The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,866,124 in 2024 vs 24,478,595 people in Mali in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,830,293 people compared to 25,940,437 in Mali.
Population statistics:
- Mali's population is 14.2 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Mali is the 58th.
- The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.31% for Mali.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.68% per year vs +3.12% in Mali.
- Since 2006, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.22M people to 1.83M (17.5% decline), while Mali has grown from 14M to 25.9M (85.4% growth).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 923K people by 2100.
Latvia vs Mali: live population counter
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| Current population |
1830293
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25940437
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 58/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.31% |
| One net population change |
29.9 minutes
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44.5 seconds
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| One birth every |
36.2 minutes
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33.1 seconds
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| One death every |
18.7 minutes
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2.56 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | -46,880 |
| Daily growth/decline | -48 | +1,944 |
| Annual growth/decline | -17,586 | +709,468 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.93% | +2.98% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 15/197 |
Latvia and Mali: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 5,402,550 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 5,482,283 | 1.49% | 1.48% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 5,563,917 | 1.34% | 1.49% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 5,646,605 | 1.34% | 1.49% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 5,730,125 | 1.34% | 1.48% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 5,815,487 | 1.13% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 5,902,204 | 0.76% | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 5,990,906 | 0.79% | 1.5% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 6,082,979 | 0.97% | 1.54% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 6,177,704 | 0.84% | 1.56% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 6,276,472 | 0.68% | 1.6% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 6,377,944 | 0.73% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 6,483,726 | 0.81% | 1.66% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 6,597,106 | 0.84% | 1.75% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 6,715,436 | 0.88% | 1.79% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 6,837,261 | 0.78% | 1.81% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 6,960,979 | 0.6% | 1.81% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 7,090,979 | 0.57% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 7,229,651 | 0.52% | 1.96% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 7,375,266 | 0.32% | 2.01% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 7,530,515 | 0.23% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 7,692,766 | 0.31% | 2.15% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 7,860,194 | 0.46% | 2.18% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 8,034,400 | 0.59% | 2.22% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 8,208,599 | 0.63% | 2.17% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 8,374,663 | 0.66% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 8,531,277 | 0.82% | 1.87% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 8,681,164 | 1.03% | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 8,833,996 | 1.02% | 1.76% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 8,999,938 | 0.51% | 1.88% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 9,178,830 | -0.14% | 1.99% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 9,362,888 | -0.47% | 2.01% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 9,553,540 | -1.37% | 2.04% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 9,754,786 | -1.95% | 2.11% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 9,967,031 | -1.66% | 2.18% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 10,185,365 | -1.42% | 2.19% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 10,407,278 | -1.12% | 2.18% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 10,646,495 | -0.99% | 2.3% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 10,919,573 | -0.94% | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 11,227,415 | -0.81% | 2.82% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 11,559,290 | -0.96% | 2.96% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 11,912,158 | -1.28% | 3.05% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 12,288,050 | -1.16% | 3.16% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 12,684,955 | -0.96% | 3.23% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 13,102,409 | -1.09% | 3.29% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 13,538,647 | -1.07% | 3.33% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 13,990,139 | -0.91% | 3.33% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 14,457,775 | -0.81% | 3.34% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 14,940,782 | -1.05% | 3.34% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 15,435,539 | -1.64% | 3.31% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 15,945,198 | -2.06% | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 16,469,049 | -1.8% | 3.29% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 16,957,033 | -1.23% | 2.96% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 17,459,615 | -1.07% | 2.96% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 18,020,267 | -0.94% | 3.21% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 18,593,022 | -0.82% | 3.18% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 19,191,289 | -0.91% | 3.22% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 19,813,011 | -0.88% | 3.24% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 20,442,030 | -0.78% | 3.17% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 21,068,405 | -0.69% | 3.06% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 21,713,836 | -0.7% | 3.06% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 22,388,630 | -0.84% | 3.11% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 23,072,640 | -0.27% | 3.06% |
| 2023 | 1,883,710 | 23,769,127 | 0.23% | 3.02% |
| 2024 | 1,866,124 | 24,478,595 | -0.93% | 2.98% |
| 2025 | 1,847,866 | 25,198,817 | -0.98% | 2.94% |
| 2026 | 1,830,293 | 25,932,275 | -0.95% | 2.91% |
| 2027 | 1,815,968 | 26,679,171 | -0.78% | 2.88% |
| 2028 | 1,801,521 | 27,440,613 | -0.8% | 2.85% |
| 2029 | 1,786,981 | 28,215,513 | -0.81% | 2.82% |
| 2030 | 1,772,165 | 29,002,864 | -0.83% | 2.79% |
| 2031 | 1,757,453 | 29,804,545 | -0.83% | 2.76% |
| 2032 | 1,743,022 | 30,618,893 | -0.82% | 2.73% |
| 2033 | 1,728,673 | 31,442,801 | -0.82% | 2.69% |
| 2034 | 1,714,716 | 32,276,672 | -0.81% | 2.65% |
| 2035 | 1,701,185 | 33,118,344 | -0.79% | 2.61% |
| 2036 | 1,687,823 | 33,967,889 | -0.79% | 2.57% |
| 2037 | 1,674,629 | 34,823,450 | -0.78% | 2.52% |
| 2038 | 1,661,616 | 35,685,576 | -0.78% | 2.48% |
| 2039 | 1,648,536 | 36,549,487 | -0.79% | 2.42% |
| 2040 | 1,635,604 | 37,413,641 | -0.78% | 2.36% |
| 2041 | 1,622,819 | 38,280,868 | -0.78% | 2.32% |
| 2042 | 1,610,197 | 39,151,280 | -0.78% | 2.27% |
| 2043 | 1,597,712 | 40,026,317 | -0.78% | 2.24% |
| 2044 | 1,585,205 | 40,902,500 | -0.78% | 2.19% |
| 2045 | 1,572,558 | 41,778,984 | -0.8% | 2.14% |
| 2046 | 1,559,919 | 42,655,642 | -0.8% | 2.1% |
| 2047 | 1,547,369 | 43,530,852 | -0.8% | 2.05% |
| 2048 | 1,534,713 | 44,405,715 | -0.82% | 2.01% |
| 2049 | 1,521,945 | 45,279,772 | -0.83% | 1.97% |
| 2050 | 1,509,157 | 46,154,079 | -0.84% | 1.93% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).
Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.
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Population differences between Latvia and Mali
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 61.1 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 21.3 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 16.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 5.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.7 ppl/mi² | 52 ppl/mi² |
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