total: 9.5% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population628,000 RIGA (capital) (2021)12.593 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.504 million Saint Petersburg, 1.676 million Novosibirsk, 1.513 million Yekaterinburg, 1.280 million Kazan, 1.255 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2021)
Maternal mortality rate19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Health expenditures6.2% (2018)5.3% (2018)
Physicians density3.19 physicians/1,000 population (2017)3.75 physicians/1,000 population (2015)
Hospital bed density5.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)8.1 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate23.6% (2016)23.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth27.3 years (2019 est.)25.2 years (2013 est.)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 59

youth dependency ratio: 26.1

elderly dependency ratio: 32.9

potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 51.2

youth dependency ratio: 27.8

elderly dependency ratio: 23.5

potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook