Latvia
Life expectancy in Latvia
Life expectancy in Latvia: 64.6 years in 1950 and 76.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 76.2 years
- Since 1950
- +11.6 years
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 86.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.6 years in 2100, between 78.5 years and 94.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1896: 45 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 76.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 74.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 73.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 75.5 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 75.6 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 75 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 74.8 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 74.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 74.7 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 74.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 74.2 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 73.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 73.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 73 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 72.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 72 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 70.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 70.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 70.6 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 70.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 70.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 70.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 69.9 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 70.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 69.7 | 66 |
| 1998 | 68.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69.2 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 66 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 65.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 66.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 68.5 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.2 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.5 | 64 |
| 1989 | 70.4 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 70.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 71 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 71 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 69.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 69.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 69.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 69.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 69.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 69.1 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 68.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 69.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 69.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 69.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 69.3 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 70.1 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 70.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 70.3 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 70.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 70.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 70.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | 70.5 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 70.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 71.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 71.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 71.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 70.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 69.9 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 70.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 70.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 69.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 68.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 68.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 67.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 67.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 66.7 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 66.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 65.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 65.2 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 64.6 | 46.4 |
| 1935 | 58.1 | – |
| 1924 | 53.7 | – |
| 1896 | 45 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.375.4–77.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 76.575–77.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 76.674.8–78.4 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 76.874.8–78.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 76.974.6–79.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 77.174.5–79.6 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 77.274.4–79.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 77.474.3–80.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 77.574.2–80.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 77.774.4–80.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 77.874.2–81.1 | 75 |
| 2035 | 7874.2–81.5 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 78.174.3–81.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 78.374.4–81.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 78.474.4–82.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 78.674.4–82.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 78.774.4–82.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 78.974.3–82.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 7974.3–83.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 79.274.3–83.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 79.374.2–83.7 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 79.574.2–83.9 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 79.674.2–84 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 79.874.3–84.3 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 79.974.3–84.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 80.174.3–84.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 80.274.4–84.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 80.474.5–85 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 80.574.6–85.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 80.774.6–85.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 80.874.7–85.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 80.974.6–85.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 81.174.8–85.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 81.274.9–85.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 81.475–86.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 81.575–86.5 | 78 |
| 2060 | 81.674.9–86.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 81.875.1–86.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 81.975.1–87.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 82.175.2–87.4 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 82.275.4–87.6 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 82.375.6–87.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 82.575.6–88 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 82.675.6–88.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 82.775.7–88.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 82.975.7–88.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8376–88.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 83.175.9–89 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 83.276.1–89.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 83.476.3–89.4 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 83.576.1–89.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 83.676.2–89.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 83.876.3–89.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 83.976.5–89.9 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8476.6–90.1 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 84.176.7–90.2 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 84.376.8–90.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 84.476.7–90.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 84.576.9–90.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 84.677–91 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 84.777.1–91.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 84.977.1–91.3 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8577.4–91.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 85.177.3–91.7 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 85.277.4–92.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 85.377.6–92.2 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 85.577.6–92.4 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 85.677.8–92.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 85.777.6–92.8 | 81 |
| 2093 | 85.877.6–93 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 85.977.9–93.1 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 8678.2–93.2 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 86.178.1–93.4 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 86.378.3–93.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 86.478.3–93.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 86.578.4–93.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 86.678.5–94.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$929 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025