Analytics, Demography, Latvia, Society

Mortality has slightly increased during the first six months of the year – there have been 14 832 deaths registered, which is 106 more than during the first half of the previous year.

As the number of births is still lagging behind the number of deaths, natural increase in Latvia has been negative since 1991. Since the number of deaths exceeded the number of births during the first half of 2016, the population number decreased by 3 889 persons (during the respective period of the previous year – by 4 007).

Key vital statistics in the 1st half of 2011–2016

After a steady rise in the number of marriages that continued for five years the number of registered marriages decreased during the first six months of the present year – 4 585 marriages were registered, which is 119 or 2.5% less than during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Number of marriages in the first half of 2011–2016

On 1 July 2016, the preliminary number of population in Latvia was 1 million 960 thsd, which was 9 thsd less than at the beginning of the year. Data on the key demographic indicators are available in the Population and Social Processes section of the CSB website.