The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,516,593 in 2024 vs 1,866,124 people in Latvia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 82,619,736 people compared to 1,830,293 in Latvia.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 45.1 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while Latvia is the 149th.
- The countries together account for 1.02% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.02% for Latvia.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs -0.68% in Latvia.
- Since 2006, the population of Germany has increased from 82.4M people to 82.6M (0.3% growth), while Latvia has declined from 2.22M to 1.83M (17.5% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 13.1% of the population in Germany and 36.3% in Latvia.
Germany vs Latvia: live population counter
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| Current population |
82619736
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1830293
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 149/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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29.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
45.6 seconds
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36.2 minutes
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| One death every |
30.8 seconds
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18.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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3.94 hours
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -2,225 |
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | -48 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,320 | -17,586 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | -0.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 193/197 |
Germany and Latvia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 2,120,979 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 2,152,681 | 0.77% | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 2,181,586 | 0.88% | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 2,210,919 | 0.93% | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 2,240,623 | 0.81% | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 2,265,919 | 0.86% | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 2,283,217 | 0.84% | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 2,301,220 | 0.46% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 2,323,619 | 0.45% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 2,343,173 | 0.8% | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 2,359,164 | 0.33% | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 2,376,389 | 0.18% | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 2,395,674 | 0.48% | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 2,415,819 | 0.32% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 2,437,186 | 0.04% | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 2,456,130 | -0.37% | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 2,470,989 | -0.43% | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 2,485,073 | -0.23% | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 2,497,921 | -0.09% | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 2,505,953 | 0.04% | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 2,511,701 | 0.21% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 2,519,421 | 0.15% | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 2,531,080 | -0.1% | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 2,546,011 | -0.26% | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 2,562,047 | -0.35% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 2,578,873 | -0.22% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 2,599,892 | 0.05% | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 2,626,583 | 0.15% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 2,653,434 | 0.39% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 2,666,955 | 0.78% | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 2,663,151 | 0.87% | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 2,650,581 | 0.73% | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 2,614,338 | 0.76% | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 2,563,290 | 0.66% | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 2,520,742 | 0.35% | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 2,485,056 | 0.29% | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 2,457,222 | 0.29% | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 2,432,851 | 0.15% | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 2,410,019 | 0.02% | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 2,390,482 | 0.06% | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 2,367,550 | 0.14% | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 2,337,170 | 0.17% | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 2,310,173 | 0.17% | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 2,287,955 | 0.06% | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 2,263,122 | -0.02% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 2,238,799 | -0.06% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 2,218,357 | -0.11% | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 2,200,325 | -0.13% | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 2,177,322 | -0.19% | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 2,141,669 | -0.25% | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 2,097,555 | -0.15% | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 2,059,709 | -1.84% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 2,034,319 | 0.19% | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 2,012,647 | 0.27% | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 1,993,782 | 0.42% | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 1,977,527 | 0.87% | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 1,959,537 | 0.81% | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 1,942,248 | 0.37% | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 1,927,174 | 0.3% | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 1,913,822 | 0.23% | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 1,900,449 | 0.08% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 1,884,490 | 0.04% | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 83,177,813 | 1,879,383 | -0.02% | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 83,287,273 | 1,883,710 | 0.13% | 0.23% |
| 2024 | 83,516,593 | 1,866,124 | 0.28% | -0.93% |
| 2025 | 83,045,276 | 1,847,866 | -0.56% | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 82,619,736 | 1,830,293 | -0.51% | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 82,420,656 | 1,815,968 | -0.24% | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 82,209,650 | 1,801,521 | -0.26% | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 81,988,746 | 1,786,981 | -0.27% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 81,767,011 | 1,772,165 | -0.27% | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 81,541,291 | 1,757,453 | -0.28% | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 81,315,327 | 1,743,022 | -0.28% | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 81,094,150 | 1,728,673 | -0.27% | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 80,879,704 | 1,714,716 | -0.26% | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 80,669,570 | 1,701,185 | -0.26% | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 80,445,835 | 1,687,823 | -0.28% | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 80,222,108 | 1,674,629 | -0.28% | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 80,001,936 | 1,661,616 | -0.27% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 79,780,699 | 1,648,536 | -0.28% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 79,565,092 | 1,635,604 | -0.27% | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 79,361,541 | 1,622,819 | -0.26% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 79,167,400 | 1,610,197 | -0.24% | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 78,962,964 | 1,597,712 | -0.26% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 78,743,160 | 1,585,205 | -0.28% | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 78,518,131 | 1,572,558 | -0.29% | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 78,293,579 | 1,559,919 | -0.29% | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 78,066,226 | 1,547,369 | -0.29% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 77,826,011 | 1,534,713 | -0.31% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 77,578,876 | 1,521,945 | -0.32% | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 77,335,610 | 1,509,157 | -0.31% | -0.84% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).
Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.
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Population differences between Germany and Latvia
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 76.6 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 43.6 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 44.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 77.7 ppl/mi² |
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