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Latvia vs Thailand statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 121st vs. 50th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Main facts and rankings

Latvia Thailand
Population
1844219
71619867
Population rank 149/197 21/197
GDP
$43.5B
2024
$526B
2024
GDP rank 100/197 30/197
GDP per capita
$23,368
2024
$7,345
2024
GDP per capita rank 53/197 102/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,867
2024
$24,708
2024
Government debt
$20.6B
2024
$333B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
48.3%
2025
64.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,068
2024
$4,642
2024
Government debt per person rank 52/185 84/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,995
2025
$7,948
2025
Land area
24,027 sq mi
2025
197,256 sq mi
2025
Population density
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
363 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.36
2023
1.21
2023
Median age
44.3 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.8 years
2025

Latvia and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Latvia and Thailand economies compared

GDP
Latvia

Thailand
Year GDP
Latvia Thailand
1960 - $2,760,750,861
1961 - $3,034,037,811
1962 - $3,308,912,797
1963 - $3,540,403,457
1964 - $3,889,129,942
1965 - $4,388,937,649
1966 - $5,279,230,817
1967 - $5,638,461,442
1968 - $6,081,009,428
1969 - $6,695,336,567
1970 - $7,086,538,438
1971 - $7,375,000,024
1972 - $8,177,873,151
1973 - $10,838,587,358
1974 - $13,702,998,512
1975 - $14,882,770,594
1976 - $16,985,208,648
1977 - $19,779,312,261
1978 - $24,006,566,637
1979 - $27,371,650,825
1980 - $32,353,514,989
1981 - $34,846,039,194
1982 - $36,589,772,404
1983 - $40,042,798,388
1984 - $41,797,647,776
1985 - $38,900,711,333
1986 - $43,096,773,981
1987 - $50,535,446,555
1988 - $61,667,253,471
1989 - $72,250,748,100
1990 - $85,343,190,719
1991 - $98,234,714,971
1992 - $111,452,746,518
1993 - $128,889,262,951
1994 - $146,683,778,959
1995 $5,608,208,785 $169,278,916,593
1996 $5,799,465,288 $183,035,237,429
1997 $6,349,481,007 $150,180,456,566
1998 $6,974,112,951 $113,675,596,788
1999 $7,324,192,890 $126,669,211,779
2000 $7,761,252,607 $126,392,224,254
2001 $8,190,888,740 $120,296,476,180
2002 $9,249,030,241 $134,300,904,400
2003 $11,244,337,720 $152,280,615,246
2004 $13,827,070,379 $172,895,685,155
2005 $16,306,935,905 $189,318,408,469
2006 $20,434,922,247 $221,758,296,022
2007 $29,420,499,248 $262,942,621,455
2008 $34,135,200,994 $291,382,982,431
2009 $25,691,530,442 $281,710,630,187
2010 $23,468,324,572 $341,104,766,329
2011 $26,575,547,901 $370,818,739,624
2012 $27,116,149,949 $397,558,325,279
2013 $29,152,128,168 $420,333,654,593
2014 $30,277,203,767 $407,339,040,198
2015 $26,344,565,877 $401,296,238,228
2016 $27,117,105,060 $413,366,349,748
2017 $29,391,059,767 $456,356,813,537
2018 $33,247,935,477 $506,754,208,404
2019 $33,099,503,951 $543,976,691,794
2020 $33,379,927,435 $500,461,898,480
2021 $38,183,326,785 $506,194,668,790
2022 $38,014,713,596 $495,644,697,588
2023 $42,572,151,720 $515,906,283,941
2024 $43,520,773,851 $526,411,265,428

