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Latvia vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 121st vs. 84th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Latvia Uganda
Population
1844219
52490669
Population rank 149/197 30/197
GDP
$43.5B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 100/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$23,368
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 53/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,867
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$20.6B
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
48.3%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,068
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 52/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,995
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
24,027 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.36
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
44.3 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Latvia and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Latvia and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Latvia

Uganda
Year GDP
Latvia Uganda
1960 - $423,145,605
1961 - $441,667,335
1962 - $449,158,233
1963 - $516,315,231
1964 - $589,247,687
1965 - $884,502,310
1966 - $925,381,492
1967 - $967,240,655
1968 - $1,037,379,252
1969 - $1,168,556,629
1970 - $1,259,554,809
1971 - $1,417,191,656
1972 - $1,490,970,181
1973 - $1,701,829,789
1974 - $2,098,944,967
1975 - $2,359,555,556
1976 - $2,447,300,000
1977 - $2,936,470,588
1978 - $2,420,260,870
1979 - $2,139,025,000
1980 - $1,244,610,000
1981 - $1,337,300,000
1982 - $2,177,500,000
1983 - $2,240,333,333
1984 - $3,615,647,477
1985 - $3,519,695,444
1986 - $3,923,244,050
1987 - $6,269,522,042
1988 - $6,508,931,652
1989 - $5,276,480,799
1990 - $4,304,399,310
1991 - $3,321,729,160
1992 - $2,857,457,762
1993 - $3,220,439,044
1994 - $3,990,430,447
1995 $5,608,208,785 $5,755,818,842
1996 $5,799,465,288 $6,044,585,327
1997 $6,349,481,007 $6,269,333,313
1998 $6,974,112,951 $6,584,815,847
1999 $7,324,192,890 $5,998,563,258
2000 $7,761,252,607 $6,193,246,837
2001 $8,190,888,740 $5,840,503,869
2002 $9,249,030,241 $6,178,563,591
2003 $11,244,337,720 $6,606,884,275
2004 $13,827,070,379 $7,939,487,548
2005 $16,306,935,905 $9,239,221,763
2006 $20,434,922,247 $9,977,647,683
2007 $29,420,499,248 $11,902,564,495
2008 $34,135,200,994 $14,440,404,132
2009 $25,691,530,442 $25,127,805,567
2010 $23,468,324,572 $26,673,441,431
2011 $26,575,547,901 $27,871,725,241
2012 $27,116,149,949 $27,305,915,911
2013 $29,152,128,168 $28,915,786,517
2014 $30,277,203,767 $32,612,397,257
2015 $26,344,565,877 $32,387,183,730
2016 $27,117,105,060 $29,203,988,696
2017 $29,391,059,767 $30,744,473,841
2018 $33,247,935,477 $32,927,025,620
2019 $33,099,503,951 $35,353,061,008
2020 $33,379,927,435 $37,600,368,240
2021 $38,183,326,785 $40,529,788,744
2022 $38,014,713,596 $45,565,333,216
2023 $42,572,151,720 $48,768,955,859
2024 $43,520,773,851 $53,651,874,314

Latvia and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Latvia

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Latvia Uganda
1960 - $55.4
1961 - $56.2
1962 - $55.5
1963 - $62
1964 - $68.6
1965 - $100
1966 - $101.4
1967 - $102.8
1968 - $106.9
1969 - $116.7
1970 - $122
1971 - $133.5
1972 - $137
1973 - $152.7
1974 - $183.7
1975 - $201.2
1976 - $203.3
1977 - $237.6
1978 - $190.7
1979 - $164.5
1980 - $93.8
1981 - $98.6
1982 - $157
1983 - $157.5
1984 - $247.5
1985 - $234.3
1986 - $253.6
1987 - $393
1988 - $395
1989 - $310
1990 - $245
1991 - $183
1992 - $152.1
1993 - $165.6
1994 - $198.4
1995 $2,257 $278.5
1996 $2,360 $284.7
1997 $2,610 $286.8
1998 $2,894 $292.5
1999 $3,064 $257.9
2000 $3,278 $258.1
2001 $3,505 $236
2002 $4,004 $242
2003 $4,915 $250.7
2004 $6,110 $292.4
2005 $7,284 $330
2006 $9,212 $347
2007 $13,371 $401
2008 $15,678 $473
2009 $11,996 $799
2010 $11,188 $823
2011 $12,903 $836
2012 $13,329 $795
2013 $14,484 $818
2014 $15,186 $896
2015 $13,322 $863
2016 $13,839 $753
2017 $15,132 $765
2018 $17,252 $792
2019 $17,295 $822
2020 $17,564 $846
2021 $20,262 $883
2022 $20,227 $963
2023 $22,676 $1,002
2024 $23,368 $1,073

