The current population of Latvia is 1,830,293 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,866,124 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Latvia has had an average decline rate of -0.87% per year.
- Latvia accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 2.22M people to 1.83M (-17.5% decline in 20 years).
- Latvia is ranked 149/197 by population and was ranked 140th in 2006.
- The UN estimates that Latvia's population is going to decline by -17.5% to 1.51M people by 2050.
- Latvia's population peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and has been in decline since.
Latvia population clock
Latvia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1830293
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 149/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
29.9 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
36.2 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
18.7 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -48 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | -17,586 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.93% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -2,225 | N/A |
Latvia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,120,979 | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 1,883,710 | 0.23% |
| 2024 | 1,866,124 | -0.93% |
| 2025 | 1,847,866 | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 1,830,293 | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 1,815,968 | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 1,801,521 | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 1,786,981 | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 1,772,165 | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 1,757,453 | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 1,743,022 | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 1,728,673 | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 1,714,716 | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 1,701,185 | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 1,687,823 | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 1,674,629 | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 1,661,616 | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 1,648,536 | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 1,635,604 | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 1,622,819 | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 1,610,197 | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 1,597,712 | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 1,585,205 | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 1,572,558 | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 1,559,919 | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 1,547,369 | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 1,534,713 | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 1,521,945 | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 1,509,157 | -0.84% |
Latvia has a population of 1.83M as of 2026, compared to 1.96M in 2016, 2.22M in 2006, and 2.46M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.66% per year. Latvia is ranked 184th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Latvia will have 1,559,919 people (-14.8% decline) with a rank change from 149th to 152nd.
By the year 2100, Latvia's population is projected to decline by 49.6% to 923K people.
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Latvia population statistics
|
Latvia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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