Latvia and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita
Latvia

Thailand
Year GDP per capita
Latvia Thailand
1960 - $102.8
1961 - $109.7
1962 - $116.2
1963 - $120.7
1964 - $128.6
1965 - $140.9
1966 - $164.5
1967 - $170.7
1968 - $178.8
1969 - $191.4
1970 - $197.1
1971 - $199.7
1972 - $215.6
1973 - $278.3
1974 - $343
1975 - $364
1976 - $405
1977 - $462
1978 - $548
1979 - $612
1980 - $709
1981 - $748
1982 - $770
1983 - $827
1984 - $847
1985 - $774
1986 - $842
1987 - $970
1988 - $1,164
1989 - $1,342
1990 - $1,559
1991 - $1,766
1992 - $1,972
1993 - $2,245
1994 - $2,518
1995 $2,257 $2,864
1996 $2,360 $3,055
1997 $2,610 $2,473
1998 $2,894 $1,848
1999 $3,064 $2,033
2000 $3,278 $2,006
2001 $3,505 $1,890
2002 $4,004 $2,090
2003 $4,915 $2,348
2004 $6,110 $2,642
2005 $7,284 $2,868
2006 $9,212 $3,331
2007 $13,371 $3,919
2008 $15,678 $4,309
2009 $11,996 $4,135
2010 $11,188 $4,974
2011 $12,903 $5,374
2012 $13,329 $5,726
2013 $14,484 $6,018
2014 $15,186 $5,801
2015 $13,322 $5,689
2016 $13,839 $5,834
2017 $15,132 $6,413
2018 $17,252 $7,100
2019 $17,295 $7,606
2020 $17,564 $6,986
2021 $20,262 $7,057
2022 $20,227 $6,909
2023 $22,676 $7,195
2024 $23,368 $7,345

Latvia vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Latvia

Thailand
Year Life expectancy, years
Latvia Thailand
1950 64.6 45.2
1951 65.2 45.9
1952 65.7 46.5
1953 66.2 47.1
1954 66.7 47.6
1955 67.1 48.1
1956 67.6 48.6
1957 68.3 49.1
1958 68.9 49.5
1959 69.5 50.1
1960 70.3 50.6
1961 70.5 51.1
1962 69.9 51.4
1963 70.3 52
1964 71.5 52.5
1965 71.2 53.1
1966 71.2 53.7
1967 70.9 54.3
1968 70.5 55
1969 70.2 55.7
1970 70.2 56.5
1971 70.6 57.1
1972 70.3 57.7
1973 70.2 58.3
1974 70.1 59
1975 69.3 59.7
1976 69.4 60.4
1977 69.4 60.9
1978 69.3 61.3
1979 68.8 61.7
1980 69.1 62.2
1981 69.1 62.9
1982 69.6 63.6
1983 69.4 64.5
1984 69.4 65.5
1985 69.6 66.5
1986 71 67.3
1987 71 67.8
1988 70.9 68.2
1989 70.4 68.6
1990 69.5 68.9
1991 69.2 69.1
1992 68.5 69.4
1993 66.6 69.6
1994 65.2 69.7
1995 66 69.8
1996 68.6 69.9
1997 69.2 70.4
1998 68.9 70.7
1999 69.6 71
2000 70.2 71.2
2001 69.9 71.5
2002 70.2 71.8
2003 70.6 72.1
2004 70.9 72.1
2005 70.6 72.9
2006 70.6 73.3
2007 70.8 73.8
2008 72 74.2
2009 72.7 74.7
2010 73 75
2011 73.7 75.3
2012 73.9 75.6
2013 74.2 76
2014 74.3 76.3
2015 74.7 76.6
2016 74.8 76.8
2017 74.8 77
2018 75 77.2
2019 75.6 77.2
2020 75.5 77.3
2021 73.2 77.6
2022 74.9 75.3
2023 76.2 76.4
2024 76.3 76.6
2025 76.5 76.8

