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Latvia vs Portugal statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 121st vs. 108th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Main facts and rankings

Latvia Portugal
Population
1844219
10687819
Population rank 149/197 92/197
GDP
$43.5B
2024
$309B
2024
GDP rank 100/197 47/197
GDP per capita
$23,368
2024
$28,844
2024
GDP per capita rank 53/197 44/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,867
2024
$50,617
2024
Government debt
$20.6B
2024
$293B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
48.3%
2025
91.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,068
2024
$27,381
2024
Government debt per person rank 52/185 26/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,995
2025
$15,657
2025
Land area
24,027 sq mi
2025
35,369 sq mi
2025
Population density
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
303 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.36
2023
1.44
2023
Median age
44.3 years
2024
47.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
82.7 years
2025

Latvia and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Latvia and Portugal economies compared

GDP
Latvia

Portugal
Year GDP
Latvia Portugal
1960 - $3,339,150,158
1961 - $3,573,719,085
1962 - $3,835,883,663
1963 - $4,084,251,593
1964 - $4,429,202,657
1965 - $4,901,711,248
1966 - $5,370,108,031
1967 - $6,002,607,030
1968 - $6,644,693,214
1969 - $7,287,555,035
1970 - $8,108,235,704
1971 - $9,201,604,240
1972 - $11,239,117,865
1973 - $15,090,564,186
1974 - $17,512,391,476
1975 - $19,347,607,843
1976 - $20,332,831,565
1977 - $21,439,523,311
1978 - $23,487,614,051
1979 - $26,622,819,672
1980 - $32,896,519,824
1981 - $31,977,276,873
1982 - $30,527,754,793
1983 - $27,239,650,742
1984 - $25,217,969,050
1985 - $27,115,807,742
1986 - $38,745,901,354
1987 - $48,182,925,857
1988 - $56,347,250,696
1989 - $60,594,092,182
1990 - $78,713,860,217
1991 - $89,233,599,278
1992 - $107,592,098,307
1993 - $95,009,751,901
1994 - $99,688,641,304
1995 $5,608,208,785 $118,122,007,430
1996 $5,799,465,288 $122,630,089,680
1997 $6,349,481,007 $117,016,535,163
1998 $6,974,112,951 $123,946,327,916
1999 $7,324,192,890 $127,470,385,557
2000 $7,761,252,607 $118,605,192,877
2001 $8,190,888,740 $121,604,107,165
2002 $9,249,030,241 $134,795,565,549
2003 $11,244,337,720 $165,226,175,537
2004 $13,827,070,379 $189,382,122,532
2005 $16,306,935,905 $197,253,876,705
2006 $20,434,922,247 $208,756,449,276
2007 $29,420,499,248 $240,496,147,317
2008 $34,135,200,994 $263,416,394,624
2009 $25,691,530,442 $244,667,762,836
2010 $23,468,324,572 $238,443,864,993
2011 $26,575,547,901 $245,426,767,676
2012 $27,116,149,949 $216,536,676,772
2013 $29,152,128,168 $226,677,408,292
2014 $30,277,203,767 $230,078,616,300
2015 $26,344,565,877 $199,038,523,120
2016 $27,117,105,060 $206,305,431,242
2017 $29,391,059,767 $220,862,990,767
2018 $33,247,935,477 $242,092,894,543
2019 $33,099,503,951 $240,115,970,063
2020 $33,379,927,435 $229,618,773,423
2021 $38,183,326,785 $256,055,879,091
2022 $38,014,713,596 $256,898,675,069
2023 $42,572,151,720 $289,696,962,620
2024 $43,520,773,851 $308,683,317,393

