Young people in Latvia

According to Youth Law young people in Latvia are persons from 13 to 25 years of age. In 2008 number of youth was 19, 2 % (436 296 young people) of the total population in Latvia. Comparing year 2005 and 2008 gradually number of youth are becoming smaller in Latvia.

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008
13	31 958	30 218	25 420	22 886
14	34 354	31 919	30 155	25 301
15	35 151	34 293	31 828	30 006
16	36 835	35 105	34 235	31 753
17	37 829	36 774	35 034	34 133
18	37 935	37 762	36 694	34 945
19	36 766	37 885	37 698	36 677
20	36 965	36 699	37 831	37 681
21	37 242	36 864	36 628	37 798
22	34 711	37 197	36 807	36 609
23	33 405	34 663	37 132	36 818
24	32 763	33 318	34 572	37 106
25	31 952	32 683	33 250	34 583
Total	457 866	455 380	447 284	436 296
% comparing with total population	19,85	19,85	19,61	19,21