!!!Latvia: People & Society ||Population|1,965,686 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Latvian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Latvian \\ ||Ethnic groups|Latvian 61.1%, Russian 26.2%, Belarusian 3.5%, Ukrainian 2.3%, Polish 2.2%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.4% (2013 est.) ||Languages|Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4% \\ ''__note__'': represents lanugage usually spoken at home (2011 est.) \\ ||Religions|Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 15.01% (male 151,290/female 143,710) \\ ''15-24 years'': 9.9% (male 100,416/female 94,244) \\ ''25-54 years'': 42.07% (male 409,921/female 417,074) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.77% (male 119,844/female 150,860) \\ ''65 years and over'': 19.25% (male 123,467/female 254,860) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 52.2% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 22.7% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 29.5% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 3.4% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 43.3 years \\ ''male'': 39.5 years \\ ''female'': 46.6 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|-1.07% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|9.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|largest concentration of people is found in and around the port and capital city of Riga; small agglomerations are scattered throughout the country ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 67.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': -0.67% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|RIGA (capital) 621,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.98 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.79 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.48 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.85 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|26.9 (2013 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|18 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 74.5 years \\ ''male'': 69.9 years \\ ''female'': 79.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.51 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Health expenditures|5.9% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|3.58 physicians/1,000 population (2012) ||Hospital bed density|5.9 beds/1,000 population (2011) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 99.8% of population \\ rural: 98.3% of population \\ total: 99.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0.2% of population \\ rural: 1.7% of population \\ total: 0.7% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 90.8% of population \\ rural: 81.5% of population \\ total: 87.8% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 9.2% of population \\ rural: 18.5% of population \\ total: 12.2% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.67% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|6,800 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|400 (2015 est.) ||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': intermediate \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': tickborne encephalitis (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|25.6% (2014) ||Education expenditures|4.9% of GDP (2013) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.9% \\ ''male'': 99.9% \\ ''female'': 99.9% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 16 years \\ ''male'': 16 years \\ ''female'': 17 years (2014) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 19.6% \\ ''male'': 19.4% \\ ''female'': 20% (2014 est.) \\