Latvia and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita
Latvia

Portugal
Year GDP per capita
Latvia Portugal
1960 - $377
1961 - $400
1962 - $426
1963 - $452
1964 - $490
1965 - $545
1966 - $601
1967 - $676
1968 - $752
1969 - $832
1970 - $934
1971 - $1,065
1972 - $1,302
1973 - $1,748
1974 - $2,000
1975 - $2,128
1976 - $2,173
1977 - $2,267
1978 - $2,457
1979 - $2,756
1980 - $3,368
1981 - $3,246
1982 - $3,080
1983 - $2,735
1984 - $2,523
1985 - $2,705
1986 - $3,862
1987 - $4,804
1988 - $5,624
1989 - $6,056
1990 - $7,885
1991 - $8,959
1992 - $10,811
1993 - $9,535
1994 - $9,977
1995 $2,257 $11,781
1996 $2,360 $12,185
1997 $2,610 $11,576
1998 $2,894 $12,199
1999 $3,064 $12,475
2000 $3,278 $11,526
2001 $3,505 $11,735
2002 $4,004 $12,937
2003 $4,915 $15,798
2004 $6,110 $18,064
2005 $7,284 $18,780
2006 $9,212 $19,839
2007 $13,371 $22,811
2008 $15,678 $24,949
2009 $11,996 $23,151
2010 $11,188 $22,552
2011 $12,903 $23,247
2012 $13,329 $20,593
2013 $14,484 $21,676
2014 $15,186 $22,121
2015 $13,322 $19,216
2016 $13,839 $19,980
2017 $15,132 $21,442
2018 $17,252 $23,541
2019 $17,295 $23,343
2020 $17,564 $22,299
2021 $20,262 $24,711
2022 $20,227 $24,621
2023 $22,676 $27,386
2024 $23,368 $28,844

Latvia vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Latvia

Portugal
Year Life expectancy, years
Latvia Portugal
1950 64.6 58.5
1951 65.2 58.7
1952 65.7 59.8
1953 66.2 61.1
1954 66.7 62.2
1955 67.1 61.4
1956 67.6 61.2
1957 68.3 61.4
1958 68.9 63.7
1959 69.5 62.9
1960 70.3 64.1
1961 70.5 62.8
1962 69.9 64.3
1963 70.3 64.9
1964 71.5 65.1
1965 71.2 66.1
1966 71.2 65.6
1967 70.9 66.5
1968 70.5 66.8
1969 70.2 66.4
1970 70.2 67.1
1971 70.6 66.8
1972 70.3 69.2
1973 70.2 68.6
1974 70.1 69.1
1975 69.3 68.8
1976 69.4 69.1
1977 69.4 70.3
1978 69.3 70.8
1979 68.8 71.6
1980 69.1 71.7
1981 69.1 71.9
1982 69.6 72.7
1983 69.4 72.7
1984 69.4 72.9
1985 69.6 73.2
1986 71 73.6
1987 71 74.1
1988 70.9 74.1
1989 70.4 74.7
1990 69.5 74.3
1991 69.2 74.2
1992 68.5 74.9
1993 66.6 74.8
1994 65.2 75.7
1995 66 75.5
1996 68.6 75.5
1997 69.2 75.9
1998 68.9 76.1
1999 69.6 76.3
2000 70.2 76.8
2001 69.9 77.2
2002 70.2 77.4
2003 70.6 77.6
2004 70.9 78.4
2005 70.6 78.3
2006 70.6 79.1
2007 70.8 79.3
2008 72 79.6
2009 72.7 79.8
2010 73 80.1
2011 73.7 80.6
2012 73.9 80.6
2013 74.2 80.9
2014 74.3 81.3
2015 74.7 81.3
2016 74.8 81.4
2017 74.8 81.7
2018 75 81.6
2019 75.6 82
2020 75.5 81.4
2021 73.2 81.4
2022 74.9 81.2
2023 76.2 82.4
2024 76.3 82.6
2025 76.5 82.7

