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In the 1990s, the situation aggravated rapidly. Since 1988 the indicators for number of births and also special indicators of fertility are falling. In 1988 the indicators for number of births and also special indicators of fertility are falling. In 1998 compared to 1988 the TFR dropped from 2.11 to 1.09. As a result, Latvia had one of the lowest fertility in the world. However, it has increased slightly in 1999-2001 ( to 1.2 in 2000-2001 ). With a rapid decrease of fertility and growth of mortality the natural population increase in Latvia is negative starting from 1991. The negative natural increase rapidly became bigger. The situation of depopulation when the numbers of deaths exceeds the number of births and population decline on the whole will be observed also in the future.