Latvia vs Saint Lucia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Latvia vs Saint Lucia

Table

Year	Median age
	Latvia	Saint Lucia
1960	32.3	16.5
1961	32.4	16
1962	32.6	15.5
1963	32.8	15.2
1964	33	15
1965	33.2	14.8
1966	33.5	14.9
1967	33.8	15
1968	34	15.1
1969	34.1	15
1970	34.2	14.9
1971	34.3	14.9
1972	34.5	14.9
1973	34.6	14.9
1974	34.7	15
1975	34.9	15.2
1976	35	15.4
1977	35.1	15.8
1978	35.1	16.3
1979	35.1	16.8
1980	34.9	17.1
1981	34.8	17.2
1982	34.7	17.3
1983	34.6	17.5
1984	34.7	17.6
1985	34.7	17.7
1986	34.7	17.8
1987	34.6	18
1988	34.6	18.4
1989	34.5	19.2
1990	34.6	19.9
1991	34.8	20.3
1992	35.2	20.5
1993	35.6	20.7
1994	36	20.9
1995	36.2	21.2
1996	36.6	21.4
1997	36.9	21.7
1998	37.3	22.2
1999	37.6	23
2000	37.9	23.8
2001	38.3	24.3
2002	38.6	24.7
2003	38.9	25
2004	39.2	25.4
2005	39.4	25.8
2006	39.7	26.2
2007	39.9	26.9
2008	40.1	27.9
2009	40.5	28.7
2010	41.1	29.3
2011	41.6	29.7
2012	42	30.2
2013	42.3	30.6
2014	42.5	31.1
2015	42.8	31.5
2016	43	31.9
2017	43.2	32.3
2018	43.4	32.8
2019	43.6	33.2
2020	43.8	33.6
2021	43.9	34
2022	44	34.3
2023	44.1	34.8
2024	44.3	35.2
2025	44.6	35.6
2026	44.8	36.1
2027	45.1	36.5
2028	45.4	37
2029	45.7	37.5
2030	46	38
2031	46.3	38.4
2032	46.6	38.9
2033	47	39.4
2034	47.3	39.9
2035	47.6	40.4
2036	47.9	40.9
2037	48.2	41.4
2038	48.5	41.9
2039	48.8	42.3
2040	49.1	42.8
2041	49.3	43.2
2042	49.5	43.7
2043	49.6	44.1
2044	49.6	44.5
2045	49.5	44.9
2046	49.4	45.3
2047	49.2	45.7
2048	49.1	46
2049	49	46.4
2050	48.9	46.7

In 1960, the median age in Latvia was 32.3 years compared to 16.5 years in Saint Lucia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 44.3 years in Latvia and to 35.2 years in Saint Lucia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Latvia is expected to increased to around 48.9 years by 2050 compared to 46.7 years in Saint Lucia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Latvia		Saint Lucia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.26%	2.13%	2.85%	2.78%
5-9	2.94%	2.72%	2.95%	2.88%
10-14	2.76%	2.59%	3.08%	2.99%
15-19	2.8%	2.68%	3.54%	3.36%
20-24	2.45%	2.33%	3.91%	3.79%
25-29	2.37%	2.19%	4.42%	4.31%
30-34	3.3%	3.1%	4.51%	4.33%
35-39	3.81%	3.6%	3.99%	4.05%
40-44	3.48%	3.4%	3.72%	3.76%
45-49	3.25%	3.39%	3.44%	3.46%
50-54	3.32%	3.62%	3.23%	3.43%
55-59	3.08%	3.57%	3.08%	3.26%
60-64	3.12%	3.98%	2.51%	2.76%
65-69	2.65%	3.79%	1.76%	2.04%
70-74	1.91%	3.29%	1.11%	1.42%
75-79	1.28%	2.65%	0.71%	1.02%
80+	1.57%	4.61%	0.55%	1%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Latvia has low demographic potential with 36.6% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 49.7% and low potential in Saint Lucia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Latvia			Saint Lucia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	48.8%	33.1%	15.8%	103.7%	95.9%	7.82%
