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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Maldives	Latvia	Maldives
1960	2,120,979	91,189	-	-
1961	2,152,681	93,450	1.49%	2.48%
1962	2,181,586	95,802	1.34%	2.52%
1963	2,210,919	98,222	1.34%	2.53%
1964	2,240,623	100,662	1.34%	2.48%
1965	2,265,919	104,102	1.13%	3.42%
1966	2,283,217	108,507	0.76%	4.23%
1967	2,301,220	112,528	0.79%	3.71%
1968	2,323,619	116,075	0.97%	3.15%
1969	2,343,173	119,564	0.84%	3.01%
1970	2,359,164	123,219	0.68%	3.06%
1971	2,376,389	127,035	0.73%	3.1%
1972	2,395,674	130,968	0.81%	3.1%
1973	2,415,819	134,952	0.84%	3.04%
1974	2,437,186	138,978	0.88%	2.98%
1975	2,456,130	143,158	0.78%	3.01%
1976	2,470,989	147,525	0.6%	3.05%
1977	2,485,073	151,930	0.57%	2.99%
1978	2,497,921	156,159	0.52%	2.78%
1979	2,505,953	160,360	0.32%	2.69%
1980	2,511,701	164,835	0.23%	2.79%
1981	2,519,421	169,532	0.31%	2.85%
1982	2,531,080	174,333	0.46%	2.83%
1983	2,546,011	179,128	0.59%	2.75%
1984	2,562,047	184,198	0.63%	2.83%
1985	2,578,873	190,169	0.66%	3.24%
1986	2,599,892	196,935	0.82%	3.56%
1987	2,626,583	203,944	1.03%	3.56%
1988	2,653,434	210,885	1.02%	3.4%
1989	2,666,955	217,738	0.51%	3.25%
1990	2,663,151	224,762	-0.14%	3.23%
1991	2,650,581	231,802	-0.47%	3.13%
1992	2,614,338	238,543	-1.37%	2.91%
1993	2,563,290	244,884	-1.95%	2.66%
1994	2,520,742	250,822	-1.66%	2.42%
1995	2,485,056	256,649	-1.42%	2.32%
1996	2,457,222	262,347	-1.12%	2.22%
1997	2,432,851	267,707	-0.99%	2.04%
1998	2,410,019	272,723	-0.94%	1.87%
1999	2,390,482	277,412	-0.81%	1.72%
2000	2,367,550	282,019	-0.96%	1.66%
2001	2,337,170	286,767	-1.28%	1.68%
2002	2,310,173	291,616	-1.16%	1.69%
2003	2,287,955	296,491	-0.96%	1.67%
2004	2,263,122	301,413	-1.09%	1.66%
2005	2,238,799	306,429	-1.07%	1.66%
2006	2,218,357	313,851	-0.91%	2.42%
2007	2,200,325	324,479	-0.81%	3.39%
2008	2,177,322	336,170	-1.05%	3.6%
2009	2,141,669	348,275	-1.64%	3.6%
2010	2,097,555	360,792	-2.06%	3.59%
2011	2,059,709	373,674	-1.8%	3.57%
2012	2,034,319	386,818	-1.23%	3.52%
2013	2,012,647	400,070	-1.07%	3.43%
2014	1,993,782	413,617	-0.94%	3.39%
2015	1,977,527	428,154	-0.82%	3.51%
2016	1,959,537	443,308	-0.91%	3.54%
2017	1,942,248	458,287	-0.88%	3.38%
2018	1,927,174	473,099	-0.78%	3.23%
2019	1,913,822	487,731	-0.69%	3.09%
2020	1,900,449	502,118	-0.7%	2.95%
2021	1,884,490	516,154	-0.84%	2.8%
2022	1,879,383	524,106	-0.27%	1.54%
2023	1,877,445	525,994	-0.1%	0.36%
2024	1,862,441	527,799	-0.8%	0.34%
2025	1,844,219	529,677	-0.98%	0.36%
2026	1,826,681	531,514	-0.95%	0.35%
2027	1,812,384	533,433	-0.78%	0.36%
2028	1,797,965	535,502	-0.8%	0.39%
2029	1,783,455	537,574	-0.81%	0.39%
2030	1,768,667	539,667	-0.83%	0.39%
2031	1,753,985	541,929	-0.83%	0.42%
2032	1,739,582	544,288	-0.82%	0.44%
2033	1,725,261	546,723	-0.82%	0.45%
2034	1,711,332	549,162	-0.81%	0.45%
2035	1,697,827	551,599	-0.79%	0.44%
2036	1,684,492	554,092	-0.79%	0.45%
2037	1,671,323	556,637	-0.78%	0.46%
2038	1,658,336	559,231	-0.78%	0.47%
2039	1,645,282	561,958	-0.79%	0.49%
2040	1,632,376	564,800	-0.78%	0.51%
2041	1,619,616	567,606	-0.78%	0.5%
2042	1,607,019	570,381	-0.78%	0.49%
2043	1,594,558	573,138	-0.78%	0.48%
2044	1,582,077	575,811	-0.78%	0.47%
2045	1,569,454	578,459	-0.8%	0.46%
2046	1,556,840	581,026	-0.8%	0.44%
2047	1,544,315	583,393	-0.8%	0.41%
2048	1,531,684	585,720	-0.82%	0.4%
2049	1,518,941	587,988	-0.83%	0.39%
2050	1,506,179	589,960	-0.84%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Latvia's population will shrink by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people with a rank change from 149th to 153rd. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.