The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 1,862,441 people in Latvia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,224,104 people compared to 1,844,219 in Latvia.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 5.54 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Israel is ranked the 96th most populous country in the world, while Latvia is the 149th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.12% for Israel vs 0.02% for Latvia.
- For the last 10 years, Israel has had an average growth rate of +1.96% per year vs -0.7% in Latvia.
- Since 2005, the population of Israel has increased from 6.93M people to 10.2M (47.5% growth), while Latvia has declined from 2.24M to 1.84M (17.6% decline).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 921K people by 2100.
Israel vs Latvia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10224104
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1844219
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| Population rank | 96/197 | 149/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
4.19 minutes
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35 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.87 minutes
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36.4 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 minutes
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18.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
49.5 minutes
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3.94 hours
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| Annual migration change | +10,612 | -2,225 |
| Daily growth/decline | +344 | -41 |
| Annual growth/decline | +125,400 | -15,004 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | -0.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 86/197 | 190/197 |
Israel and Latvia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,114,020 | 2,120,979 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,185,000 | 2,152,681 | 3.36% | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 2,293,000 | 2,181,586 | 4.94% | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 2,379,000 | 2,210,919 | 3.75% | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 2,475,000 | 2,240,623 | 4.04% | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 2,563,000 | 2,265,919 | 3.56% | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 2,629,000 | 2,283,217 | 2.58% | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 2,745,000 | 2,301,220 | 4.41% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 2,803,000 | 2,323,619 | 2.11% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 2,877,000 | 2,343,173 | 2.64% | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 2,974,000 | 2,359,164 | 3.37% | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 3,069,000 | 2,376,389 | 3.19% | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 3,148,000 | 2,395,674 | 2.57% | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 3,278,000 | 2,415,819 | 4.13% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 3,377,000 | 2,437,186 | 3.02% | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 3,455,000 | 2,456,130 | 2.31% | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 3,533,000 | 2,470,989 | 2.26% | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 3,613,000 | 2,485,073 | 2.26% | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 3,690,000 | 2,497,921 | 2.13% | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 3,786,000 | 2,505,953 | 2.6% | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 3,878,000 | 2,511,701 | 2.43% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 3,956,000 | 2,519,421 | 2.01% | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 4,031,000 | 2,531,080 | 1.9% | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 4,105,000 | 2,546,011 | 1.84% | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 4,159,000 | 2,562,047 | 1.32% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 4,233,000 | 2,578,873 | 1.78% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 4,299,000 | 2,599,892 | 1.56% | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 4,369,000 | 2,626,583 | 1.63% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 4,442,000 | 2,653,434 | 1.67% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 4,518,000 | 2,666,955 | 1.71% | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 4,660,000 | 2,663,151 | 3.14% | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 4,949,000 | 2,650,581 | 6.2% | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 5,123,000 | 2,614,338 | 3.52% | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 5,261,000 | 2,563,290 | 2.69% | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 5,399,000 | 2,520,742 | 2.62% | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 5,545,000 | 2,485,056 | 2.7% | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 5,692,000 | 2,457,222 | 2.65% | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 5,836,000 | 2,432,851 | 2.53% | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 5,971,000 | 2,410,019 | 2.31% | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 6,125,000 | 2,390,482 | 2.58% | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 6,289,000 | 2,367,550 | 2.68% | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 6,439,000 | 2,337,170 | 2.39% | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 6,570,000 | 2,310,173 | 2.03% | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 6,689,700 | 2,287,955 | 1.82% | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 6,809,000 | 2,263,122 | 1.78% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 6,930,100 | 2,238,799 | 1.78% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 7,053,700 | 2,218,357 | 1.78% | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 7,180,100 | 2,200,325 | 1.79% | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 7,308,800 | 2,177,322 | 1.79% | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 7,485,600 | 2,141,669 | 2.42% | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 7,623,600 | 2,097,555 | 1.84% | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 7,765,800 | 2,059,709 | 1.87% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 7,910,500 | 2,034,319 | 1.86% | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 8,059,500 | 2,012,647 | 1.88% | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 8,215,700 | 1,993,782 | 1.94% | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 8,380,100 | 1,977,527 | 2% | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 8,546,000 | 1,959,537 | 1.98% | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 8,713,300 | 1,942,248 | 1.96% | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 8,882,800 | 1,927,174 | 1.95% | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 9,054,000 | 1,913,822 | 1.93% | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 9,215,100 | 1,900,449 | 1.78% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 9,371,400 | 1,884,490 | 1.7% | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 9,557,500 | 1,879,383 | 1.99% | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 9,849,000 | 1,877,445 | 3.05% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,974,400 | 1,862,441 | 1.27% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 10,112,712 | 1,844,219 | 1.39% | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 10,251,384 | 1,826,681 | 1.37% | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 10,390,790 | 1,812,384 | 1.36% | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 10,530,831 | 1,797,965 | 1.35% | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 10,670,808 | 1,783,455 | 1.33% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 10,812,707 | 1,768,667 | 1.33% | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 10,958,256 | 1,753,985 | 1.35% | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 11,102,895 | 1,739,582 | 1.32% | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 11,245,826 | 1,725,261 | 1.29% | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 11,390,158 | 1,711,332 | 1.28% | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 11,537,556 | 1,697,827 | 1.29% | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 11,685,531 | 1,684,492 | 1.28% | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 11,835,669 | 1,671,323 | 1.28% | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 11,990,527 | 1,658,336 | 1.31% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 12,147,999 | 1,645,282 | 1.31% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 12,306,173 | 1,632,376 | 1.3% | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 12,464,653 | 1,619,616 | 1.29% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 12,626,052 | 1,607,019 | 1.29% | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 12,788,911 | 1,594,558 | 1.29% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 12,952,526 | 1,582,077 | 1.28% | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 13,114,360 | 1,569,454 | 1.25% | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 13,274,365 | 1,556,840 | 1.22% | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 13,433,565 | 1,544,315 | 1.2% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 13,590,900 | 1,531,684 | 1.17% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 13,750,245 | 1,518,941 | 1.17% | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 13,911,988 | 1,506,179 | 1.18% | -0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Israel increased by 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth), while Latvia lost 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Israel gained 1,844,004 (a 22% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -133,308 (a 6.74% decline).
Israel was ranked 98th most populous country in 2005 and is 96th in 2025. Latvia was ranked 139th in 2005 and ranked 149th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Israel's population will grow by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 96th to 88th. The population of Latvia will decrease by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.
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Population differences between Israel and Latvia
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| Life expectancy | 82.8 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 33.6 years | 43.6 years |
| Median age | 30.2 years | 44.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.85 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,194 ppl/mi² | 77.5 ppl/mi² |
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