1961	49.5%	33.5%	15.9%	108.3%	100.2%	8.08%
1962	49.8%	33.8%	16%	112.1%	103.7%	8.32%
1963	49.8%	33.8%	16.1%	115.2%	106.7%	8.54%
1964	49.7%	33.5%	16.2%	117.8%	109.1%	8.73%
1965	49.7%	33.2%	16.5%	120%	111%	8.91%
1966	49.7%	32.9%	16.8%	119.7%	110.6%	9.02%
1967	49.8%	32.7%	17.1%	118%	108.9%	9.1%
1968	50%	32.6%	17.5%	117.8%	108.5%	9.23%
1969	50.4%	32.5%	17.8%	118.7%	109.2%	9.41%
1970	50.6%	32.5%	18.1%	120.1%	110.5%	9.59%
1971	50.9%	32.5%	18.4%	121.2%	111.5%	9.74%
1972	51.2%	32.5%	18.8%	121.4%	111.6%	9.85%
1973	51.3%	32.3%	19%	120.8%	110.9%	9.91%
1974	51.1%	32%	19.1%	119.5%	109.6%	9.92%
1975	51%	31.7%	19.3%	117.6%	107.7%	9.88%
1976	50.8%	31.4%	19.4%	115.1%	105.3%	9.8%
1977	50.6%	31.1%	19.5%	110.5%	100.9%	9.67%
1978	50.4%	30.8%	19.6%	105%	95.4%	9.54%
1979	50.3%	30.7%	19.6%	100.8%	91.3%	9.51%
1980	50.2%	30.8%	19.4%	98.3%	88.7%	9.52%
1981	49.9%	31%	19%	96.7%	87.1%	9.52%
1982	49.6%	31.1%	18.5%	95.1%	85.6%	9.53%
1983	49.4%	31.3%	18.1%	93.9%	84.4%	9.54%
1984	49.3%	31.5%	17.8%	93.1%	83.5%	9.56%
1985	49.1%	31.6%	17.5%	92.4%	82.9%	9.56%
1986	49.1%	31.7%	17.4%	91.6%	82.1%	9.54%
1987	49.1%	31.8%	17.3%	90.6%	81.1%	9.5%
1988	49.4%	31.9%	17.5%	87.6%	78.2%	9.47%
1989	49.6%	32.1%	17.5%	83.3%	73.7%	9.53%
1990	49.7%	32.1%	17.6%	79.5%	69.8%	9.66%
1991	50.4%	32.3%	18.1%	77.2%	67.5%	9.73%
1992	51.5%	32.5%	19%	76.1%	66.4%	9.69%
1993	52%	32.3%	19.8%	75%	65.3%	9.63%
1994	52.2%	31.9%	20.3%	73.9%	64.4%	9.54%
1995	52.2%	31.5%	20.8%	72.9%	63.4%	9.42%
1996	52%	30.8%	21.2%	71.4%	62.1%	9.27%
1997	51.5%	29.8%	21.6%	69.6%	60.5%	9.1%
1998	50.6%	28.7%	21.9%	67.4%	58.2%	9.25%
1999	49.4%	27.4%	22.1%	65.1%	55.3%	9.75%
2000	48.5%	26.2%	22.3%	63.1%	52.8%	10.3%
2001	47.8%	25.2%	22.6%	61.3%	50.7%	10.6%
2002	47.2%	24.1%	23.1%	59.5%	49%	10.5%
2003	46.7%	23.1%	23.6%	57.7%	47.3%	10.4%
2004	46.4%	22.3%	24.1%	55.8%	45.6%	10.3%
2005	46.2%	21.6%	24.6%	53.9%	43.8%	10.1%
2006	46.2%	21%	25.2%	52.1%	42.1%	10.1%
2007	46.2%	20.6%	25.6%	50.4%	40.3%	10.1%
2008	46.6%	20.6%	26%	48.8%	38.5%	10.3%
2009	47.3%	20.8%	26.5%	47.6%	37%	10.6%
2010	48%	21%	27%	46.3%	35.5%	10.8%
2011	48.6%	21.2%	27.5%	44.9%	34.1%	10.9%
2012	49.3%	21.5%	27.9%	43.6%	32.7%	11%
2013	50.4%	21.9%	28.5%	42.5%	31.5%	11.1%
2014	51.7%	22.5%	29.2%	41.5%	30.4%	11.1%
2015	53%	23.1%	29.9%	40.6%	29.4%	11.2%
2016	54.3%	23.8%	30.5%	39.7%	28.4%	11.3%
2017	55.5%	24.4%	31.1%	39.1%	27.6%	11.4%
2018	56.3%	24.8%	31.6%	38.5%	27%	11.6%
2019	57.1%	25%	32.1%	38.1%	26.4%	11.8%
2020	57.9%	25.3%	32.6%	37.8%	25.8%	12%
2021	58.4%	25.3%	33%	37.5%	25.4%	12.1%
2022	58.6%	25.3%	33.3%	37.3%	25%	12.4%
2023	58.8%	24.9%	33.9%	37.3%	24.5%	12.8%
2024	59.1%	24.5%	34.6%	37.3%	24.1%	13.2%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Latvia increased from 46.4% to 59.1% between 2004 and 2024.

