Latvia - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in Latvia was 53.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 53.41 in 1990.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.87
1961 55.71
1962 55.52
1963 55.32
1964 55.11
1965 54.92
1966 54.75
1967 54.59
1968 54.45
1969 54.32
1970 54.21
1971 54.13
1972 54.06
1973 54.01
1974 53.97
1975 53.95
1976 53.93
1977 53.93
1978 53.92
1979 53.92
1980 53.92
1981 53.91
1982 53.91
1983 53.90
1984 53.87
1985 53.81
1986 53.73
1987 53.62
1988 53.50
1989 53.43
1990 53.41
1991 53.45
1992 53.55
1993 53.69
1994 53.82
1995 53.93
1996 53.99
1997 54.03
1998 54.04
1999 54.04
2000 54.05
2001 54.07
2002 54.09
2003 54.11
2004 54.13
2005 54.15
2006 54.17
2007 54.18
2008 54.19
2009 54.20
2010 54.21
2011 54.21
2012 54.21
2013 54.20
2014 54.19
2015 54.16
2016 54.12
2017 54.07
2018 54.01
2019 53.96
2020 53.91

Development Relevance: Females comprise almost one-half of the world population. Female population relative to male population is a primary demographic indicator, reflecting historical events such as wars and the socio-demographic and ethno-cultural characteristics of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population