Marriage number gone down by 28.9 %

Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show that 1 074 marriages were registered in Q1 2024, which is 437 marriages or 28.9 % fewer than in the corresponding period a year ago. The number of marriages was going up in the recent years, however at the beginning of this year it has gone down once again – 656 marriages (37.9 %) fewer than in Q1 2020 (when more than 1.7 thousand marriages were concluded).

The number of births kept reducing in Q1 2024: 3 154 children were born, which is 267 children or 7.8 % fewer than in Q1 2023 when 3 421 children were born. Moreover, there still have been two times more deaths than births.

In Q1 2024, 7 371 deaths were registered, which is 306 deaths or 4.0 % fewer than in Q1 2023 and 238 deaths or 3.3 % more than in Q1 2020.

On 1 April 2024 Latvia provisionally had a population of 1 million 863 thousand, which is 22.5 thousand people fewer than on 1 April 2023.

Final statistics for the population of Latvia on 1 January 2024 will be published on 3 June 2024.

Methodological information

Deaths – a provisional number of deaths in the respective month. To produce annual statistics the data are specified by supplementing the number of deaths with people the death whereof was registered after the national registration deadline (six working days) as well as usual residents of Latvia who passed away while temporarily abroad.

Live births – a provisional number of live deaths in the respective month. To produce annual statistics the data are specified by supplementing the number of births with children the birth whereof was registered after the national registration deadline (one month) as well as children born to usual residents of Latvia while temporarily abroad. The children born to parents who are not citizens of Latvia and do not have usual residence in Latvia are excluded from the number of births.

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More information on data:
Ance Ceriņa
Social Statistics Methodology Section
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