Latvia vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Latvia

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Latvia Uganda
1950 64.6 39.7
1951 65.2 40.2
1952 65.7 40.8
1953 66.2 41.3
1954 66.7 41.8
1955 67.1 42.4
1956 67.6 43
1957 68.3 43.7
1958 68.9 44.3
1959 69.5 45
1960 70.3 45.6
1961 70.5 46.3
1962 69.9 46.8
1963 70.3 47.4
1964 71.5 47.8
1965 71.2 48.3
1966 71.2 48.5
1967 70.9 49
1968 70.5 49.3
1969 70.2 49.5
1970 70.2 49.6
1971 70.6 47.1
1972 70.3 47.2
1973 70.2 47
1974 70.1 46.9
1975 69.3 46.5
1976 69.4 46.2
1977 69.4 45.8
1978 69.3 45.6
1979 68.8 45.4
1980 69.1 43.5
1981 69.1 43.5
1982 69.6 43.3
1983 69.4 43.5
1984 69.4 43.7
1985 69.6 45.5
1986 71 45.7
1987 71 47.4
1988 70.9 47.5
1989 70.4 47.5
1990 69.5 47.6
1991 69.2 47.5
1992 68.5 47.7
1993 66.6 47.7
1994 65.2 47.7
1995 66 47.7
1996 68.6 47.8
1997 69.2 48
1998 68.9 48.3
1999 69.6 49
2000 70.2 49.6
2001 69.9 50.6
2002 70.2 51.4
2003 70.6 52.4
2004 70.9 53.7
2005 70.6 54.9
2006 70.6 56.1
2007 70.8 57.2
2008 72 58.3
2009 72.7 59.2
2010 73 60
2011 73.7 60.8
2012 73.9 61.6
2013 74.2 62.4
2014 74.3 63.1
2015 74.7 63.8
2016 74.8 64.5
2017 74.8 65.2
2018 75 65.8
2019 75.6 66.4
2020 75.5 66.4
2021 73.2 66.4
2022 74.9 67.7
2023 76.2 68.3
2024 76.3 68.5
2025 76.5 68.7

Latvia and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Latvia

Uganda
Year Population
Latvia Uganda
1960 2,120,979 7,640,973
1961 2,152,681 7,862,217
1962 2,181,586 8,092,231
1963 2,210,919 8,333,663
1964 2,240,623 8,586,363
1965 2,265,919 8,849,203
1966 2,283,217 9,122,864
1967 2,301,220 9,408,924
1968 2,323,619 9,708,632
1969 2,343,173 10,014,858
1970 2,359,164 10,321,603
1971 2,376,389 10,618,206
1972 2,395,674 10,885,796
1973 2,415,819 11,144,236
1974 2,437,186 11,424,846
1975 2,456,130 11,725,240
1976 2,470,989 12,037,294
1977 2,485,073 12,359,669
1978 2,497,921 12,692,113
1979 2,505,953 13,002,163
1980 2,511,701 13,275,741
1981 2,519,421 13,556,452
1982 2,531,080 13,873,631
1983 2,546,011 14,221,881
1984 2,562,047 14,607,677
1985 2,578,873 15,023,681
1986 2,599,892 15,467,579
1987 2,626,583 15,954,170
1988 2,653,434 16,470,483
1989 2,666,955 17,010,698
1990 2,663,151 17,569,897
1991 2,650,581 18,155,901
1992 2,614,338 18,785,032
1993 2,563,290 19,445,161
1994 2,520,742 20,108,801
1995 2,485,056 20,665,667
1996 2,457,222 21,231,550
1997 2,432,851 21,856,046
1998 2,410,019 22,515,806
1999 2,390,482 23,257,281
2000 2,367,550 24,000,150
2001 2,337,170 24,745,676
2002 2,310,173 25,532,870
2003 2,287,955 26,352,124
2004 2,263,122 27,154,515
2005 2,238,799 27,963,289
2006 2,218,357 28,794,003
2007 2,200,325 29,653,430
2008 2,177,322 30,539,553
2009 2,141,669 31,451,151
2010 2,097,555 32,390,802
2011 2,059,709 33,354,543
2012 2,034,319 34,337,438
2013 2,012,647 35,337,042
2014 1,993,782 36,395,539
2015 1,977,527 37,531,446
2016 1,959,537 38,799,152
2017 1,942,248 40,177,388
2018 1,927,174 41,565,831
2019 1,913,822 42,999,637
2020 1,900,449 44,457,152
2021 1,884,490 45,910,930
2022 1,879,383 47,312,719
2023 1,877,445 48,656,601
2024 1,862,441 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Latvia and Uganda

