The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,862,441 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,844,219 people compared to 3,599,274 in Mongolia.
Population statistics:
- Mongolia's population is 1.95 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.7% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
- Since 2005, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.24M people to 1.84M (17.6% decline), while Mongolia has grown from 2.54M to 3.6M (41.9% growth).
- Mongolia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.6M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 921K people by 2100.
Latvia vs Mongolia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1844219
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3599274
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 132/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
35 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One birth every |
36.4 minutes
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7.95 minutes
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| One death every |
18.8 minutes
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27.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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4.4 days
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | +83 |
| Daily growth/decline | -41 | +120 |
| Annual growth/decline | -15,004 | +43,643 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.8% | +1.25% |
| Population growth rate rank | 190/197 | 88/197 |
Latvia and Mongolia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 977,595 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 1,009,284 | 1.49% | 3.24% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 1,041,444 | 1.34% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 1,071,362 | 1.34% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 1,100,234 | 1.34% | 2.69% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 1,131,177 | 1.13% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 1,163,754 | 0.76% | 2.88% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 1,196,996 | 0.79% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 1,229,930 | 0.97% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 1,262,284 | 0.84% | 2.63% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 1,295,272 | 0.68% | 2.61% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 1,330,071 | 0.73% | 2.69% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 1,366,821 | 0.81% | 2.76% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 1,405,502 | 0.84% | 2.83% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 1,446,050 | 0.88% | 2.88% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 1,488,296 | 0.78% | 2.92% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 1,531,945 | 0.6% | 2.93% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 1,576,245 | 0.57% | 2.89% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 1,619,468 | 0.52% | 2.74% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 1,660,659 | 0.32% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 1,701,335 | 0.23% | 2.45% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 1,742,857 | 0.31% | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 1,785,364 | 0.46% | 2.44% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 1,829,092 | 0.59% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 1,874,349 | 0.63% | 2.47% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 1,921,514 | 0.66% | 2.52% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 1,970,965 | 0.82% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 2,022,800 | 1.03% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 2,076,322 | 1.02% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 2,124,185 | 0.51% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 2,098,710 | -0.14% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 2,165,342 | -0.47% | 3.17% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 2,167,790 | -1.37% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 2,165,130 | -1.95% | -0.12% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 2,189,395 | -1.66% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 2,224,945 | -1.42% | 1.62% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 2,259,507 | -1.12% | 1.55% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 2,291,750 | -0.99% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 2,323,809 | -0.94% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 2,356,813 | -0.81% | 1.42% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 2,388,299 | -0.96% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 2,417,751 | -1.28% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 2,449,027 | -1.16% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 2,480,374 | -0.96% | 1.28% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 2,508,412 | -1.09% | 1.13% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 2,536,407 | -1.07% | 1.12% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 2,567,168 | -0.91% | 1.21% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 2,601,850 | -0.81% | 1.35% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 2,643,201 | -1.05% | 1.59% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 2,691,115 | -1.64% | 1.81% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 2,738,622 | -2.06% | 1.77% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 2,786,317 | -1.8% | 1.74% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 2,839,705 | -1.23% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 2,899,011 | -1.07% | 2.09% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 2,963,113 | -0.94% | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 3,026,864 | -0.82% | 2.15% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 3,088,856 | -0.91% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 3,148,917 | -0.88% | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 3,208,189 | -0.78% | 1.88% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 3,267,673 | -0.69% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 3,327,204 | -0.7% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 3,383,741 | -0.84% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 3,433,748 | -0.27% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | 1,877,445 | 3,481,145 | -0.1% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 1,862,441 | 3,524,788 | -0.8% | 1.25% |
| 2025 | 1,844,219 | 3,566,934 | -0.98% | 1.2% |
| 2026 | 1,826,681 | 3,607,194 | -0.95% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 1,812,384 | 3,646,133 | -0.78% | 1.08% |
| 2028 | 1,797,965 | 3,684,133 | -0.8% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 1,783,455 | 3,721,196 | -0.81% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 1,768,667 | 3,757,736 | -0.83% | 0.98% |
| 2031 | 1,753,985 | 3,793,979 | -0.83% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 1,739,582 | 3,830,403 | -0.82% | 0.96% |
| 2033 | 1,725,261 | 3,867,674 | -0.82% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 1,711,332 | 3,905,872 | -0.81% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 1,697,827 | 3,944,896 | -0.79% | 1% |
| 2036 | 1,684,492 | 3,984,836 | -0.79% | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 1,671,323 | 4,025,966 | -0.78% | 1.03% |
| 2038 | 1,658,336 | 4,067,894 | -0.78% | 1.04% |
| 2039 | 1,645,282 | 4,110,455 | -0.79% | 1.05% |
| 2040 | 1,632,376 | 4,153,587 | -0.78% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 1,619,616 | 4,197,027 | -0.78% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 1,607,019 | 4,240,723 | -0.78% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 1,594,558 | 4,284,073 | -0.78% | 1.02% |
| 2044 | 1,582,077 | 4,327,016 | -0.78% | 1% |
| 2045 | 1,569,454 | 4,369,833 | -0.8% | 0.99% |
| 2046 | 1,556,840 | 4,411,717 | -0.8% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 1,544,315 | 4,452,180 | -0.8% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 1,531,684 | 4,491,289 | -0.82% | 0.88% |
| 2049 | 1,518,941 | 4,529,071 | -0.83% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 1,506,179 | 4,565,277 | -0.84% | 0.8% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Mongolia gained 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Mongolia's population increased by 572,410 (a 18.9% growth).
Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2005 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.
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Population differences between Latvia and Mongolia
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 27.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.5 ppl/mi² | 5.86 ppl/mi² |
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