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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Malaysia	Latvia	Malaysia
1960	2,120,979	7,956,197	-	-
1961	2,152,681	8,164,443	1.49%	2.62%
1962	2,181,586	8,380,172	1.34%	2.64%
1963	2,210,919	8,602,160	1.34%	2.65%
1964	2,240,623	8,828,406	1.34%	2.63%
1965	2,265,919	9,056,408	1.13%	2.58%
1966	2,283,217	9,284,688	0.76%	2.52%
1967	2,301,220	9,507,099	0.79%	2.4%
1968	2,323,619	9,725,281	0.97%	2.29%
1969	2,343,173	9,947,597	0.84%	2.29%
1970	2,359,164	10,178,802	0.68%	2.32%
1971	2,376,389	10,423,453	0.73%	2.4%
1972	2,395,674	10,676,835	0.81%	2.43%
1973	2,415,819	10,935,621	0.84%	2.42%
1974	2,437,186	11,200,906	0.88%	2.43%
1975	2,456,130	11,471,914	0.78%	2.42%
1976	2,470,989	11,750,097	0.6%	2.42%
1977	2,485,073	12,035,713	0.57%	2.43%
1978	2,497,921	12,328,157	0.52%	2.43%
1979	2,505,953	12,627,862	0.32%	2.43%
1980	2,511,701	12,983,363	0.23%	2.82%
1981	2,519,421	13,399,203	0.31%	3.2%
1982	2,531,080	13,832,798	0.46%	3.24%
1983	2,546,011	14,285,907	0.59%	3.28%
1984	2,562,047	14,759,009	0.63%	3.31%
1985	2,578,873	15,252,258	0.66%	3.34%
1986	2,599,892	15,760,419	0.82%	3.33%
1987	2,626,583	16,276,737	1.03%	3.28%
1988	2,653,434	16,796,605	1.02%	3.19%
1989	2,666,955	17,314,997	0.51%	3.09%
1990	2,663,151	17,833,171	-0.14%	2.99%
1991	2,650,581	18,342,464	-0.47%	2.86%
1992	2,614,338	18,834,572	-1.37%	2.68%
1993	2,563,290	19,322,664	-1.95%	2.59%
1994	2,520,742	19,820,446	-1.66%	2.58%
1995	2,485,056	20,330,599	-1.42%	2.57%
1996	2,457,222	20,850,087	-1.12%	2.56%
1997	2,432,851	21,375,218	-0.99%	2.52%
1998	2,410,019	21,906,713	-0.94%	2.49%
1999	2,390,482	22,435,531	-0.81%	2.41%
2000	2,367,550	22,967,816	-0.96%	2.37%
2001	2,337,170	23,526,538	-1.28%	2.43%
2002	2,310,173	24,102,477	-1.16%	2.45%
2003	2,287,955	24,679,602	-0.96%	2.39%
2004	2,263,122	25,256,772	-1.09%	2.34%
2005	2,238,799	25,836,071	-1.07%	2.29%
2006	2,218,357	26,417,909	-0.91%	2.25%
2007	2,200,325	26,998,389	-0.81%	2.2%
2008	2,177,322	27,570,059	-1.05%	2.12%
2009	2,141,669	28,124,778	-1.64%	2.01%
2010	2,097,555	28,655,776	-2.06%	1.89%
2011	2,059,709	29,162,039	-1.8%	1.77%
2012	2,034,319	29,662,831	-1.23%	1.72%
2013	2,012,647	30,174,265	-1.07%	1.72%
2014	1,993,782	30,696,137	-0.94%	1.73%
2015	1,977,527	31,232,798	-0.82%	1.75%
2016	1,959,537	31,789,685	-0.91%	1.78%
2017	1,942,248	32,355,644	-0.88%	1.78%
2018	1,927,174	32,910,967	-0.78%	1.72%
2019	1,913,822	33,440,596	-0.69%	1.61%
2020	1,900,449	33,889,558	-0.7%	1.34%
2021	1,884,490	34,282,399	-0.84%	1.16%
2022	1,879,383	34,695,493	-0.27%	1.2%
2023	1,883,710	35,126,298	0.23%	1.24%
2024	1,866,124	35,557,673	-0.93%	1.23%
2025	1,847,866	35,977,838	-0.98%	1.18%
2026	1,830,293	36,385,119	-0.95%	1.13%
2027	1,815,968	36,785,089	-0.78%	1.1%
2028	1,801,521	37,182,773	-0.8%	1.08%
2029	1,786,981	37,574,292	-0.81%	1.05%
2030	1,772,165	37,961,722	-0.83%	1.03%
2031	1,757,453	38,347,786	-0.83%	1.02%
2032	1,743,022	38,728,383	-0.82%	0.99%
2033	1,728,673	39,097,871	-0.82%	0.95%
2034	1,714,716	39,457,849	-0.81%	0.92%
2035	1,701,185	39,814,834	-0.79%	0.9%
2036	1,687,823	40,166,904	-0.79%	0.88%
2037	1,674,629	40,512,289	-0.78%	0.86%
2038	1,661,616	40,853,318	-0.78%	0.84%
2039	1,648,536	41,185,892	-0.79%	0.81%
2040	1,635,604	41,509,646	-0.78%	0.79%
2041	1,622,819	41,828,594	-0.78%	0.77%
2042	1,610,197	42,144,474	-0.78%	0.76%
2043	1,597,712	42,455,952	-0.78%	0.74%
2044	1,585,205	42,754,140	-0.78%	0.7%
2045	1,572,558	43,038,205	-0.8%	0.66%
2046	1,559,919	43,313,754	-0.8%	0.64%
2047	1,547,369	43,580,459	-0.8%	0.62%
2048	1,534,713	43,831,577	-0.82%	0.58%
2049	1,521,945	44,065,538	-0.83%	0.53%
2050	1,509,157	44,289,765	-0.84%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.