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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Malta	Latvia	Malta
1960	2,120,979	326,550	-	-
1961	2,152,681	325,250	1.49%	-0.4%
1962	2,181,586	323,900	1.34%	-0.42%
1963	2,210,919	322,550	1.34%	-0.42%
1964	2,240,623	321,250	1.34%	-0.4%
1965	2,265,919	318,800	1.13%	-0.76%
1966	2,283,217	315,200	0.76%	-1.13%
1967	2,301,220	311,550	0.79%	-1.16%
1968	2,323,619	307,900	0.97%	-1.17%
1969	2,343,173	304,300	0.84%	-1.17%
1970	2,359,164	302,650	0.68%	-0.54%
1971	2,376,389	302,700	0.73%	0.02%
1972	2,395,674	302,450	0.81%	-0.08%
1973	2,415,819	302,200	0.84%	-0.08%
1974	2,437,186	301,996	0.88%	-0.07%
1975	2,456,130	304,222	0.78%	0.74%
1976	2,470,989	305,774	0.6%	0.51%
1977	2,485,073	306,970	0.57%	0.39%
1978	2,497,921	310,182	0.52%	1.05%
1979	2,505,953	313,342	0.32%	1.02%
1980	2,511,701	316,645	0.23%	1.05%
1981	2,519,421	318,982	0.31%	0.74%
1982	2,531,080	325,898	0.46%	2.17%
1983	2,546,011	330,524	0.59%	1.42%
1984	2,562,047	330,593	0.63%	0.02%
1985	2,578,873	336,452	0.66%	1.77%
1986	2,599,892	342,121	0.82%	1.68%
1987	2,626,583	344,485	1.03%	0.69%
1988	2,653,434	347,325	1.02%	0.82%
1989	2,666,955	350,722	0.51%	0.98%
1990	2,663,151	354,170	-0.14%	0.98%
1991	2,650,581	363,845	-0.47%	2.73%
1992	2,614,338	367,618	-1.37%	1.04%
1993	2,563,290	371,308	-1.95%	1%
1994	2,520,742	374,797	-1.66%	0.94%
1995	2,485,056	377,419	-1.42%	0.7%
1996	2,457,222	379,905	-1.12%	0.66%
1997	2,432,851	382,791	-0.99%	0.76%
1998	2,410,019	385,287	-0.94%	0.65%
1999	2,390,482	387,578	-0.81%	0.59%
2000	2,367,550	390,087	-0.96%	0.65%
2001	2,337,170	393,028	-1.28%	0.75%
2002	2,310,173	395,969	-1.16%	0.75%
2003	2,287,955	398,582	-0.96%	0.66%
2004	2,263,122	401,268	-1.09%	0.67%
2005	2,238,799	403,834	-1.07%	0.64%
2006	2,218,357	405,308	-0.91%	0.37%
2007	2,200,325	406,724	-0.81%	0.35%
2008	2,177,322	409,379	-1.05%	0.65%
2009	2,141,669	412,477	-1.64%	0.76%
2010	2,097,555	414,508	-2.06%	0.49%
2011	2,059,709	416,268	-1.8%	0.42%
2012	2,034,319	420,028	-1.23%	0.9%
2013	2,012,647	424,810	-1.07%	1.14%
2014	1,993,782	433,481	-0.94%	2.04%
2015	1,977,527	444,220	-0.82%	2.48%
2016	1,959,537	454,505	-0.91%	2.32%
2017	1,942,248	467,106	-0.88%	2.77%
2018	1,927,174	483,903	-0.78%	3.6%
2019	1,913,822	503,912	-0.69%	4.13%
2020	1,900,449	515,490	-0.7%	2.3%
2021	1,884,490	518,150	-0.84%	0.52%
2022	1,879,383	531,113	-0.27%	2.5%
2023	1,877,445	552,747	-0.1%	4.07%
2024	1,862,441	574,346	-0.8%	3.91%
2025	1,844,219	580,514	-0.98%	1.07%
2026	1,826,681	584,351	-0.95%	0.66%
2027	1,812,384	586,444	-0.78%	0.36%
2028	1,797,965	588,290	-0.8%	0.31%
2029	1,783,455	589,776	-0.81%	0.25%
2030	1,768,667	590,973	-0.83%	0.2%
2031	1,753,985	591,921	-0.83%	0.16%
2032	1,739,582	592,622	-0.82%	0.12%
2033	1,725,261	592,974	-0.82%	0.06%
2034	1,711,332	592,827	-0.81%	-0.02%
2035	1,697,827	592,332	-0.79%	-0.08%
2036	1,684,492	591,668	-0.79%	-0.11%
2037	1,671,323	590,830	-0.78%	-0.14%
2038	1,658,336	589,771	-0.78%	-0.18%
2039	1,645,282	588,528	-0.79%	-0.21%
2040	1,632,376	587,256	-0.78%	-0.22%
2041	1,619,616	585,895	-0.78%	-0.23%
2042	1,607,019	584,467	-0.78%	-0.24%
2043	1,594,558	582,966	-0.78%	-0.26%
2044	1,582,077	581,355	-0.78%	-0.28%
2045	1,569,454	579,693	-0.8%	-0.29%
2046	1,556,840	577,954	-0.8%	-0.3%
2047	1,544,315	576,050	-0.8%	-0.33%
2048	1,531,684	574,050	-0.82%	-0.35%
2049	1,518,941	572,187	-0.83%	-0.32%
2050	1,506,179	570,210	-0.84%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.