Fertility rate
Latvia

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Latvia Uganda
1960 1.94 6.91
1961 1.94 6.93
1962 1.91 6.96
1963 1.85 6.98
1964 1.79 7.01
1965 1.74 7.04
1966 1.76 7.07
1967 1.8 7.1
1968 1.83 7.13
1969 1.88 7.12
1970 1.96 7.15
1971 2 7.18
1972 2 7.19
1973 1.98 7.19
1974 1.97 7.19
1975 1.96 7.2
1976 1.93 7.19
1977 1.89 7.18
1978 1.87 7.16
1979 1.87 7.14
1980 1.86 7.11
1981 1.88 7.12
1982 1.97 7.11
1983 2.07 7.07
1984 2.09 7.02
1985 2.08 7.04
1986 2.12 7.08
1987 2.15 7.12
1988 2.11 7.1
1989 2.05 7.05
1990 2.02 7.01
1991 1.86 6.94
1992 1.73 6.91
1993 1.51 6.89
1994 1.39 6.9
1995 1.25 6.87
1996 1.16 6.84
1997 1.11 6.86
1998 1.09 6.84
1999 1.16 6.83
2000 1.25 6.79
2001 1.22 6.76
2002 1.26 6.74
2003 1.32 6.67
2004 1.29 6.61
2005 1.39 6.53
2006 1.46 6.43
2007 1.54 6.33
2008 1.58 6.2
2009 1.46 6.12
2010 1.36 6.02
2011 1.33 5.89
2012 1.44 5.73
2013 1.52 5.56
2014 1.65 5.41
2015 1.7 5.25
2016 1.74 5.11
2017 1.69 4.99
2018 1.6 4.87
2019 1.61 4.74
2020 1.55 4.62
2021 1.57 4.51
2022 1.47 4.39
2023 1.36 4.28

Latvia and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Latvia

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Latvia Uganda
1960 32.3 17.1
1961 32.4 16.9
1962 32.6 16.8
1963 32.8 16.7
1964 33 16.6
1965 33.2 16.6
1966 33.5 16.6
1967 33.8 16.6
1968 34 16.6
1969 34.1 16.6
1970 34.2 16.6
1971 34.3 16.6
1972 34.5 16.5
1973 34.6 16.3
1974 34.7 16.3
1975 34.9 16.2
1976 35 16.2
1977 35.1 16.2
1978 35.1 16.1
1979 35.1 16.1
1980 34.9 16
1981 34.8 15.9
1982 34.7 15.9
1983 34.6 15.9
1984 34.7 15.9
1985 34.7 15.9
1986 34.7 15.9
1987 34.6 15.9
1988 34.6 15.9
1989 34.5 15.8
1990 34.6 15.8
1991 34.8 15.8
1992 35.2 15.7
1993 35.6 15.7
1994 36 15.6
1995 36.2 15.4
1996 36.6 15.3
1997 36.9 15.1
1998 37.3 15
1999 37.6 15
2000 37.9 15
2001 38.3 15
2002 38.6 15
2003 38.9 15
2004 39.2 15
2005 39.4 15
2006 39.7 15
2007 39.9 15
2008 40.1 15.1
2009 40.5 15.1
2010 41.1 15.2
2011 41.6 15.3
2012 42 15.4
2013 42.3 15.5
2014 42.5 15.6
2015 42.8 15.8
2016 43 16
2017 43.2 16.3
2018 43.4 16.5
2019 43.6 16.8
2020 43.8 17
2021 43.9 17.2
2022 44 17.4
2023 44.1 17.6
2024 44.3 17.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Latvia Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$40.8B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.32%
2022
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.27%
2023
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
9,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.63%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.88%
2024
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
63.1%
2024
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.9%
2024
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.4
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.2%
2023
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2023
2.4%
2019
Listed domestic companies
56
2003
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$5.14B
2024
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$1.34B
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,204,000
2020
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.25%
2007
9.21%
2020
Banked people share
95%
2024
72.8%
2024

Energy

Latvia Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,248 kg
2023
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.55 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.49 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
47.8%
2023
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
44%
2021
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
8.79%
2023
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
34.3%
2023
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,629 kWh
2023
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
63.6%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.4%
2023
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Latvia Uganda
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,225
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
68.8%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.94 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.3
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
70
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.5
2023
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.1
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
80.6%
2022
English speaking
45.9%
2023
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
92.7%
2024
8.95%
2024

Health

Latvia Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,642
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$505
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.18%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.38
2021
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
28 years
2023
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3
2023
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
24.9%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.1%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
75
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
33.9%
2022
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
12.9 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Latvia Uganda
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
12,901 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,610 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,214 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
90,720 mi
2019

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