Population in Latvia compared to Libya: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Libya: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Libya	Latvia	Libya
1960	2,120,979	1,492,890	-	-
1961	2,152,681	1,555,699	1.49%	4.21%
1962	2,181,586	1,621,960	1.34%	4.26%
1963	2,210,919	1,690,457	1.34%	4.22%
1964	2,240,623	1,753,691	1.34%	3.74%
1965	2,265,919	1,804,015	1.13%	2.87%
1966	2,283,217	1,849,063	0.76%	2.5%
1967	2,301,220	1,898,199	0.79%	2.66%
1968	2,323,619	1,952,781	0.97%	2.88%
1969	2,343,173	2,014,293	0.84%	3.15%
1970	2,359,164	2,082,589	0.68%	3.39%
1971	2,376,389	2,153,534	0.73%	3.41%
1972	2,395,674	2,226,091	0.81%	3.37%
1973	2,415,819	2,314,193	0.84%	3.96%
1974	2,437,186	2,432,211	0.88%	5.1%
1975	2,456,130	2,571,556	0.78%	5.73%
1976	2,470,989	2,721,237	0.6%	5.82%
1977	2,485,073	2,881,533	0.57%	5.89%
1978	2,497,921	3,052,526	0.52%	5.93%
1979	2,505,953	3,233,846	0.32%	5.94%
1980	2,511,701	3,424,378	0.23%	5.89%
1981	2,519,421	3,621,486	0.31%	5.76%
1982	2,531,080	3,724,765	0.46%	2.85%
1983	2,546,011	3,718,961	0.59%	-0.16%
1984	2,562,047	3,773,633	0.63%	1.47%
1985	2,578,873	3,898,745	0.66%	3.32%
1986	2,599,892	4,017,403	0.82%	3.04%
1987	2,626,583	4,129,739	1.03%	2.8%
1988	2,653,434	4,237,755	1.02%	2.62%
1989	2,666,955	4,342,920	0.51%	2.48%
1990	2,663,151	4,445,239	-0.14%	2.36%
1991	2,650,581	4,544,400	-0.47%	2.23%
1992	2,614,338	4,640,352	-1.37%	2.11%
1993	2,563,290	4,733,045	-1.95%	2%
1994	2,520,742	4,822,037	-1.66%	1.88%
1995	2,485,056	4,906,843	-1.42%	1.76%
1996	2,457,222	4,987,393	-1.12%	1.64%
1997	2,432,851	5,064,639	-0.99%	1.55%
1998	2,410,019	5,140,704	-0.94%	1.5%
1999	2,390,482	5,218,038	-0.81%	1.5%
2000	2,367,550	5,305,021	-0.96%	1.67%
2001	2,337,170	5,403,639	-1.28%	1.86%
2002	2,310,173	5,508,410	-1.16%	1.94%
2003	2,287,955	5,619,398	-0.96%	2.01%
2004	2,263,122	5,736,693	-1.09%	2.09%
2005	2,238,799	5,858,798	-1.07%	2.13%
2006	2,218,357	5,980,211	-0.91%	2.07%
2007	2,200,325	6,104,380	-0.81%	2.08%
2008	2,177,322	6,235,430	-1.05%	2.15%
2009	2,141,669	6,366,686	-1.64%	2.11%
2010	2,097,555	6,497,839	-2.06%	2.06%
2011	2,059,709	6,343,203	-1.8%	-2.38%
2012	2,034,319	6,179,328	-1.23%	-2.58%
2013	2,012,647	6,304,628	-1.07%	2.03%
2014	1,993,782	6,427,252	-0.94%	1.94%
2015	1,977,527	6,531,819	-0.82%	1.63%
2016	1,959,537	6,632,126	-0.91%	1.54%
2017	1,942,248	6,738,770	-0.88%	1.61%
2018	1,927,174	6,849,055	-0.78%	1.64%
2019	1,913,822	6,951,033	-0.69%	1.49%
2020	1,900,449	7,045,399	-0.7%	1.36%
2021	1,884,490	7,135,175	-0.84%	1.27%
2022	1,879,383	7,223,805	-0.27%	1.24%
2023	1,883,710	7,305,659	0.23%	1.13%
2024	1,866,124	7,381,023	-0.93%	1.03%
2025	1,847,866	7,458,547	-0.98%	1.05%
2026	1,830,293	7,539,842	-0.95%	1.09%
2027	1,815,968	7,627,487	-0.78%	1.16%
2028	1,801,521	7,716,839	-0.8%	1.17%
2029	1,786,981	7,802,209	-0.81%	1.11%
2030	1,772,165	7,885,801	-0.83%	1.07%
2031	1,757,453	7,969,103	-0.83%	1.06%
2032	1,743,022	8,048,491	-0.82%	1%
2033	1,728,673	8,126,634	-0.82%	0.97%
2034	1,714,716	8,206,611	-0.81%	0.98%
2035	1,701,185	8,283,950	-0.79%	0.94%
2036	1,687,823	8,357,480	-0.79%	0.89%
2037	1,674,629	8,431,722	-0.78%	0.89%
2038	1,661,616	8,506,595	-0.78%	0.89%
2039	1,648,536	8,579,849	-0.79%	0.86%
2040	1,635,604	8,651,409	-0.78%	0.83%
2041	1,622,819	8,719,609	-0.78%	0.79%
2042	1,610,197	8,786,619	-0.78%	0.77%
2043	1,597,712	8,854,384	-0.78%	0.77%
2044	1,585,205	8,920,015	-0.78%	0.74%
2045	1,572,558	8,983,943	-0.8%	0.72%
2046	1,559,919	9,043,667	-0.8%	0.66%
2047	1,547,369	9,098,399	-0.8%	0.61%
2048	1,534,713	9,154,058	-0.82%	0.61%
2049	1,521,945	9,208,602	-0.83%	0.6%
2050	1,509,157	9,260,603	-0.84%	0.56%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Libya gained 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Libya's population increased by 908,673 (a 13.7% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Libya was ranked 104th in 2006 and ranked 105th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Latvia's population will shrink by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people with a rank change from 149th to 153rd. The population of Libya will increase by 22.8% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.