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Belgium vs Latvia: Health & Population

This page compares Belgium and Latvia across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Belgium Latvia Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.40 34.58 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.30 76.43 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 73.08 214.54 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.61 68.48 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.69 53.64 Compare →
Population, male 5.85M 865,141.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.31 46.36 Compare →
Rural population 1.47M 588,129.00 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.39 31.52 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.74 -0.75 Compare →
Urban population 10.39M 1.28M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.44 1.24 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 43.50 74.30 Compare →
Population, total 11.86M 1.87M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.56 21.74 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.00 15.41 Compare →
Net migration 31,989.00 -7,330.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.50 7.25 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.20 6.90 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 14.30 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.40 81.50 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.30 71.60 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.37 88.13 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 87.65 71.12 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 927,205.00 138,918.00 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.42 13.88 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 969,713.00 148,713.00 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.58 17.19 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.90M 287,631.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.74M 594,528.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.17 59.39 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.79M 578,347.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.76 66.85 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 7.52M 1.17M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.45 62.85 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.35M 267,537.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.41 26.73 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.09M 138,081.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 18.66 15.96 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.44M 405,618.00 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.06 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.61 59.11 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 25.21 24.52 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.67 -0.94 Compare →
Population, female 6.01M 1.00M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 20.00 11.80 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 2.35M 220,471.00 Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 98.77 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.49 92.53 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 5.90 7.10 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.17 -1.33 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 187.00 166.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 93.00 179.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 2.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.50 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.00 1.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.60 3.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 2.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.10 2.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.20 1.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 2.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.50 2.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 2.50 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 41.00 11.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 53.00 10.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 135.00 39.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 213.00 53.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 318.00 30.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 385.00 36.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 225.00 17.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.30 0.50 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.02 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.57 3.40 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 4.00 19.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 4.00 3.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 21,405.00 4,958.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.80 7.28 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 86.00 77.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 96.00 98.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 41.33 31.00 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 97.00 97.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 21.90 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 15.00 21.40 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 15.10 21.40 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 17.40 19.40 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 5.80 8.10 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 5.42 4.95 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 97.00 99.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 14.83 21.35 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.25 5.87 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 9.43 12.87 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 9.20 22.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.42 0.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.33 0.60 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.52 1.04 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 26.25 27.50 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 18.36 15.21 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 10.69 4.63 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 17.90 14.78 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.24 4.13 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 75.85 81.08 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 7.40 13.30 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 11.00 33.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.40 56.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 15.30 40.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 11.90 29.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 5.30 2.60 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.