Latvia and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population
Latvia

Portugal
Year Population
Latvia Portugal
1960 2,120,979 8,857,716
1961 2,152,681 8,929,316
1962 2,181,586 8,993,985
1963 2,210,919 9,030,355
1964 2,240,623 9,035,365
1965 2,265,919 8,998,595
1966 2,283,217 8,930,990
1967 2,301,220 8,874,520
1968 2,323,619 8,836,650
1969 2,343,173 8,757,705
1970 2,359,164 8,680,431
1971 2,376,389 8,643,756
1972 2,395,674 8,630,430
1973 2,415,819 8,633,100
1974 2,437,186 8,754,365
1975 2,456,130 9,093,470
1976 2,470,989 9,355,810
1977 2,485,073 9,455,675
1978 2,497,921 9,558,250
1979 2,505,953 9,661,265
1980 2,511,701 9,766,312
1981 2,519,421 9,851,362
1982 2,531,080 9,911,771
1983 2,546,011 9,957,865
1984 2,562,047 9,996,232
1985 2,578,873 10,023,613
1986 2,599,892 10,032,734
1987 2,626,583 10,030,031
1988 2,653,434 10,019,610
1989 2,666,955 10,005,000
1990 2,663,151 9,983,218
1991 2,650,581 9,960,235
1992 2,614,338 9,952,494
1993 2,563,290 9,964,675
1994 2,520,742 9,991,525
1995 2,485,056 10,026,176
1996 2,457,222 10,063,945
1997 2,432,851 10,108,977
1998 2,410,019 10,160,196
1999 2,390,482 10,217,828
2000 2,367,550 10,289,898
2001 2,337,170 10,362,722
2002 2,310,173 10,419,631
2003 2,287,955 10,458,821
2004 2,263,122 10,483,861
2005 2,238,799 10,503,330
2006 2,218,357 10,522,288
2007 2,200,325 10,542,964
2008 2,177,322 10,558,177
2009 2,141,669 10,568,247
2010 2,097,555 10,573,100
2011 2,059,709 10,557,560
2012 2,034,319 10,514,844
2013 2,012,647 10,457,295
2014 1,993,782 10,401,062
2015 1,977,527 10,358,076
2016 1,959,537 10,325,452
2017 1,942,248 10,300,300
2018 1,927,174 10,283,822
2019 1,913,822 10,286,263
2020 1,900,449 10,297,081
2021 1,884,490 10,361,831
2022 1,879,383 10,434,332
2023 1,877,445 10,578,174
2024 1,862,441 10,701,636

Fertility rates in Latvia and Portugal

Fertility rate
Latvia

Portugal
Year Fertility rate
Latvia Portugal
1960 1.94 3.16
1961 1.94 3.21
1962 1.91 3.23
1963 1.85 3.12
1964 1.79 3.21
1965 1.74 3.15
1966 1.76 3.16
1967 1.8 3.16
1968 1.83 3.12
1969 1.88 3.12
1970 1.96 3.01
1971 2 3
1972 2 2.86
1973 1.98 2.77
1974 1.97 2.7
1975 1.96 2.75
1976 1.93 2.82
1977 1.89 2.69
1978 1.87 2.45
1979 1.87 2.31
1980 1.86 2.25
1981 1.88 2.13
1982 1.97 2.07
1983 2.07 1.95
1984 2.09 1.9
1985 2.08 1.72
1986 2.12 1.66
1987 2.15 1.62
1988 2.11 1.61
1989 2.05 1.57
1990 2.02 1.56
1991 1.86 1.56
1992 1.73 1.54
1993 1.51 1.52
1994 1.39 1.45
1995 1.25 1.41
1996 1.16 1.44
1997 1.11 1.47
1998 1.09 1.47
1999 1.16 1.5
2000 1.25 1.55
2001 1.22 1.45
2002 1.26 1.46
2003 1.32 1.44
2004 1.29 1.4
2005 1.39 1.41
2006 1.46 1.37
2007 1.54 1.35
2008 1.58 1.39
2009 1.46 1.34
2010 1.36 1.39
2011 1.33 1.35
2012 1.44 1.28
2013 1.52 1.21
2014 1.65 1.24
2015 1.7 1.31
2016 1.74 1.37
2017 1.69 1.38
2018 1.6 1.42
2019 1.61 1.44
2020 1.55 1.42
2021 1.57 1.35
2022 1.47 1.43
2023 1.36 1.44