In Saint Lucia, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 55.8% to 37.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Latvia	Saint Lucia
1960	67.2%	49.1%
1961	66.9%	48%
1962	66.8%	47.2%
1963	66.7%	46.5%
1964	66.8%	45.9%
1965	66.8%	45.5%
1966	66.8%	45.5%
1967	66.8%	45.9%
1968	66.6%	45.9%
1969	66.5%	45.7%
1970	66.4%	45.4%
1971	66.3%	45.2%
1972	66.1%	45.2%
1973	66.1%	45.3%
1974	66.2%	45.6%
1975	66.2%	46%
1976	66.3%	46.5%
1977	66.4%	47.5%
1978	66.5%	48.8%
1979	66.5%	49.8%
1980	66.6%	50.4%
1981	66.7%	50.8%
1982	66.9%	51.3%
1983	66.9%	51.6%
1984	67%	51.8%
1985	67.1%	52%
1986	67.1%	52.2%
1987	67%	52.5%
1988	66.9%	53.3%
1989	66.8%	54.6%
1990	66.8%	55.7%
1991	66.5%	56.4%
1992	66%	56.8%
1993	65.8%	57.2%
1994	65.7%	57.5%
1995	65.7%	57.9%
1996	65.8%	58.3%
1997	66%	59%
1998	66.4%	59.7%
1999	66.9%	60.6%
2000	67.3%	61.3%
2001	67.7%	62%
2002	67.9%	62.7%
2003	68.2%	63.4%
2004	68.3%	64.2%
2005	68.4%	65%
2006	68.4%	65.7%
2007	68.4%	66.5%
2008	68.2%	67.2%
2009	67.9%	67.8%
2010	67.6%	68.3%
2011	67.3%	69%
2012	67%	69.6%
2013	66.5%	70.2%
2014	65.9%	70.6%
2015	65.4%	71.1%
2016	64.8%	71.6%
2017	64.3%	71.9%
2018	64%	72.2%
2019	63.7%	72.4%
2020	63.3%	72.6%
2021	63.1%	72.7%
2022	63.1%	72.8%
2023	63%	72.8%
2024	62.9%	72.8%
2025	62.6%	72.8%
2026	62.4%	72.6%
2027	62.2%	72.3%
2028	62.1%	72%
2029	62.2%	71.7%
2030	62.3%	71.4%
2031	62.6%	71.1%
2032	62.7%	70.8%
2033	62.8%	70.6%
2034	62.9%	70.3%
2035	62.8%	70%
2036	62.7%	69.8%
2037	62.6%	69.6%
2038	62.3%	69.4%
2039	62%	69.2%
2040	61.7%	69%
2041	61.4%	68.8%
2042	61.1%	68.6%
2043	60.8%	68.4%
2044	60.6%	68.2%
2045	60.3%	68%
2046	59.9%	67.8%
2047	59.6%	67.5%
2048	59.1%	67.2%
2049	58.7%	66.9%
2050	58.2%	66.6%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 68.3% to 62.9% in Latvia and from 64.2% to 72.8% in Saint Lucia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Saint Lucia
1960	22.2%	47.1%
1961	22.4%	48.1%
1962	22.6%	48.9%
1963	22.5%	49.6%
1964	22.4%	50.1%
1965	22.2%	50.5%
1966	22%	50.4%
1967	21.8%	50%
1968	21.7%	49.8%
1969	21.6%	50%
1970	21.6%	50.2%
1971	21.5%	50.4%
1972	21.5%	50.4%
1973	21.3%	50.2%
1974	21.2%	49.9%
1975	21%	49.5%
1976	20.8%	48.9%
1977	20.6%	47.9%
1978	20.5%	46.6%
1979	20.4%	45.5%
1980	20.5%	44.8%
1981	20.6%	44.3%
1982	20.8%	43.9%
1983	20.9%	43.5%
1984	21.1%	43.3%
1985	21.2%	43.1%
1986	21.3%	42.8%
1987	21.3%	42.6%
1988	21.4%	41.7%
1989	21.4%	40.2%
1990	21.5%	38.9%
1991	21.5%	38.1%
1992	21.4%	37.7%
1993	21.2%	37.3%
1994	21%	37%
1995	20.7%	36.7%
1996	20.2%	36.2%
1997	19.7%	35.7%
1998	19%	34.7%
1999	18.3%	33.5%
2000	17.7%	32.4%
2001	17%	31.4%
2002	16.4%	30.7%
2003	15.8%	30%
2004	15.2%	29.2%
2005	14.7%	28.4%
