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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Mauritania	Latvia	Mauritania
1960	2,120,979	824,298	-	-
1961	2,152,681	846,167	1.49%	2.65%
1962	2,181,586	869,184	1.34%	2.72%
1963	2,210,919	893,423	1.34%	2.79%
1964	2,240,623	918,955	1.34%	2.86%
1965	2,265,919	945,838	1.13%	2.93%
1966	2,283,217	974,157	0.76%	2.99%
1967	2,301,220	1,003,843	0.79%	3.05%
1968	2,323,619	1,034,739	0.97%	3.08%
1969	2,343,173	1,066,754	0.84%	3.09%
1970	2,359,164	1,099,806	0.68%	3.1%
1971	2,376,389	1,133,702	0.73%	3.08%
1972	2,395,674	1,168,355	0.81%	3.06%
1973	2,415,819	1,203,838	0.84%	3.04%
1974	2,437,186	1,240,188	0.88%	3.02%
1975	2,456,130	1,277,330	0.78%	2.99%
1976	2,470,989	1,315,336	0.6%	2.98%
1977	2,485,073	1,353,768	0.57%	2.92%
1978	2,497,921	1,392,713	0.52%	2.88%
1979	2,505,953	1,432,758	0.32%	2.88%
1980	2,511,701	1,474,043	0.23%	2.88%
1981	2,519,421	1,516,877	0.31%	2.91%
1982	2,531,080	1,561,176	0.46%	2.92%
1983	2,546,011	1,606,746	0.59%	2.92%
1984	2,562,047	1,653,693	0.63%	2.92%
1985	2,578,873	1,702,107	0.66%	2.93%
1986	2,599,892	1,751,835	0.82%	2.92%
1987	2,626,583	1,803,014	1.03%	2.92%
1988	2,653,434	1,855,859	1.02%	2.93%
1989	2,666,955	1,903,048	0.51%	2.54%
1990	2,663,151	1,951,878	-0.14%	2.57%
1991	2,650,581	2,009,738	-0.47%	2.96%
1992	2,614,338	2,088,135	-1.37%	3.9%
1993	2,563,290	2,174,328	-1.95%	4.13%
1994	2,520,742	2,249,454	-1.66%	3.46%
1995	2,485,056	2,312,017	-1.42%	2.78%
1996	2,457,222	2,358,188	-1.12%	2%
1997	2,432,851	2,411,306	-0.99%	2.25%
1998	2,410,019	2,474,651	-0.94%	2.63%
1999	2,390,482	2,541,698	-0.81%	2.71%
2000	2,367,550	2,613,441	-0.96%	2.82%
2001	2,337,170	2,678,760	-1.28%	2.5%
2002	2,310,173	2,738,655	-1.16%	2.24%
2003	2,287,955	2,802,046	-0.96%	2.31%
2004	2,263,122	2,868,664	-1.09%	2.38%
2005	2,238,799	2,939,059	-1.07%	2.45%
2006	2,218,357	3,013,660	-0.91%	2.54%
2007	2,200,325	3,093,059	-0.81%	2.63%
2008	2,177,322	3,183,269	-1.05%	2.92%
2009	2,141,669	3,284,448	-1.64%	3.18%
2010	2,097,555	3,390,965	-2.06%	3.24%
2011	2,059,709	3,502,811	-1.8%	3.3%
2012	2,034,319	3,619,034	-1.23%	3.32%
2013	2,012,647	3,734,318	-1.07%	3.19%
2014	1,993,782	3,848,514	-0.94%	3.06%
2015	1,977,527	3,965,959	-0.82%	3.05%
2016	1,959,537	4,086,657	-0.91%	3.04%
2017	1,942,248	4,210,600	-0.88%	3.03%
2018	1,927,174	4,337,685	-0.78%	3.02%
2019	1,913,822	4,467,708	-0.69%	3%
2020	1,900,449	4,600,131	-0.7%	2.96%
2021	1,884,490	4,734,874	-0.84%	2.93%
2022	1,879,383	4,875,637	-0.27%	2.97%
2023	1,877,445	5,022,441	-0.1%	3.01%
2024	1,862,441	5,169,395	-0.8%	2.93%
2025	1,844,219	5,315,063	-0.98%	2.82%
2026	1,826,681	5,461,313	-0.95%	2.75%
2027	1,812,384	5,608,785	-0.78%	2.7%
2028	1,797,965	5,757,952	-0.8%	2.66%
2029	1,783,455	5,909,186	-0.81%	2.63%
2030	1,768,667	6,062,523	-0.83%	2.59%
2031	1,753,985	6,217,791	-0.83%	2.56%
2032	1,739,582	6,374,839	-0.82%	2.53%
2033	1,725,261	6,533,828	-0.82%	2.49%
2034	1,711,332	6,694,445	-0.81%	2.46%
2035	1,697,827	6,856,314	-0.79%	2.42%
2036	1,684,492	7,019,227	-0.79%	2.38%
2037	1,671,323	7,183,105	-0.78%	2.33%
2038	1,658,336	7,348,357	-0.78%	2.3%
2039	1,645,282	7,514,734	-0.79%	2.26%
2040	1,632,376	7,681,907	-0.78%	2.22%
2041	1,619,616	7,850,210	-0.78%	2.19%
2042	1,607,019	8,020,480	-0.78%	2.17%
2043	1,594,558	8,192,542	-0.78%	2.15%
2044	1,582,077	8,365,171	-0.78%	2.11%
2045	1,569,454	8,538,521	-0.8%	2.07%
2046	1,556,840	8,713,247	-0.8%	2.05%
2047	1,544,315	8,888,466	-0.8%	2.01%
2048	1,531,684	9,064,207	-0.82%	1.98%
2049	1,518,941	9,240,169	-0.83%	1.94%
2050	1,506,179	9,415,589	-0.84%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.