Latvia and Portugal demographics compared

Median age
Latvia

Portugal
Year Median age, years
Latvia Portugal
1960 32.3 27.9
1961 32.4 28.1
1962 32.6 28.3
1963 32.8 28.5
1964 33 28.7
1965 33.2 28.8
1966 33.5 29
1967 33.8 29.1
1968 34 29.2
1969 34.1 29.4
1970 34.2 29.6
1971 34.3 29.7
1972 34.5 29.6
1973 34.6 29.6
1974 34.7 29.7
1975 34.9 29.7
1976 35 29.8
1977 35.1 29.9
1978 35.1 30
1979 35.1 30.3
1980 34.9 30.6
1981 34.8 30.8
1982 34.7 31.1
1983 34.6 31.4
1984 34.7 31.7
1985 34.7 32.1
1986 34.7 32.5
1987 34.6 32.9
1988 34.6 33.3
1989 34.5 33.7
1990 34.6 34.2
1991 34.8 34.6
1992 35.2 35
1993 35.6 35.4
1994 36 35.7
1995 36.2 36.1
1996 36.6 36.4
1997 36.9 36.8
1998 37.3 37.1
1999 37.6 37.4
2000 37.9 37.7
2001 38.3 38
2002 38.6 38.3
2003 38.9 38.6
2004 39.2 39
2005 39.4 39.4
2006 39.7 39.8
2007 39.9 40.2
2008 40.1 40.6
2009 40.5 41
2010 41.1 41.5
2011 41.6 41.9
2012 42 42.4
2013 42.3 42.9
2014 42.5 43.4
2015 42.8 43.8
2016 43 44.3
2017 43.2 44.7
2018 43.4 45.2
2019 43.6 45.6
2020 43.8 46.1
2021 43.9 46.5
2022 44 46.8
2023 44.1 47.2
2024 44.3 47.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Latvia Portugal
GNI, Atlas method
$40.8B
2024
$285B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
43.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.32%
2022
4.55%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.27%
2023
1.52%
2023
Armed forces personnel
9,000
2020
52,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.63%
2025
+0.52%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.88%
2024
6.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
63.1%
2024
66.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.9%
2024
18.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.4
2025
70.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.2%
2023
26.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2023
2.7%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
171,797
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
1.95%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
56
2003
40
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$61.9B
2018
Total reserves including gold
$5.14B
2024
$42.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.34B
2024
$1.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,204,000
2020
4,208,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.25%
2007
12.2%
2020
Banked people share
95%
2024
91.4%
2024

Energy

Latvia Portugal
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,248 kg
2023
1,853 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$25.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.55 megatons
2023
36.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.49 tons
2023
3.42 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
47.8%
2023
63.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share
44%
2021
32.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
8.79%
2023
14.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
34.3%
2023
77.2%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,629 kWh
2023
5,146 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
63.6%
2021
64.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.4%
2023
30.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Latvia Portugal
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,225
2024
+20,648
2024
Urban population
68.8%
2024
68.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.94 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.3
2025
77.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
57
2024
Higher education index
70
2025
87
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.5
2023
0.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.1
2019
8.2
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
96.8%
2021
English speaking
45.9%
2023
27.3%
2023
People using the Internet
92.7%
2024
88.5%
2024

Health

Latvia Portugal
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,642
2022
$2,744
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$505
2022
$817
2023
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
82.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.18%
2022
0.08%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.38
2021
5.77
2021
Age at first childbirth
28 years
2023
30.2 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3
2023
3.2
2023
Obesity rate
24.9%
2022
22.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.1%
2024
10.5%
2024
Air quality index
75
2025
82
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
33.9%
2022
25.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
12.9 liters
2020
8.88 liters
2020

Territory

Latvia Portugal
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
12,901 sq mi
2024
3,305 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,610 sq mi
2025
15,328 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,214 sq mi
2025
12,788 sq mi
2025

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