Latvia and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population
Latvia

Thailand
Year Population
Latvia Thailand
1960 2,120,979 26,851,747
1961 2,152,681 27,650,334
1962 2,181,586 28,481,040
1963 2,210,919 29,342,322
1964 2,240,623 30,232,141
1965 2,265,919 31,149,337
1966 2,283,217 32,086,071
1967 2,301,220 33,037,801
1968 2,323,619 34,002,560
1969 2,343,173 34,973,782
1970 2,359,164 35,954,408
1971 2,376,389 36,937,387
1972 2,395,674 37,933,929
1973 2,415,819 38,947,787
1974 2,437,186 39,952,891
1975 2,456,130 40,940,005
1976 2,470,989 41,896,504
1977 2,485,073 42,843,974
1978 2,497,921 43,788,976
1979 2,505,953 44,718,434
1980 2,511,701 45,650,022
1981 2,519,421 46,575,855
1982 2,531,080 47,494,577
1983 2,546,011 48,423,309
1984 2,562,047 49,351,708
1985 2,578,873 50,270,753
1986 2,599,892 51,177,834
1987 2,626,583 52,074,105
1988 2,653,434 52,969,595
1989 2,666,955 53,848,956
1990 2,663,151 54,738,329
1991 2,650,581 55,637,434
1992 2,614,338 56,528,834
1993 2,563,290 57,408,198
1994 2,520,742 58,260,854
1995 2,485,056 59,098,232
1996 2,457,222 59,920,064
1997 2,432,851 60,724,584
1998 2,410,019 61,522,630
1999 2,390,482 62,299,043
2000 2,367,550 63,007,815
2001 2,337,170 63,651,141
2002 2,310,173 64,266,437
2003 2,287,955 64,868,166
2004 2,263,122 65,452,047
2005 2,238,799 66,017,420
2006 2,218,357 66,567,687
2007 2,200,325 67,102,394
2008 2,177,322 67,619,830
2009 2,141,669 68,121,080
2010 2,097,555 68,579,447
2011 2,059,709 69,007,208
2012 2,034,319 69,436,098
2013 2,012,647 69,845,114
2014 1,993,782 70,216,367
2015 1,977,527 70,540,795
2016 1,959,537 70,859,841
2017 1,942,248 71,160,187
2018 1,927,174 71,376,079
2019 1,913,822 71,522,271
2020 1,900,449 71,641,484
2021 1,884,490 71,727,332
2022 1,879,383 71,735,329
2023 1,877,445 71,702,435
2024 1,862,441 71,668,011

Fertility rates in Latvia and Thailand

Fertility rate
Latvia

Thailand
Year Fertility rate
Latvia Thailand
1960 1.94 6.33
1961 1.94 6.32
1962 1.91 6.33
1963 1.85 6.34
1964 1.79 6.31
1965 1.74 6.26
1966 1.76 6.18
1967 1.8 6.08
1968 1.83 5.93
1969 1.88 5.7
1970 1.96 5.45
1971 2 5.25
1972 2 5.08
1973 1.98 4.85
1974 1.97 4.6
1975 1.96 4.36
1976 1.93 4.12
1977 1.89 3.87
1978 1.87 3.62
1979 1.87 3.45
1980 1.86 3.29
1981 1.88 3.13
1982 1.97 2.94
1983 2.07 2.76
1984 2.09 2.58
1985 2.08 2.45
1986 2.12 2.36
1987 2.15 2.26
1988 2.11 2.17
1989 2.05 2.14
1990 2.02 2.07
1991 1.86 2.04
1992 1.73 2.01
1993 1.51 1.97
1994 1.39 1.93
1995 1.25 1.89
1996 1.16 1.87
1997 1.11 1.85
1998 1.09 1.82
1999 1.16 1.77
2000 1.25 1.73
2001 1.22 1.71
2002 1.26 1.69
2003 1.32 1.67
2004 1.29 1.67
2005 1.39 1.64
2006 1.46 1.63
2007 1.54 1.62
2008 1.58 1.59
2009 1.46 1.57
2010 1.36 1.56
2011 1.33 1.57
2012 1.44 1.56
2013 1.52 1.53
2014 1.65 1.48
2015 1.7 1.45
2016 1.74 1.4
2017 1.69 1.36
2018 1.6 1.32
2019 1.61 1.29
2020 1.55 1.26
2021 1.57 1.23
2022 1.47 1.22
2023 1.36 1.21