2006	14.4%	27.6%
2007	14.1%	26.8%
2008	14%	25.9%
2009	14.1%	25.1%
2010	14.2%	24.3%
2011	14.2%	23.5%
2012	14.4%	22.7%
2013	14.6%	22.1%
2014	14.8%	21.5%
2015	15.1%	20.9%
2016	15.4%	20.3%
2017	15.7%	19.9%
2018	15.8%	19.5%
2019	15.9%	19.1%
2020	16%	18.7%
2021	16%	18.5%
2022	15.9%	18.2%
2023	15.7%	17.9%
2024	15.4%	17.5%
2025	15.2%	17.2%
2026	15%	17.1%
2027	14.8%	16.9%
2028	14.5%	16.8%
2029	14.1%	16.6%
2030	13.7%	16.5%
2031	13.2%	16.3%
2032	12.8%	16.1%
2033	12.4%	15.9%
2034	12.2%	15.7%
2035	11.9%	15.6%
2036	11.7%	15.4%
2037	11.6%	15.2%
2038	11.6%	15%
2039	11.6%	14.8%
2040	11.7%	14.6%
2041	11.7%	14.4%
2042	11.8%	14.2%
2043	12%	14.1%
2044	12.1%	13.9%
2045	12.2%	13.7%
2046	12.4%	13.6%
2047	12.5%	13.4%
2048	12.6%	13.3%
2049	12.7%	13.1%
2050	12.8%	13%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 15.4% in Latvia and 17.5% in Saint Lucia. Birth rates in Latvia compared to Saint Lucia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Latvia	Saint Lucia
1960	10.6%	3.84%
1961	10.7%	3.88%
1962	10.7%	3.93%
1963	10.7%	3.97%
1964	10.8%	4.01%
1965	11%	4.05%
1966	11.2%	4.11%
1967	11.4%	4.17%
1968	11.6%	4.24%
1969	11.8%	4.3%
1970	12%	4.36%
1971	12.2%	4.4%
1972	12.4%	4.45%
1973	12.5%	4.49%
1974	12.7%	4.52%
1975	12.8%	4.54%
1976	12.8%	4.56%
1977	12.9%	4.59%
1978	13%	4.65%
1979	13%	4.74%
1980	12.9%	4.8%
1981	12.7%	4.84%
1982	12.3%	4.88%
1983	12.1%	4.92%
1984	11.9%	4.95%
1985	11.7%	4.97%
1986	11.6%	4.98%
1987	11.6%	4.98%
1988	11.7%	5.05%
1989	11.7%	5.2%
1990	11.7%	5.38%
1991	12%	5.49%
1992	12.6%	5.5%
1993	13%	5.5%
1994	13.3%	5.48%
1995	13.6%	5.45%
1996	14%	5.41%
1997	14.3%	5.36%
1998	14.6%	5.52%
1999	14.8%	5.91%
2000	15%	6.33%
2001	15.3%	6.56%
2002	15.7%	6.58%
2003	16.1%	6.59%
2004	16.5%	6.59%
2005	16.9%	6.59%
2006	17.2%	6.61%
2007	17.5%	6.72%
2008	17.7%	6.91%
2009	18%	7.17%
2010	18.3%	7.37%
2011	18.5%	7.5%
2012	18.7%	7.63%
2013	18.9%	7.76%
2014	19.2%	7.88%
2015	19.5%	7.99%
2016	19.8%	8.1%
2017	20%	8.22%
2018	20.2%	8.37%
2019	20.4%	8.53%
2020	20.7%	8.71%
2021	20.8%	8.83%
2022	21%	9%
2023	21.3%	9.3%
2024	21.7%	9.62%
2025	22.2%	9.97%
2026	22.7%	10.3%
2027	23.1%	10.8%
2028	23.4%	11.2%
2029	23.7%	11.6%
2030	24%	12.1%
2031	24.2%	12.6%
2032	24.5%	13%
2033	24.7%	13.5%
2034	25%	14%
2035	25.3%	14.4%
2036	25.6%	14.8%
2037	25.9%	15.2%
2038	26.1%	15.6%
2039	26.4%	16%
2040	26.6%	16.4%
2041	26.9%	16.8%
2042	27%	17.2%
2043	27.2%	17.5%
2044	27.4%	17.9%
2045	27.5%	18.3%
2046	27.7%	18.6%
2047	27.9%	19.1%
2048	28.2%	19.5%
2049	28.6%	19.9%
2050	28.9%	20.4%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 21.7% in Latvia and 9.62% in Saint Lucia. Life expectancy in Latvia compared to Saint Lucia .