Latvia and Thailand demographics compared

Median age
Latvia

Thailand
Year Median age, years
Latvia Thailand
1960 32.3 18
1961 32.4 17.9
1962 32.6 17.7
1963 32.8 17.6
1964 33 17.5
1965 33.2 17.4
1966 33.5 17.3
1967 33.8 17.3
1968 34 17.3
1969 34.1 17.4
1970 34.2 17.5
1971 34.3 17.6
1972 34.5 17.8
1973 34.6 18
1974 34.7 18.2
1975 34.9 18.4
1976 35 18.7
1977 35.1 18.9
1978 35.1 19.2
1979 35.1 19.5
1980 34.9 19.9
1981 34.8 20.2
1982 34.7 20.6
1983 34.6 21
1984 34.7 21.5
1985 34.7 21.9
1986 34.7 22.4
1987 34.6 22.8
1988 34.6 23.3
1989 34.5 23.7
1990 34.6 24.3
1991 34.8 24.8
1992 35.2 25.4
1993 35.6 26
1994 36 26.6
1995 36.2 27.2
1996 36.6 27.7
1997 36.9 28.3
1998 37.3 28.9
1999 37.6 29.5
2000 37.9 30
2001 38.3 30.5
2002 38.6 30.9
2003 38.9 31.3
2004 39.2 31.7
2005 39.4 32.2
2006 39.7 32.6
2007 39.9 33.1
2008 40.1 33.6
2009 40.5 34
2010 41.1 34.5
2011 41.6 35
2012 42 35.4
2013 42.3 35.9
2014 42.5 36.3
2015 42.8 36.8
2016 43 37.3
2017 43.2 37.7
2018 43.4 38.2
2019 43.6 38.7
2020 43.8 39.2
2021 43.9 39.7
2022 44 40.2
2023 44.1 40.7
2024 44.3 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Latvia Thailand
GNI, Atlas method
$40.8B
2024
$510B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.32%
2022
2.52%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.27%
2023
1.17%
2023
Armed forces personnel
9,000
2020
455,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.63%
2025
-3.07%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.88%
2024
0.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
63.1%
2024
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.9%
2024
32.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.4
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.2%
2023
26.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2023
3.4%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
100,001
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.18%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
25
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
56
2003
860
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$520B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.14B
2024
$237B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.34B
2024
$9.58B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,204,000
2020
39,916,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
7.25%
2007
5.95%
2020
Banked people share
95%
2024
91.8%
2024

Energy

Latvia Thailand
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,248 kg
2023
1,851 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$12.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.55 megatons
2023
274.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.49 tons
2023
3.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
47.8%
2023
79.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
44%
2021
19%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
8.79%
2023
1.02%
2023
Net energy imports use share
34.3%
2023
57.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,629 kWh
2023
2,965 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
63.6%
2021
19.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.4%
2023
3.45%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Latvia Thailand
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.88%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,225
2024
+23,321
2024
Urban population
68.8%
2024
54.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.94 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.3
2025
57.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
70
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.5
2023
4.81
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.1
2019
32.2
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
96
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
91.1%
2022
English speaking
45.9%
2023
27.2%
2023
People using the Internet
92.7%
2024
90.9%
2024

Health

Latvia Thailand
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,642
2022
$370
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$505
2022
$34.1
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.18%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.38
2021
0.93
2020
Age at first childbirth
28 years
2023
23.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
34
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3
2023
9.2
2023
Obesity rate
24.9%
2022
15.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.1%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
75
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
33.9%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
12.9 liters
2020
7.99 liters
2020

Territory

Latvia Thailand
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.34%
2025
Land area per capita
12,901 sq mi
2024
2,752 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,610 sq mi
2025
86,394 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,214 sq mi
2025
76,313 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
436,817 mi
2020

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